On July 15-16, 2025, President Trump announced over $90 billion in AI and energy investments in Pennsylvania. The funding aims to boost AI development, data centers, power generation, and U.S. competitiveness, involving companies like Google and Blackstone.

Google will invest $25 billion in data centers and AI infrastructure in the PJM electric grid region, including Pennsylvania. The company will also invest $3 billion in hydropower to support the energy demands of the new data centers.

Waymo's self-driving robotaxis have driven over 100 million miles without human intervention and plan to launch autonomous ride-hailing in Washington, D.C. in 2026, operating 1,500 robo-taxis across multiple cities.

On July 15, 2025, Baidu and Uber announced a multi-year partnership to deploy thousands of Baidu's autonomous vehicles globally via Uber's platform, starting with deployments in Asia and the Middle East.

Attackers are exploiting a prompt injection vulnerability in Google Gemini for Workspace to embed malicious instructions in emails, leading to phishing attacks with misleading content.

Meta is aggressively recruiting top AI talent, offering over $200 million to poach Ruoming Pang, a former AI expert from Apple, to build Meta's Superintelligence Labs.

AI is reshaping US power markets, with data centers built by OpenAI and CoreWeave in Denton, Texas, increasing energy consumption and risking shortages.

A UK survey and report reveal that approximately two-thirds of children aged 9-17 use AI chatbots, with 35% feeling like they're talking to a friend, raising concerns about emotional dependence.

An article published on July 14, 2025, and a Korean article by Professor Kim analyze the growing influence of AI algorithms on daily life decisions, highlighting AI's impact on choices in music, purchases, and voting.

A Bloomberg Intelligence survey in July 2025 reveals that Gen Z users are wary of AI features in dating apps, posing a challenge for companies investing in these features, with nearly half stating they can create profiles independently.

SoftBank Group, led by Masayoshi Son, is focusing on AI, aiming to replace human tasks with 10 billion AI agents developed on the 'Crystal Intelligence' platform in collaboration with OpenAI.

Mistral launched Voxtral, an open-source AI audio model family for speech recognition and transcription, supporting multiple languages and available in 24B and 3B parameter versions.

Germany is implementing an AI strategy to boost its economy, aiming for AI to contribute 10% of its economic output by 2030, focusing on productivity gains and building high-capacity processing centers.

xAI launched a 'Companions' feature for its Grok AI assistant, featuring interactive virtual avatars, including some with controversial and potentially harmful content, raising concerns about AI safety.

Google is testing AI-generated summaries in Google Discover for iOS and Android, using AI Overviews technology to provide concise previews of trending topics, potentially impacting publisher traffic.

On July 13, 2025, POSCO DX and AWS announced a collaboration to implement AI in manufacturing, developing an AI-based engineering automation platform with AI agents and RAG systems, potentially increasing work productivity by over 30%.

On July 15, 2025, Anthropic launched Claude for Financial Services, an AI tool for financial analysts, aiding in market research and due diligence, with early pilots claiming productivity gains.

Multiverse Computing, a Spanish AI startup, plans to transform the AI inference market by compressing Large Language Models (LLMs) by 95% without performance loss, securing $215 million to scale its quantum-inspired AI model compression tool.

On July 15, 2025, Malaysia implemented restrictions on the export, transshipment, and transit of high-performance U.S.-made AI chips, requiring a permit system to prevent illegal trade.

On July 15, 2025, Nvidia's stock increased by 5% to $172.39 after the US government allowed it to resume selling H20 AI processors to China, eliminating a multibillion-dollar revenue headwind.

Meta is considering a shift in its AI strategy, potentially moving away from open-source models to focus on commercialization and closed-source models, launching a 1GW supercluster called "Prometheus" in 2026.

Meta is expanding its AI capabilities and computing power, building a 5-gigawatt Hyperion data center in Louisiana, expected to reach 2 gigawatts by 2030, to boost its AI capacity.

Microsoft Authenticator will stop supporting passwords on August 1, transitioning to passkeys using PINs, fingerprint scans, or facial recognition for more secure logins.

Carlsmed Inc., an AI-surgical firm, announced its plans for an IPO on July 15, 2025, aiming to raise up to $107.2 million by offering 6.7 million shares, priced between $14 and $16 each.

In July 2025, Discord launched Orbs, a virtual reward system allowing users to earn and exchange virtual rewards by completing in-app 'Quests', redeemable for items like Nitro credits.

Lucid Group, Inc. is rolling out a software update on July 30, 2025, for its DreamDrive Pro suite, introducing Hands-Free Drive Assist and Hands-Free Lane Change Assist for Lucid Air owners on compatible highways.

EcoFlow launched the Ocean Pro on July 15, a whole-home energy solution for disaster-prone areas, offering 24kW continuous output, expandable storage up to 80kWh, and AI optimization.

OnePlus is rolling out the Plus Mind AI feature to OnePlus 13 and 13R users, helping them store, organize, and retrieve information with a three-finger swipe activation.

Best Buy will restock the Nintendo Switch 2 on July 17, 2025, in-store only, with packages including the individual Switch 2 for $450 and a bundle with Mario Kart World for $500.

Mobvoi's TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro offers up to 90 hours of battery life, a dual-display design, and sapphire glass display, priced at $349 but on sale for $175.

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, including the base game and Phantom Liberty expansion, launches on July 17, 2025, for Apple Silicon Macs via the Mac App Store, Steam, GOG.com, and Epic Games Store.

Cesar Cadenas reviewed the MSI Raider 18 HX laptop, a gaming laptop featuring an Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU, GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, and 64GB RAM, priced around $4,000.