IBM is acquiring Confluent, a leading streaming‑data company built around Apache Kafka, to strengthen its data stack for AI workloads, reflecting how modern AI increasingly depends on continuous, high‑quality data streams from transactional and IoT systems.

New open‑source LLM “Rnj‑1” from Transformer co‑authors
Two co‑authors of the original Transformer paper announced a startup, Essential AI Labs, and launched Rnj‑1, a large fully open‑source LLM trained from scratch and positioned as a cornerstone for a “Western” open‑model ecosystem

Enterprise AI usage: 8x growth and 40–60 minutes saved per day
New usage data for ChatGPT‑style tools in enterprises shows roughly 8x year‑over‑year growth; employees report saving on average 40–60 minutes per day on writing, analysis, and coding tasks.

At re:Invent, AWS introduced Kiro Autonomous Agent, a development environment that maintains context across multiple repositories, learns from pull requests, and automates bug triage and test coverage, claiming orders‑of‑magnitude productivity gains over first‑generation AI coding tools.

ByteDance hints at “agentic AI smartphones”
ByteDance is testing the concept of “agentic AI smartphones” with built‑in agents that proactively perform tasks in the background, going beyond classic voice assistants or simple chat interfaces.

AI tools roll out in UK primary care
General practitioners in the UK are expanding the use of AI tools for patient triage and clinical decision support in order to ease pressure on the healthcare system and reduce waiting times.

Google, Sony Innovation Fund, and Okta have invested in Resemble AI, which builds technology to detect deepfakes in audio and video, aiming to improve content security and combat misinformation

Google is strengthening its position with Gemini 3, while reports suggest OpenAI is preparing a new reasoning‑focused model intended to surpass the latest Gemini variants, further intensifying the race in advanced reasoning and multimodal AI.

OpenAI publishes “State of Enterprise AI 2025” report
OpenAI released a major report on how enterprises are adopting AI, detailing which departments see the biggest productivity gains, how employees actually use AI at work, and what barriers prevent deeper integration

Gartner: Only 5% of carmakers will keep up AI pace
By 2029, only about 5% of global automakers will be able to sustain strong AI investment and innovation, compared with more than 95% today, signaling an upcoming shakeout of AI leaders and laggards in the automotive sector