From GPT-5 to AI in Healthcare, and 3 Upcoming Events

Inside: AAIA events, expert insights, major AI launches, and the latest trends shaping business and technology.

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Applied AI Association
August 10, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 18 minutes

👋 Editor's Note

This week’s newsletter is packed with updates from across our global AAIA community, including upcoming chapter events (India, Toronto, Memphis), recaps of inspiring in-person meetups, and the latest industry news; from OpenAI’s GPT-5 launch to major enterprise AI strategies and healthcare innovations. You’ll also find tools, reports, and thought-provoking reads that explore AI’s impact on business, privacy, mental health, and society. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, deepen your AI knowledge, or stay ahead of the trends, there’s something here for you.

Have something to share with the global AAIA community? Send your news, tools, or events to [email protected].

📅 Upcoming events:

🗓️ India AAIA Chapter

  • 🗣️ AI Process Intelligence: Orchestration and Workflow Agentification

  • 🗓️ Thursday, August 14, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM IST | Online

  • 🔗 Register: https://lu.ma/6l95msmf

🗓️ Toronto AAIA Chapter

  • 🗣️ Building Trust & Talent: The Toronto AI Advantage

  • 🗓️ Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT) | Online

  • 🔗 Register: https://lu.ma/eix5627f

🗓️ Memphis AAIA Chapter

📢 AAIA chapter and member news and updates:

✍️ AAIA Chapter President Spotlight:

Christopher Grayson, President of the Memphis Chapter, was featured on Memphis’ Action News 5 earlier this week. In the interview, he discussed the AAIA Memphis Chapter’s upcoming event on August 27 and highlighted the exciting startups that will be pitching. Congratulations, Chris!

🔄 Recap: Seattle AAIA Chapter, AAIA Vibe Coding Happy Hour @ AI House, July 28, 2025

From Boaz Ashkenazy, AAIA Seattle Chapter President:

Fun start to #SeattleTechWeek2025! Put on a great Vibe-Coding happy hour at AI House with Adam Burgh.

Huge thanks to John T. Bender Jessie I. K&L Gates for being lead sponsor and Jeff S. TalentReach and Augmented AI Labs for supporting the Applied AI Association (AAIA) community. Means a lot that you all step up.

Closed down the night with old friends and new ones at the J.P. Morgan Madrona opening night at the Seattle Aquarium. Good to reconnect Andy Liu Shauna Swerland Kristen Hamilton Shannon Swift, SPHR (She, her) Subhadeep Chatterjee

🔄 Recap: India AAIA Chapter, AI in Chips & Devices, Bengaluru, July 19, 2025

From event host IKP EDEN:

Here’s a recap of the inspiring sessions and speakers:

Marmik Soni (Tessolve): Shared fascinating insights on leveraging AI to revolutionize semiconductor chip design and manufacturing. Their AI-driven approaches have resulted in processes that are faster, more accurate, and cost-effective, enhancing the entire semiconductor workflow.

Siva Teja Kakileti (Niramai Health Analytix): Took us through Niramai's journey in deploying AI to tackle major challenges in women’s health, specifically early breast cancer detection. His session illuminated how AI is democratizing access to advanced diagnostics, truly making a difference in healthcare accessibility.

Laina Emmanuel (BrainSightAI): Gave a deep dive into BrainsightAI’s mission of decoding the brain using their connectomics engine. Addressing one of the most complex deeptech problems, her session highlighted efforts to unravel the mysteries of brain connectivity with cutting-edge AI.

Ashish Khushu (L&T Technology Services): Offered a forward-looking perspective on the next wave of AI innovation. His session shed light on emerging AI possibilities and gave the audience a glimpse into the future advancements we can expect.

A huge thanks to all the speakers for sharing their knowledge and experiences!

✍️ AAAI Founder’s Corner:  Recent “Future Work Blueprint” posts from AAIA Founder and President Nathan Pettyjohn

📰 In the News:

OpenAI has launched its new GPT-5 model for all ChatGPT users, offering smarter, faster, and more useful AI with enhanced reasoning, reduced errors, and broader accessibility across writing, coding, and healthcare domains. (show me more)

Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson describes how the company is using AI and agentic AI across its entire value chain—without delegating the effort—to accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and drive breakthroughs in medicine, emphasizing that leadership engagement is key to maximizing AI’s transformative potential. (show me more)

Accenture’s new study reveals that although most large enterprises are investing in AI, only 8% have successfully scaled multiple strategic AI initiatives across operations—with these leaders seeing significantly higher revenue growth and productivity, thanks to robust data strategies, executive backing, and a continual focus on workforce upskilling and responsible AI practices. (show me more)

The article outlines six expert-recommended actions for healthcare organizations to responsibly and rapidly deploy AI—aligning AI with strategy, modernizing governance, starting with low-risk pilots, scaling successful initiatives, preparing the workforce, and treating urgency as a competitive edge to unlock efficiency and reduce waste. (show me more)

Google has announced a three-year, $1 billion initiative to provide AI training, tools, and resources—including free advanced AI tools and cloud computing credits—to U.S. universities and nonprofits, aiming to expand educational access and shape future AI research and product development. (show me more)

Meta contractors report that they can see Facebook users sharing private and sometimes sensitive personal information—such as names, contact details, and even explicit photos—with Meta's AI chatbots, raising new privacy concerns despite the company's claims of strict data handling policies. (show me more)

A new IBM survey reveals that while AI-related security breaches remain relatively low, most businesses experiencing them lacked proper AI access controls and governance, causing higher risks and costs, especially from shadow and unsanctioned AI use. (show me more)

📰 America’s AI Action Plan: What You Need to Know (National Law Review, August 4, 2025)

The White House’s “America’s AI Action Plan” outlines a federal strategy to accelerate AI innovation, enhance AI infrastructure, and lead in international AI policy and security, with a focus on balancing technological advancement with legal, privacy, and security considerations. (show me more)

Read the Barnes & Thornburg report.

📰 This Week’s Slighty-off-topic Reads:

Researchers at Anthropic are developing a new method to predict and prevent dangerous personality shifts in AI models by intentionally exposing them to small doses of problematic traits during training, aiming to improve safety and resilience against real-world risks. (show me more)

Leaked ChatGPT conversations, made public due to a faulty sharing feature, reveal users asking the AI for help with unethical and sensitive situations, including exploitative business tactics, legal strategies, and personal crises, raising concerns about privacy and misuse of AI tools. (show me more)

TIME's article warns that while most people use AI chatbots safely, a minority experience harmful psychological effects, such as delusions, after extensive use, prompting calls for better safeguards and mental health protections around these technologies. (show me more)

OpenAI is rolling out a new ChatGPT feature to gently remind users to take breaks during extended sessions, following widespread concerns about the chatbot's impact on mental health and reports of users experiencing psychological distress as a result of prolonged interactions. (show me more)

A viral TikTok video of seemingly real bunnies bouncing on a trampoline, which is actually AI-generated, has sparked widespread concern after millions of viewers were fooled, highlighting the growing difficulty in distinguishing AI content from reality. (show me more)

Watch the video.

🛠️ 📘 Tools and Reports Spotlight

Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI as the enterprise leader in large language models amid surging AI API spend, with code generation and agent-style models driving adoption, while open-source usage stagnates and enterprises increasingly prioritize performance over price. (show me more)

A global survey of 1,000+ enterprise leaders finds AI adoption is accelerating across all departments, with investments focused on workplace productivity, process automation, and customer service—but scaling remains challenged by talent gaps, data quality, and AI governance needs. (show me more)

📘 McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2025: AI and agentic AI (McKinsey & Company, July 22, 2025)

McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook highlights 13 transformational tech trends—including the rise of agentic AI, application-specific semiconductors, and the growing impact of artificial intelligence across sectors—that are reshaping business, driving global competition, and accelerating innovation while presenting new challenges in scaling, talent, and responsible adoption. (show me more)

Download the 108-page report (registration may be required)

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