Global Scans · Artificial intelligence · Weekly Summary

• [New] Consider the healthcare sector, where a generative AI model trained on medical texts from 2023 will quickly become obsolete in 2025. NASSCOM | The Official Community of Indian IT Industry
• [New] Policymakers can focus on enforcing AI notices that signal content was generated by AI, particularly at a critical time when the U.S. is considering revising its AI policies to do just the opposite - removing language about risk, discrimination and misinformation - based on a new executive order. Mirage News
• [New] U.S. AI data center power demand is projected to grow more than thirtyfold by 2035, rising from 4 gigawatts in 2024 to 123 GW. Seeking Alpha
• [New] By 2025, companies will likely depend on AI-driven processes to increase efficiency, meaning that workers skilled in AI tools, machine learning and data analytics will be in high demand. Staffing Industry Analysts
• [New] In the next four years, Apple plans to directly hire 20,000 people in the U.S. - the vast majority focused on R&D, silicon engineering, software development, and AI and machine learning. Apple Newsroom
• [New] AI has the potential to reduce drug discovery times by 30% to 40%, significantly speeding up the research and development process in healthcare. Precedence Research
• [New] Many critical AI applications (healthcare diagnostics, autonomous driving, etc.) depend on Nvidia hardware, and a disruption (say, a supply chain issue or sudden price hike) could have ripple effects. TS2 Space
• [New] The Bell AI Fabric initiative will use clusters of Nvidia Ampere, Hopper, and Blackwell GPUs accessible to businesses and researchers via cloud, with an emphasis on data sovereignty and privacy. TS2 Space
• [New] By 2025, 70% of customer interactions will involve AI-driven solutions, meaning faster resolution of issues and increased overall satisfaction. Grady Andersen
• [New] AI is seen as a tool that could significantly improve the quality of service delivery, both by enhancing midwifery education and by reducing errors in midwifery, confirming the viewpoint of the OECD on the improvement of healthcare provision due to AI. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The Global AI Push: Governments and corporations are investing billions into AI education and infrastructure, signaling a major shift that will impact all industries - including law. American Arbitration Association
• [New] Upskilling and Adaptation: With nearly 40% of workers' core skills expected to change by 2030, legal professionals must embrace analytical thinking, emotional intelligence, and AI literacy to remain competitive. American Arbitration Association
• [New] Leading chip designer NVIDIA will partner with UCL to help optimise the UK's national artificial intelligence infrastructure, as part of a Europe-wide initiative to help countries develop their own sovereign AI systems. University College London
• [New] In 2025 alone, U.S. AI investment is projected at ~ $400 B-surpassing EU defence budgets. TechNow
• [New] Banking Efficiency Up 46%: India's RBI projects generative AI could lift banking efficiency nearly 46% through automation, fraud reduction, and streamlined compliance. TechNow
• [New] Despite economic uncertainties, data center and AI infrastructure investments continue growing - by 7.9% to a projected $5.43 trillion in 2025-driven largely by generative AI demand. TechNow
• [New] By 2028, 75% of enterprise engineers will leverage AI in their workflows. TechNow
• [New] A report from Jobs and Skills Australia finds generative AI will heavily automate routine clerical jobs-while enhancing high-skilled roles in fields like healthcare, engineering, and education. TechNow
• [New] CFOs now allocate ~25% of AI budgets to agentic systems, expecting up to 20% in savings or revenue gains. TechNow
• By 2027, organizations that prioritize semantics in AI-ready data will increase their GenAI model accuracy by up to 80% and reduce costs by up to 60%. Gartner
• By 2027, 60% of data and analytics leaders will face critical failures in managing synthetic data, risking AI governance, model accuracy, and compliance. Gartner
• By 2027, 50% of business decisions will be augmented or automated by AI agents for decision intelligence. Gartner
• Big Tech's race to expand technologies like generative artificial intelligence, which requires warehouse-like data centers that can require city-sized amounts of electricity at a single site, is driving up global energy consumption and raising fears about depleted power supplies. Electricity Info

Last updated: 24 August 2025