
AI News August 2025: A Deep Dive Into the Last 30 Days of Breakthroughs, Backlash, and What’s Coming Next
TL;DR for busy pros: The past month delivered a paradox: huge infrastructure momentum (GB200/Blackwell ramps, AMD MI350 traction), sweeping EU obligations for general-purpose AI, and a flurry of “agentic” product ideas — alongside a growing narrative that frontier models may be stalling. OpenAI’s GPT-5 landed with mixed reception; Anthropic tightened policies; Meta reorganised again; and […]