Here are the latest technology news, business announcements, and hot AI tools going into October 2025:
Latest Tech News and AI Developments
- Perplexity added app connectors, enhanced memory, new image models, and Enterprise Max with advanced AI features.
- Stability AI expanded its partnership with AWS by launching Image Services on Amazon Bedrock. These services deliver professional-grade image editing as API-powered services.
- Notion 3.0 introduced AI Agents with memory, connectors, and automation, designed to handle projects and scale workflows.
- GitHub introduced a new app for Teams that uses Copilot to turn conversations into code, streamlining collaboration and workflows.
- Meta partnered with the U.S. GSA to bring open-source Llama AI models to federal agencies, boosting innovation and cutting costs.
- Gemini AI is now on Google TV, helping users find shows, answer questions, and learn new skills through free-flowing conversations.
- OpenAI and NVIDIA announced a $100B partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA-powered AI datacenters starting in 2026.
- Amazon Pharmacy announced it has helped customers save over $100 million on prescription medications by automatically applying manufacturer-sponsored coupons at checkout.
- Perplexity launched Email Assistant, a new AI-powered tool exclusive to Perplexity Max subscribers.
- Google Cloud released its 2025 DORA Report, spotlighting the rapid adoption of AI in software development.
- WhatsApp rolled out message translations to make it easier for users to communicate across languages.
- Meta announced its open-source Llama AI is now being used by the US military, intelligence, and defense partners to accelerate missions, enhance security, and deliver faster insights.
- Microsoft added Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot, giving enterprises more AI options for research, automation, and productivity.
- Cohere raised an additional $100M, boosting its valuation to $7B as it expands global operations and rolls out its Command A models.
- NVIDIA announced Canada’s first sovereign AI factory with TELUS, as leaders push digital sovereignty and accelerate AI adoption.
- Amazon introduced the Nova Act IDE extension, a new tool that allows developers to build, test, and deploy browser automation agents without leaving their IDE.
- Oracle announced a new AI platform to help governments forecast risks, improve food security, and build resilient agriculture systems.
- Salesforce announced MuleSoft Agent Fabric, a platform for orchestrating, governing, and securing AI agents across enterprise systems.
- Qualcomm announced Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, its most powerful PC platform yet, with record CPU, GPU, and AI performance.
Trending AI Tools This Week
- Manus – a general-purpose agent that helps users bridge thinking and doing by turning thoughts into action, from drafting slides, visualizations, or spreadsheets to organizing ideas.
- MagicLight AI – a platform that turns your stories or scripts into animated story-videos, with consistent characters and visuals, auto storyboarding, and video generation.
- Grubby AI – a tool that humanizes text generated by AI so it sounds natural, bypasses detection tools, and keeps your writing more authentic.
- JustDone AI – generates, rewrites, and checks content with tools for originality, fact-checking, and plagiarism detection.
- Hammer – a free and private AI chat-app where you can talk to custom characters, generate images, write stories, or build lorebooks.
- Meshy – lets you turn simple text prompts or images into full 3D models, making 3D asset creation fast and accessible.
- Chub – a roleplay chat platform where you create, customize, and interact with AI characters.
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