All AI News and Updates for the Week of September 29 – October 5, 2025
03.10.2025
📅 September 29, 2025
🇺🇸 U.S. Senators Propose AI Risk Evaluation Act
Senators Hawley and Blumenthal introduced the Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act, which would create a program within the Department of Energy to study risks of losing control over AI systems and potential misuse.
🔗 Axios
📅 September 30, 2025
🧑⚖️ California Passes AI Safety Law
Law SB 53 requires companies to disclose safety protocols, report incidents, and protect whistleblowers.
🔗 Le Monde
🤖 NIST on Chinese DeepSeek Models
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology reported that DeepSeek models underperform compared to U.S. competitors in terms of safety and performance.
🔗 NIST
🌍 UN Calls for Stronger AI Regulation
At the UN General Assembly, delegates raised concerns about autonomous weapons and global inequality in access to AI technologies.
🔗 Time
📱 OpenAI Launches Sora 2 and iOS App
The biggest news of the week: Sora generates 10-second videos from text prompts and lets users insert themselves or friends (cameo).
- Available in the U.S. and Canada by invitation.
- Includes image/likeness control features.
- Key concerns: deepfakes, copyright, and ethics.
🔗 Reuters / The Verge / VentureBeat / OpenAI
📦 Amazon Devices Event 2025
Amazon unveiled updated Echo, Kindle, Fire TV, and Ring devices with Alexa+ integration, improved recognition, and AI-driven features.
🔗 TechRadar
📅 October 1, 2025
🏀 AWS + NBA Partnership on AI Analytics
Amazon AWS signed a deal with the NBA to launch NBA Inside the Game, a platform providing real-time, AI-powered analysis of basketball matches.
🔗 Reuters
🧠 Future-Guided AI in Medicine
Researchers at UCSC developed a new “future-guided” deep learning method for more accurate prediction of epileptic seizures.
🔗 UCSC News
💡 Thinking Machines Lab Launches Tinker
A tool for simplified fine-tuning of large models, created by former OpenAI researchers.
🔗 Wired
📊 Dataiku Prepares for IPO
The data analytics and AI startup selected banks for its planned U.S. initial public offering.
🔗 Reuters
📅 October 2, 2025
🌐 Digital Bridge 2025 (Kazakhstan)
Kazakhstan’s president called for responsible AI use and global cooperation at the Digital Bridge forum.
🔗 Astana Times
💰 DualEntry Raises $90M
The AI-focused ERP startup secured funding to better compete with SAP and Oracle.
🔗 Reuters
💶 European Central Bank Selects Portuguese AI Startup
The ECB announced it will use an AI startup from Portugal to help prevent fraud in the digital euro.
🔗 Reuters
📅 September 30 – October 2, 2025
💻 Vercel Raises $300M at $9.3B Valuation
The AI and cloud platform company boosted its standing amid growing competition with OpenAI and Anthropic.
🔗 Reuters
📊 Weekly Takeaways
- Highlight of the week: the launch of OpenAI Sora 2, a social AI-video app with cameo features — a step toward mainstream “AI-video for everyone.”
- Regulation: the U.S. and California tighten rules, while the UN sounds the alarm — global AI governance is accelerating.
- Business & startups: Amazon refreshed devices, AWS entered sports analytics with the NBA, and Dataiku plus Vercel moved toward IPOs.
- Science & medicine: “Future-guided” AI improves epilepsy prediction.
- International context: Kazakhstan and the EU emphasized responsible AI and digital security.
