APEC AI Cooperation Urged by Xi Jinping; Amazon Cuts 14,000 Jobs Due to AI
Key Takeaways
- Xi Jinping urges APEC for stronger AI cooperation, proposes World AI Cooperation Organization.
- Amazon cuts 14,000 jobs due to AI development, mirroring cuts at Accenture, Microsoft.
- Hyundai deploys 50,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI-driven future mobility solutions.
- NVIDIA launches BioNeMo AI platform to scale AI development in life sciences research.
- VentureBeat: Large reasoning models 'almost certainly can think,' challenging pattern-matching view.
Top Stories
Xi Jinping urges APEC for stronger AI cooperation in Gyeongju.
On November 1, 2025, in Gyeongju, South Korea, Xi Jinping called on APEC members to enhance cooperation in AI, green transition, and social inclusion. He proposed a World AI Cooperation Organization and an APEC sub-fund for digitalization in green transitions.
Amazon cuts 14,000 jobs due to AI development.
In late October 2025, Amazon announced the elimination of 14,000 positions, mainly office jobs, largely due to AI development, mirroring similar cuts at Accenture and Microsoft.
Hyundai deploys 50,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for AI innovation.
On October 31, 2025, Hyundai Motor Company announced it would deepen its cooperation with NVIDIA, deploying 50,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI-driven future mobility solutions.
NVIDIA launches BioNeMo AI platform for life sciences research.
On November 1, 2025, NVIDIA launched the BioNeMo AI platform to scale AI development and deployment in life sciences research and drug discovery.
VentureBeat: Large reasoning models 'almost certainly can think'.
On November 1, 2025, Debasish Ray Chawdhuri argued in VentureBeat that large reasoning models (LRMs) almost certainly can think, challenging the view that they merely perform pattern-matching.
AI & Society
Katherine Boyle discusses AI's labor impact, Trump Jr.'s Riyadh speech.
On October 31, 2025, Katherine Boyle from Andreessen Horowitz discussed the impact of AI on the labor market and Donald Trump Jr.'s speech in Riyadh during an appearance on 'Mornings with Maria.'
AI Controversies
Google adds AI to Nest Cameras, seen as a 'fiasco'.
On October 31, 2025, Google added AI to its Nest Cameras with the promise of Gemini bringing more natural and conversational voice interactions with smart homes, however, the author views Google’s Gemini for Home as a fiasco.
AI Innovation Radar
Google releases first AI-generated Search AI mode advertisement.
On October 31, 2025, Google launched its first AI-generated advertisement promoting its Search AI mode without disclosing the use of tools like Veo 3.
NVIDIA launches Enterprise Reference Architecture for scaling AI factories.
On November 1, 2025, NVIDIA launched the Enterprise Reference Architecture (RA) to enable companies to design and scale high-performance AI factories.
AI-driven intrusion detection system achieves high IoT security.
Published on October 31, 2025, research proposes an advanced intrusion detection system (IDS) framework for the Internet of Things (IoT) using game-theory-based GAN for dataset balancing and a PCNN-LSTM model for attack detection.
AI-optimized Snake Optimizer enhances groundwater utilization strategies.
On 2025-10-31, researchers proposed an improved Snake Optimizer (W-SO) algorithm that integrates the Whale Optimization Algorithm’s bubble-net mechanism and Logistic chaos initialization to enhance population diversity and prevent premature convergence, applied to optimize groundwater utilization strategies.
DeepEGFR: AI model accelerates drug discovery with 94% accuracy.
On October 31, 2025, researchers introduced DeepEGFR, a novel graph neural network (GNN) for classifying EGFR inhibitors, achieving approximately 94% F1-scores.
TEN Framework celebrates one year of real-time conversational AI.
On November 1, 2025, the TEN Framework is celebrating its one-year anniversary as an open-source infrastructure for real-time conversational AI development, supporting low-latency, multimodal AI applications.
Ethical AI Watch
Experts share eight guidelines for lasting responsible AI management.
On November 1, 2025, industry experts shared eight guidelines for building and managing lasting responsible AI, emphasizing its integration into system design and deployment.
Boards urged to oversee AI risk ethically amid regulatory gaps.
On November 1, 2025, an article in Practical Law The Journal emphasizes that boards of directors should oversee AI risk through an ethical lens due to the nascent regulatory environment and widespread employee concerns.
Industry AI Impact
Microsoft expands headcount, leveraging AI for enhanced productivity.
On November 1, 2025, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced plans to expand the company's headcount, leveraging AI tools to enhance employee productivity in Microsoft 365 and GitHub Copilot.
AI accelerates startup development, shifting focus from coding skills.
In October 2025, AI tools are rapidly accelerating product development and company creation in the startup landscape, making strategic vision more crucial than coding skills.
Google Ads to remain despite new AI features integration.
On October 31, 2025, Robby Stein, VP of Product for Google Search, assured that Google Ads are not going away despite the integration of new AI features.
Razer CEO: AI to significantly disrupt $189B gaming industry.
On October 31, 2025, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan stated that AI is set to significantly disrupt the gaming industry, which has 3.6 billion players and $189 billion in annual revenue.
Honeywell CEO: Middle East poised to lead in AI adoption.
On October 31, 2025, Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur discussed the AI boom in the Middle East, expressing optimism about the region's potential to lead in AI adoption within the physical world.
Celonis event to tackle AI ROI challenges, showcase customer successes.
Celonis' Celosphere 2025 event, starting November 3, 2025, will address the challenge of achieving AI ROI, featuring customer strategies and demonstrations of the Celonis Process Intelligence (PI) Platform.