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September 16, 2025

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📢 AI News Roundup: What's New in the AI World?

  • 📱 U.S. and China Reach ‘Framework' for a TikTok Sale

  • 📊 OpenAI and Anthropic reveal how millions use AI

  • 🔥 NVIDIA under fire amid trade talks

  • 🚨 Google lays off 200 AI workers

  • 💡 AI Tutorial:Learn a new language with Google Translate

  • 🤯 6 new AI Tools

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OpenAI just introduced GPT-5 Codex, an upgraded, specialized coding model that can dynamically adjust its compute effort based on task complexity — spending seconds on simple fixes or several hours on more complex issues. The model outperforms GPT-5 on SWE-bench Verified for real-world software use cases, with even larger gains on refactoring tasks at 51.3% versus 33.9%.

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The US has reached a preliminary deal with China on the fate of TikTok. Both sides have agreed to a framework to divest TikTok from ByteDance. President Trump and Xi Jinping are set to speak on Friday to approve the deal.

OpenAI and Anthropic both published new data on AI usage patterns across their platforms, revealing demographic shifts, geographic divides, and a growing split between personal and business applications. Claude users focus heavily on coding, while ChatGPT sees more writing and decision support, with users seeking advice over content creation.

Regulators from China’s top antitrust regulator (the State Administration for Market Regulation, or SAMR) have accused US AI chip manufacturer NVIDIA of violating antitrust laws. The accusations stem from a preliminary investigation, conducted in December, into NVIDIA’s 2019 acquisition of chip designer Mellanox Technologies, for $7B (which was initially approved by Beijing).

Over 200 US contractors, responsible for refining outputs from Google’s AI products (including its AI Overviews search feature and its Gemini AI chatbot) to make responses appear more human, have been laid off. The affected contractors said the dismissal came with no prior warning, and comes during an ongoing battle between them and Google over poor pay and working conditions, and a lack of job security.

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AI Tutorial

Learn a new language with Google Translate

Google Translate just added Duolingo-style features that let you practice listening and speaking, with the difficulty adjusting in real time.

Here’s how to try it out:

  1.  Download the Google Translate app (iOS or Android).

  2. Tap the “Practice” icon in the bottom-right corner.

  3. Select your native language and the language you want to learn.

For now, the available options are:

  • English → Spanish or French

  • Spanish, French, or Portuguese → English

  1. Set your goal (e.g., travel, daily conversation).

  2. Pick a practice scenario or generate your own.

  3. Start speaking and listening exercises — the app adjusts difficulty as you go.

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