SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Last week, we talked about the newest updates in A.I. technology, specifically regarding Google, Microsoft, Apple, NVIDIA, Intel, and Meta.
Since then, we’ve received updates regarding Google, Intel, AMD, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), quantum technology, and finance.
Google Gemini released a major new image-editing upgrade on Aug. 26 which includes multi-turn edits, background/costume changes and SynthID watermarking.
Google OpenAI/ChatGPT Realtime API updates released on Aug. 28, which OpenAI also published a joint safety evaluation with Anthropic, on Aug. 27.
OpenAI’s August safety post says that GPT-5 is now the default model that powers ChatGPT, with new training to better handle crisis content included.
IBM and AMD announced a partnership on quantum-centric supercomputing (hybrid quantum + HPC/AI) on Aug. 26, which includes a deep dive into AMD detailed CDNA 4 / MI350 accelerator architecture, at Hot Chips 2025.
Reports about an alleged Instagram chatbot engaged in dangerous guidance to minors, have been coming since Aug. 28. Since then, there’s been calls for bans under 18, and Meta says it’s tightening policies.
The European Union announced broader cloud access to European trapped-ion quantum systems (QCDC) on Aug. 28.
Sanger Institute and Quantinuum teamed up for new quantum-for-genomics efforts, on Aug. 28 as well.
JPMorgan made the largest move recently in finance, using their A.I. -run hedge fund, Numerai; a crowdsourced, machine-learning equity fund. JPMorgan Asset Management committed up to $500M to this A.I.
Summit Financial expanded its advisor platform with eight A.I.-driven tools (intended for lead-gen, private-wealth intelligence, marketing automation, etc.) to push A.I. deeper into client acquisition and portfolio workstreams.
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