February 17, 2025

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AI Advances Rapidly with Google Chrome, Meta, and Tencent Integrating AI-Powered Features

The world of artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving, with major players and startups alike making significant strides in the field. In this news brief, we'll explore the latest developments in AI, from Google Chrome's AI-powered security feature to Meta's plans for AI-powered humanoid robots.

Google Chrome's AI-Powered Security Feature Rolls Out to Everyone

Google Chrome has updated its "Enhanced protection" feature with AI to offer real-time protection against dangerous websites, downloads, and extensions. The feature, which is part of the Safe browsing feature, uses AI to understand patterns in real-time and warn users about potentially harmful sites, even those that Google hasn't previously identified.

New York Times Goes All-In on Internal AI Tools

The New York Times is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff, saying that internal tools could eventually write social copy, SEO headlines, and some code. The company is opening up AI training to the newsroom and debuting a new internal AI tool called Echo to staff.

Meta Platforms and Google Just Shared Fantastic News for Broadcom Investors

Meta Platforms and Google are planning a massive spending spree in 2025, targeting a combined $320 billion in capital expenditures (capex) this year, and most of that spending will go toward building and refreshing artificial intelligence (AI) for training and using generative AI. This could be a big win for Broadcom, which makes custom AI accelerators and has a bright future ahead.

Tencent Shares Jump as Company Integrates DeepSeek in WeChat

Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s shares rose 6.6% in Hong Kong Monday, extending a winning run for the company that’s gotten a boost from DeepSeek’s splashy debut. DeepSeek: AI Tencent is now integrating DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence model into WeChat search, the company said in a statement.

SoundHound AI Plummets: Is the AI Darling Still Worth Your Investment?

SoundHound AI, Inc. experienced a significant 28.10% drop in share prices amidst market fluctuations. NVIDIA's major divestment, particularly exiting holdings in SoundHound and others, sparked investor concern. The divestment is viewed by some as indicating potential challenges for SoundHound's future prospects.

Apex by Arya.ai: Advanced APIs for Intelligent AI Agents

AI Agents are rapidly transforming industries by automating routine tasks, making informed decisions, and unlocking new levels of human autonomy. From conversational bots to decision-support systems , AI Agents are reshaping work processes—freeing people to focus on creative, strategic endeavors. Apex , a platform for developed by Arya.ai , simplifies this by offering pre-trained AI models in NLP , Computer Vision , and Predictive Analytics.

Meta Plans Major Investment into AI-Powered Humanoid Robots

Meta Platforms, after pushing into augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI), has identified its next big bet: AI-powered humanoid robots. The company plans a major investment into this new area of technology.

Goldman Sachs Raises China Stock Market Target on AI Boost

Goldman Sachs raised its target price for Chinese stocks on Monday, estimating that AI adoption could boost earnings growth and potentially bring in $200 billion of inflows. Chinese tech stocks have been on a strong rally, clocking their best winning streak in over two years last week, boosted by DeepSeek's AI breakthrough.

China’s AI Dragons Take On Silicon Valley

On the shores of Hangzhou’s West Lake, emerging companies backed by massive state support are aiming for artificial intelligence domination. Companies dubbed the “six little dragons” are quietly working to upend America’s so-called supremacy of artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk Says xAI’s Grok 3 Chatbot to Be Unveiled on Monday

Billionaire Elon Musk announced that xAI's latest AI chatbot, Grok 3, will debut with a live demo. The chatbot is said to be the smartest AI on Earth and will be released with a live demo at 8 p.m. Pacific time on Monday (0400 GMT on Tuesday).

Key Takeaways

  • Google Chrome's AI-powered security feature rolls out to everyone, offering real-time protection against dangerous websites, downloads, and extensions.
  • The New York Times is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff, saying that internal tools could eventually write social copy, SEO headlines, and some code.
  • Meta Platforms and Google are planning a massive spending spree in 2025, targeting a combined $320 billion in capital expenditures (capex) this year, and most of that spending will go toward building and refreshing artificial intelligence (AI) for training and using generative AI.
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s shares rose 6.6% in Hong Kong Monday, extending a winning run for the company that’s gotten a boost from DeepSeek’s splashy debut.
  • SoundHound AI, Inc. experienced a significant 28.10% drop in share prices amidst market fluctuations.
  • AI Agents are rapidly transforming industries by automating routine tasks, making informed decisions, and unlocking new levels of human autonomy.
  • Meta Platforms plans a major investment into AI-powered humanoid robots.
  • Goldman Sachs raised its target price for Chinese stocks on Monday, estimating that AI adoption could boost earnings growth and potentially bring in $200 billion of inflows.
  • China’s AI dragons are taking on Silicon Valley, aiming for artificial intelligence domination.
  • xAI’s Grok 3 chatbot will debut with a live demo on Monday, said to be the smartest AI on Earth.

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AI Adoption AI Agents AI-Powered Humanoid Robots AI-Powered Security Artificial Intelligence China's AI Dragons DeepSeek Generative AI Google Chrome Meta Platforms xAI's Grok 3 Chatbot