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Oct. 6th, 2025 | 🗞️ In the news, “Navigating the great AI divide: a ticking clock for the Fortune 500”
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This week’s important news 🗞️ “The AI market is a paradox of soaring valuations and cautionary warnings from leaders like the CEO of Goldman Sachs. This financial tension, however, masks the true narrative: the acceleration of AI adoption is poised to create a seismic shift in the corporate world. As AI becomes more accessible and intelligent, its disruptive force won’t just correct market values but will fundamentally upend industries and displace major players. This post reveals why the true risk isn’t a bubble, but a “train wreck” for those who fail to adapt.” Continue reading below.
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Accenture has reported $1.8 billion in new generative AI bookings for the last quarter, while also announcing layoffs for 11,000 employees, it says cannot be “upskilled to AI.” A new study has found that approximately one-quarter of press releases are now written with the help of generative AI.
The week saw significant developments in AI video generation, with both Meta and OpenAI launching new products. Meta introduced Vibes, an AI video feed built in partnership with MidJourney, while OpenAI unveiled Sora 2. In other major news, Google has continued to expand Gemini, adding it to Chrome and Google TV. Additionally, Huawei has released a new open-source technique to reduce the size of LLMs, enabling them to run on less powerful hardware without compromising quality.
Other developments include the launch of a new ethics benchmark for assessing LLMs, details on MetaMask’s airdrop points, and a McKinsey report on the role of CEOs in the agentic age.
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Accenture reported $1.8bn in new ‘generative AI’ bookings in the last quarter
It will also lay off 11k people it thinks can’t be ‘upskilled to AI’, which got a lot of attention, but it’s also only 1.4% of headcount and might just be a cover. [LINK] [LAYOFFS]
The widespread adoption of large language model-assisted writing across society
According to this study, based on the analysis of more than 500,000 English-language documents, approximately one-quarter of press releases were written with the assistance of generative AI. Fortunately, writing the CPs is only a small part of the job. [LINK]This was a big week for AI video generation, with Meta launching Vibes on September 25 and OpenAI following five days later with Sora 2
Meta moved first with Vibes, an AI video feed within the Meta AI app, built in partnership with MidJourney and Black Forest Labs. The app enables native image-to-video generation with a restyle option and music addition. The app also links to Instagram by allowing remixes when you see a “Vibes” video on your feed. [LINK]
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[Google] Last week, Google added Gemini to Chrome, and this week it’s adding it to Google TV. The launch video does a pretty good job of showing realistic use cases. [LINK]
Huawei’s new open source technique shrinks LLMs to make them run on less powerful, less expensive hardware
Huawei’s Computing Systems Lab in Zurich has introduced a new open-source quantization method for large language models (LLMs) aimed at reducing memory demands without sacrificing output quality. [LINK]
💻 Top techies
MetaMask GitHub releases airdrop points details: Spot trading has the highest weight, and using LINEA points will double your points [LINK]
LLM ethics benchmark: a three-dimensional assessment system for evaluating moral reasoning in large language models. [LINK]
🔮 What else
[McKinsey Quarterly] The change agent: Goals, decisions, and implications for CEOs in the agentic age [LINK]
AI is upending higher education. Is that a bad thing?
🗞️ In the news, “Navigating the great AI divide: a ticking clock for the Fortune 500”
The Unseen Risk: Why a market correction isn’t a real threat? Is a corporate mass extinction on the horizon?
Summary: This week, the AI sector presents a tale of two realities. While public markets celebrate record valuations, a growing number of financial leaders, including the CEO of Goldman Sachs, are sounding the alarm on a looming market drawdown, likening the current exuberance to the dot-com bubble. This financial tension, however, distracts from a far more critical narrative: the accelerating pace of AI adoption is poised to create a seismic shift in the corporate world. As AI becomes more accessible and intelligent through its multimodal capabilities, its disruptive force will not only correct market values but will also fundamentally upend industries and displace major players. This post dissects the financial warnings and technological trends to reveal why the true risk isn’t an investment bubble, but a “train wreck” for those who fail to adapt.