AI News Weekly – Issue #447: Apple loses key AI leader to Meta – Jul 10th 2025
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Apple loses key AI leader to Meta
Apple is nursing a fresh wound this week after losing one of its most crucial AI leaders to Meta. Ruoming Pang, the executive who oversaw Apple Intelligence, has jumped ship to join Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs.
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In The News
Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok chatbot
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chatbot, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler, referring to itself as MechaHitler and making antisemitic comments in response to user queries.
Microsoft shares $500M in AI savings internally days after cutting 9,000 jobs
Microsoft’s chief commercial officer Judson Althoff said during a presentation this week that AI tools are boosting productivity across sales, customer service, and software engineering, Bloomberg reports.
Applied use cases
Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after ‘Google tax’ repeal
Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called “Google tax” has made the South Asian market more attractive to global tech firms selling online ads.
Perplexity just launched an AI web browser
Comet uses Perplexity as its default search engine and comes with a built-in AI assistant.
The AI therapist will see you now: Can chatbots really improve mental health?
Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on my phone. It nodded – virtually – asked me how I was feeling and gently suggested trying breathing exercises.
Ethics
EU sticks with timeline for AI rules
The European Union’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause.
How AI is Already Transforming Legal Services
The biggest names in legal technology came together last week for the International Legal Technology Association’s (ILTA) annual conference, bringing with them insights on the latest trends and technologies transforming the marketplace.
How the Vatican Is Shaping the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
As AI transforms the global landscape, institutions worldwide are racing to define its ethical boundaries.
Robotics
Robot surgery on humans could be trialled within decade after success on pig organs
Automated surgery could be trialled on humans within a decade, say researchers, after an AI-trained robot armed with tools to cut, clip and grab soft tissue successfully removed pig gall bladders without human help.
Robotics set to have a ChatGPT moment
Vinod Khosla, the venture capitalist behind early bets in OpenAI, predicts a breakthrough in robotics akin to ChatGPT will arrive within two to three years.
Filics secures €13.5M to expand and roll out its robotics platform
The Filics Unit uses two autonomous robots to move Euro pallets efficiently, reducing manoeuvring space and optimising warehouse operations.
Research
Will AI speed up literature reviews or derail them entirely?
The publication of ever-larger numbers of problematic papers, including fake ones generated by artificial intelligence, represents an existential crisis for the established way of doing evidence synthesis. But with a new approach, AI might also save the day.
Artificial intelligence and the environment: ethical challenges and strategic opportunities for organizations
We examine several specific issues, beginning with GAI’s heavy consumption of natural resources and electricity. We then move to assessing how the rich and the Global North gain via GAI, while the poor and the Global South must deal with its adverse effects.
Influence of AI in the Field of Biotechnology
This synergy between AI and biotechnology has also given rise to new specializations, such as biotech AI platforms that accelerate drug discovery and personalized treatments by predicting biological behavior.
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