#AI horizons 25-08 – AI in pills

Summary

AI is accelerating across domains—from coding interviews and robotic laundry to creative partnerships and public policy. These developments underscore how AI is reshaping workflows, labor markets, and the infrastructure of human–machine collaboration.

Pills

• Meta pilots AI‑assisted coding interviews: As of late July 2025, Meta began testing technical interviews that allow candidates to use an AI assistant—reflecting a shift toward evaluating real‑world developer practices. WIRED+4WIRED+4MLQ+4
• GitHub Copilot hits 20 million users: Microsoft reports that GitHub’s AI coding tool has reached more than 20 million all‑time users, marking 5 million new users in just three months and adoption across 90% of Fortune 100 firms. MLQ+5TechCrunch+5developers.slashdot.org+5
• xAI embraces safety—not transparency or copyright—in EU code of practice: Elon Musk’s xAI has committed to the “Safety and Security” chapter of the EU’s General‑Purpose AI Code of Practice but declined to sign the Transparency and Copyright chapters. X (formerly Twitter)+6Reuters+6Digital Strategy+6
• Figure 02 folds your laundry: In August 2025, Figure 02—powered by the Helix vision‑language‑action model—demonstrated autonomous laundry handling, from picking garments to loading washers and dryers. FigureAI+5Robotics & Automation News+5newequipment.com+5
• ChatGPT for $1/year for U.S. federal agencies: OpenAI, through a GSA partnership, is offering ChatGPT Enterprise access to federal executive branch agencies for a nominal fee of $1 per agency for one year. investing.com+9openai.com+9govexec.com+9
• Stanford finds 13% decline in entry‑level jobs due to AI: A study shows a 13% drop in job listings for young workers (ages 22–25) in AI‑vulnerable fields since 2022, highlighting risks at the entry level. digitaleconomy.stanford.edu+9tomshardware.com+9itpro.com+9
• Copilot appears on Samsung TVs and monitors: Microsoft’s Copilot AI—animated and voice‑powered—is now integrated into Samsung’s 2025 smart TVs and monitors, offering everything from movie suggestions to episode recaps. news.samsung.com+6theverge.com+6microsoft.com+6
• Meta licenses Midjourney’s AI image & video tech: Meta has struck a licensing partnership with Midjourney, integrating its “aesthetic technology” into future image and video models to better compete with OpenAI Sora, Google Veo, and Black Forest Lab’s Flux. bloomberg.com+10TechCrunch+10engadget.com+10

Closing

AI is weaving itself into how we interview, create, automate, and govern. These moves—from unlocking human-machine collaboration in interviews to introducing autonomous household robots and public-sector AI access—all point toward an AI-deepening reality. At the same time, the uneven labor impact and regulatory divergence—like xAI’s selective compliance—demonstrate growing fault lines. The choices we make now on regulation, innovation and workforce adaptation will define who wins—and who’s left behind—in the next AI era.