The AI Pulse

Issue #42 — 11th August 2025

Editor: Professor Alan Brown

Welcome to "AI Pulse Light" — the top 6 stories from this week's AI Pulse - the curated weekly newsletter of timely articles, expert commentary, and trusted news stories from reputable sources.

Highlights in this edition include:

OpenAI has announced the release of GPT-5 . A commentary from Forbes provides a review of the new features .

HBR asks, “Does your board really understand AI?”.

CIO Magazine reports on a survey that shows less than half of workers see their organizations’ approach to GenAI as strategic and successful .

ArsTechnica reports on a new developer survey that shows trust in AI coding tools is falling even as usage rises.

CIO Magazine describes 11 recent high-profile AI disaster s to illustrate the damage that can be done when things don’t go according to plan.

The Economist looks at how big tech plans to feed AI’s voracious appetite for power .

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