Here are the top 20 technology updates, AI announcements, and digital marketing news going into September 2025:
Tech and Marketing News Going Into September
- Microsoft unveiled a Quantum Safe Program Strategy, a significant step in preparing for the quantum computing era.
- Google and Meta Platforms made a 6-year cloud computing deal worth over $10 billion.
- Joseph Sanberg, co-founder of Aspirations, will plead guilty to a $248 million scheme to defraud lenders and investors.
- Meta partnered with MidJourney to use its aesthetic technology for Meta’s future models and products.
- Google has integrated its new image editing model from Google DeepMind into the Gemini App.
- NVIDIA is powering Japan’s FugakuNEXT, a supercomputing platform to overcome societal and scientific challenges.
- JetBrains announced that its AI subscription plans now include a simpler and more transparent model for AI quotas.
- Perplexity has launched Comet Plus, a new subscription that gives Perplexity users access to premium content from trusted publishers and journalists.
- xAI is suing OpenAI and Apple over the established monopolies in the Gen AI and smartphone markets.
- Anthropic launched a higher education advisory board and AI fluency courses.
- Cracker Barrel released a statement supporting its recent logo rebrand, but just two days later, it caved to viral pressure. The old logo is back!
- NoteBookLM’s video overviews are now available in 80 languages.
- Google now lets retailers showcase loyalty perks like member-only prices and shipping in listings.
- Spotify introduced Messages, where you can share your favorite music and podcasts with your family and friends.
- Nano Banana is now available in Genspark for faster edits, sharper details, and more control.
- Amazon invested over $39 billion in the construction, operation, and maintenance of AWS data centers in eastern Oregon over the years, since 2011. This has significantly contributed to Oregon’s economy and greatly benefited the community.
- Anthropic developed Claude for Chrome; it will be first released as a research preview to 1,000 users.
- TikTok launched a “See Where Music Takes You” campaign to reinforce TikTok’s role as the world’s leading destination for music discovery and cultural connection.
- Snapchat launched App Power Pack, a suite of new products and optimizations to help app marketers reach their business goals on the platform.
- OpenAI introduced GPT-realtime, its best speech-to-speech model for developers, and updates to the Realtime API.
Trending AI Tools Going Into September
- Dippy – a mobile app that offers customizable AI companions with whom you can chat and role-play right from your home screen.
- Vidu – a powerful tool that turns text, images, or reference inputs into high-quality video scenes fast and with consistent visuals.
- Civit AI – an open platform and marketplace where users can share, browse, and download generative AI image models.
- Poly AI – builds natural-sounding voice agents for customer service.
- Sora AI – OpenAI’s text-to-video generation tool that transforms written prompts into short, realistic video clips.
- Viggle – brings static images to life by animating them with real motion using AI motion‑transfer technology.
- MagicLight – text prompts into fully animated videos with voices and characters.
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