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InsightInBytes – June 25, 2025
InsightInBytes Team
June 25, 2025
Good day, future thinkers.
From AI agents being scrapped and China’s quiet AI rise, to Europe’s bold Factory of the Future and the push for a 4-day workweek, today’s edition brings powerful perspectives and bold shifts.
Here’s your byte-sized rundown of the 5 stories shaping tomorrow.
1. Gartner’s Harsh Reality Check for Agentic AI
🚫 Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be scrapped by 2027.
Hyped but hollow — Gartner warns that many current agentic AI tools are just chatbots in disguise. High costs, unclear ROI, and “agent washing” may doom nearly half of these projects. Still, by 2028, 33% of enterprise apps are expected to embed agentic AI.
2. OpenAI Flags China's Zhipu AI Expansion
🇨🇳 Zhipu AI, backed by $1.4B in Chinese state funding, is gaining traction across Asia and the Middle East, offering “sovereign” LLMs and hardware in partnership with Huawei.
The U.S.–China AI rivalry intensifies as both sides vie to establish the global AI standard.
3. The NO FAKES Act: Censorship Trojan Horse?
🚨 Originally meant to combat AI deepfakes, the U.S. NO FAKES Act could now force sweeping content filters on the internet.
Critics warn it endangers small startups, anonymous speech, and online creativity, while tech giants quietly back it.
4. NVIDIA Powers Germany’s AI Megafactory
🤖 Germany teams up with NVIDIA and Deutsche Telekom to build Europe’s first industrial AI cloud, deploying 10,000 GPUs.
It’s part of a bold move to secure European tech sovereignty — and support 900+ startups and the Mittelstand in reshaping intelligent manufacturing.
5. Bernie Sanders: AI Should Lead to a 4-Day Work Week
📉 “Let’s use tech to help workers, not fire them,” says Sanders, calling for a 32-hour week as AI boosts productivity.
Pilot programs show promising results — Microsoft Japan reported a 40% boost in output during their 4-day experiment.
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