Weekly AI News - Sep. 12, 2025

This week on our show, the hosts start with a stark warning from AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton about the potential for massive, AI-driven unemployment. On a more positive note, they cover the new AI-powered study tools Google has added to NotebookLM for students. The conversation then turns to Hollywood, where the growing use of AI in filmmaking is sparking a major ideological debate. Shifting to the business side of AI, a new system called RSL aims to make AI companies pay for training data scraped from the web , while OpenAI is reportedly making its own AI-powered movie. The hosts also look at new product updates, as Google Meet gets real-time language translation , and a new AI tool called SeeMe helps detect consciousness in brain-injured patients. They explore enterprise use cases, with CFOs adopting generative AI for routine tasks , and explain the tech behind AI video generation. They conclude with the news that OpenAI has secured Microsoft's blessing to transition its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation, paving the way for more independence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.