Happy Monday,
Below you’ll find a quick overview of what’s been happening in the AI industry since our last newsletter. I hope you find it interesting!
As always, I’ve kept it short and to the point so you can easily stay up to date with the most important AI news.
🏭 McKinsey State of AI 2025: Adoption Is High, Impact Is Uneven
McKinsey’s new State of AI in 2025 confirms what many have been sensing:
AI is now everywhere — but true transformation is still rare.
Where AI Actually Lives Right Now
88% of organizations use AI in at least one function (up from 78% last year).
Half now use AI across three or more functions.
Usage is strongest in marketing, product development, service ops, software engineering, and IT.
AI agents are emerging but remain limited to small pilot pockets.
Traditional sectors — energy, healthcare, industrials — are finally catching up.
⚙️ Adoption Is High, Impact Is Uneven
Only one-third of organizations are actually scaling AI across the business.
Fewer than half report any EBIT impact, and most of those say it's under 5%.
But AI is clearly boosting innovation, customer satisfaction, and competitive differentiation.
Top performers aim for growth and innovation, not just efficiency.
Most value comes when companies redesign workflows around AI, not simply add AI tools on top.
🧭 Why It Matters
AI is now the baseline.
The real gap is between companies that sprinkle AI on top of old processes…
…and those that rebuild their operating system around it.
🤖 Russia’s First AI Robot Faceplants Live on Stage
Russia unveiled its first humanoid robot — Aldol — in Moscow.
Within seconds, it tripped and fell face-first in front of the entire audience.
The robot entered to the Rocky theme song, staggered, raised its arm to wave… and then collapsed head-first on the stage.
The clip immediately went viral worldwide.
💬 OpenAI Pilots Multi-User Group Chats in Asia-Pacific
OpenAI has begun testing ChatGPT Group Chats in:
🇯🇵 Japan • 🇰🇷 South Korea • 🇹🇼 Taiwan • 🇳🇿 New Zealand
A first-of-its-kind rollout of multi-user conversations inside ChatGPT.
What the Pilot Includes
Up to 10 participants sharing a live ChatGPT room
File + image uploads visible to all
Shared memory for collective decisions + goals
Real-time task execution for the entire group
Targeted at classrooms, clubs, small teams, study groups
Rollout limited to 4 markets while OpenAI studies reliability & safety
This could evolve ChatGPT into a tool for:
📚 study groups • 🧳 trip planning • 🧑💻 remote team work • 🗂️ project management
It also moves OpenAI into direct overlap with Slack, Discord, and WhatsApp for AI-collaboration.
🎮 Google DeepMind Unveils SIMA 2: An Agent That Learns Like a Player
DeepMind’s new SIMA 2 shows what happens when you drop Gemini into a 3D world and let it learn like a human player instead of a scripted bot.
What’s New
Built on Gemini, capable of planning multi-step actions
Trained on human gameplay + Gemini-generated labels
Learns through self-play
Adapts to new games (MineDojo, ASKA) with zero retraining
Accepts natural language, sketches, emojis, multiple languages
Performs significantly better on long-horizon tasks
Works inside Genie 3 worlds with no prior data
🧩 Why This Agent Stands Out
A true generalist agent — skills transfer across worlds
Self-play accelerates improvement
Virtual worlds double as robotics training environments
Released for researchers → ambitions go far beyond gaming
Still limited by memory and long-task reasoning — but progress is clear
SIMA 2 is about proving that one agent can understand, act, and improve across many worlds — foundational for future embodied AI.
⚙️ OpenAI Releases GPT-5.1: Smarter, Faster, More Adaptive
OpenAI’s new GPT-5.1 focuses on sharper reasoning, adaptive behavior, and personalized control.
🧠 What’s New in GPT-5.1
Improved reasoning that matches task complexity
Two modes: Instant (speed) + Thinking (depth)
Personality presets for tone & communication style
Prompt caching for up to 24 hours
Enhanced coding tools:
apply_patch,shell, better tool useHigher accuracy across reasoning, coding, planning, and tool usage
GPT-5.1 is built to feel more like a collaborative partner than just a model — quick when tasks are simple, thoughtful when they’re complex.
That’s it for this Monday.
Stay tuned ;)
