AI Update, October 31, 2025: AI News and Views From the Past Week

Artificial Intelligence — Fri., Oct. 31, 2025

Catch up on the latest AI news and developments from the past week or so, including partnerships between Adobe and Google Cloud, Mondelez and Publicis Groupe, and Meta's plans to inject more AI-generated content into recommendation feeds.

Adobe and Google Cloud's partnership brings Google's AI models directly into Adobe apps, allowing for richer images and higher-quality videos. Mondelez is using a new AI tool to cut ad production costs, while Meta is experimenting with dedicated AI social experiences. Gemini's Canvas feature now auto-builds presentations and Google is offering 18 months of free access to 505 million Reliance Jio users in India.

Investors are favoring Alphabet's cash-flow-funded AI spend as the company plans to add 30 GW of compute capacity, potentially accelerating the evolution of AI features in marketing stacks. Additionally, Figma acquired Weavy to launch Figma Weave, a node-based canvas that links multiple AI models and editing tools. Grammarly has rebranded as Superhuman, offering a broader suite of tools, and Mistral has debuted AI Studio, a production-grade platform for agentic assistants. Cursor has also released Composer, a fast coding model trained with reinforcement learning.

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