Catch up on the latest AI updates as of 26 May 2025, including breakthroughs in AGI, AI regulation, and enterprise adoption worldwide.
Global Momentum Around AGI R&D Intensifies
The race for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has intensified as OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic confirmed cross-border R&D collaborations with academic institutions in Asia. OpenAI’s CTO stated their next-gen AGI model has crossed new thresholds in reasoning and real-time decision-making. Japan and South Korea announced national grants to encourage ethical AGI research, while India unveiled a $250M AI research fund to back indigenous innovations.
Google Launches Gemini 3.1 With Multimodal Fusion
Google’s AI arm released Gemini 3.1, a major upgrade that improves context retention across multimodal tasks. The model can now generate detailed answers from a mix of video, text, and image inputs with greater accuracy and fewer hallucinations. Gemini 3.1 is now fully integrated with Android 16 and is set to roll out to Google Docs and Gmail in the coming week.
EU Finalizes AI Regulation Bill; Global Alignment in Progress
The European Parliament officially passed the AI Act 2025, introducing compliance tiers for high-risk models and mandating algorithmic transparency. The U.S. and India are reportedly aligning aspects of their own AI guidelines for interoperability. Analysts believe this move will increase trust and facilitate cross-border AI deployments in sensitive sectors like healthcare and finance.
AI Adoption in Enterprises Surges 40% YoY
According to Gartner, enterprise use of AI surged 40% year-over-year, with GenAI adoption leading the charge. Over 70% of Fortune 500 companies now use AI copilots or workflow automation tools in customer support, finance, and HR. Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP all reported strong Q1 earnings backed by increased AI software sales.
AI in Healthcare: IBM Launches Watson Neo
IBM introduced Watson Neo, a diagnostic assistant trained on 1 billion clinical records. In pilot tests, Watson Neo reduced diagnosis time for rare conditions by 27%. The system is being tested in major hospitals in Germany, the U.S., and Singapore. Experts see this as a step forward in AI-augmented personalized medicine.
Startups Spotlight: India’s VidhyaAI Raises $50M
VidhyaAI, an Indian edtech startup using AI to deliver adaptive learning in regional languages, secured $50 million in Series B funding. The platform serves over 2 million users and supports NEP-aligned personalized learning. Its backers include SoftBank and India’s Digital Bharat Innovation Fund.
What’s Next?
The next wave of updates is expected from Apple during its WWDC 2025 event in June, where the company is set to debut LLM-powered enhancements to Siri and its Health app. Meanwhile, Meta is beta-testing LLaMA 4’s real-time social analytics engine across Threads and Instagram.
Stay tuned for more AI breakthroughs as the industry accelerates at record pace.
