Technological Development

OpenAI plans to develop AI tools that could replace traditional office software like Slack, Word, and Google Docs. This move puts it in direct competition with Microsoft, which has heavily invested in OpenAI but now faces a potential rival in its own market.

OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38 billion deal with Amazon to use AWS and hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs for its AI projects. This move gives OpenAI more computing power and independence from Microsoft as it expands its global AI infrastructure.

OpenAI has redrawn its corporate blueprint — one which Microsoft holds a commanding 27% stake in the entity. The restructuring into a public benefit corporation not only cements the tech giant’s influence but reshapes the power balance driving the global AI race.

Elon Musk's Grokipedia has just gone online, an AI-driven rival of Wikipedia that Musk promises to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Musk also revealed that this new platform will be fully open source, so anyone can use it for anything at no cost,

Ethereum continues to lead blockchain development, gaining more than 16,000 new developers between January and September 2025. Solana’s developer base is expanding rapidly, though some figures may be underestimated due to incomplete reporting.

Compass Coffee in Washington, D.C., now accepts Bitcoin payments using Square’s terminals, with transactions settling instantly via the Lightning Network. The trial showed Bitcoin can work reliably for everyday purchases, allowing merchants to convert up to half of daily sales into crypto with no fees for the first year.

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Nio Inc. and two of its senior executives, accusing them of inflating company revenues through misleading financial statements and undisclosed dealings with an affiliated battery asset firm.

At TOKEN2049 Singapore — one of the world’s largest blockchain and digital innovation conferences — British luxury mobile brand XOR took center stage with the unveiling of the XOR Crypto Special Edition, the world’s first luxury smartphone designed exclusively for cryptocurrency users.

After months of speculation, Elon Musk has officially announced his latest creation — “Grokipedia,” an AI-powered alternative to Wikipedia. Designed to challenge what Musk calls “falsehoods and half-truths” online, the new platform aims to redefine how truth is verified on the internet.

Universal Music and Warner Music are in talks with AI companies to license their catalogues for training systems and generating tracks. The deals could set rules for payments and how copyrighted music is used by AI.