This Week's AI News Updates (Apr 24, 2025)
✅ OpenAI unveils GPT-4.1 API, the smarter model https://openai.com/index/gpt-4-1/ ✅ GPTs Now Support Image Generation with GPT-4o https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/1913688262612336878 ✅ Seems like OpenAI now requires ID Verification to access the o3 and probably o4-mini APIs https://x.com/wavefnx/status/1913207954351808742 ✅ Developers can now start building with Gemini 2.5 Flash in the Gemini API via Google AI Studio and Vertex AI https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-2-5-flash-preview/ ✅ Run Gemma 3 27B on your desktop GPU https://x.com/googleaidevs/status/1913219776656089184 ✅ Google Developing Next AI Model Focused on UI/UX https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1913572498018271554 ✅ China Hosts First-Ever Humanoid Half Marathon https://x.com/minchoi/status/1913612030050783696 ✅ Chinese robotics company Unitree showcases firefighting robot https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1911817240577716334 ✅ Figma to Soon Let Users Build Apps With AI https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/figma-to-soon-let-users-build-apps-with-ai-reports/ ✅ Rivian elects Cohere’s CEO to its board in latest signal the EV maker is bullish on AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/rivian-elects-coheres-ceo-to-its-board-in-latest-signal-the-ev-maker-is-bullish-on-ai/

✅ OpenAI unveils GPT-4.1 API, the smarter model
https://openai.com/index/gpt-4-1/
✅ GPTs Now Support Image Generation with GPT-4o
https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/1913688262612336878
✅ Seems like OpenAI now requires ID Verification to access the o3 and probably o4-mini APIs
https://x.com/wavefnx/status/1913207954351808742
✅ Developers can now start building with Gemini 2.5 Flash in the Gemini API via Google AI Studio and Vertex AI
https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-2-5-flash-preview/
✅ Run Gemma 3 27B on your desktop GPU
https://x.com/googleaidevs/status/1913219776656089184
✅ Google Developing Next AI Model Focused on UI/UX
https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1913572498018271554
✅ China Hosts First-Ever Humanoid Half Marathon
https://x.com/minchoi/status/1913612030050783696
✅ Chinese robotics company Unitree showcases firefighting robot
https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1911817240577716334
✅ Figma to Soon Let Users Build Apps With AI
https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/figma-to-soon-let-users-build-apps-with-ai-reports/