As the summer heat rolls in, the AI world takes a breather but not without stirring up some major developments. The July 2025 Market Update by Dr Lau Cher Han on 2 July 2025 delivered a rich mix of industry insights, legal drama, and practical tools for entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts. Here’s a breakdown of the most compelling highlights.
🔍 Model Updates: Quiet but Not Silent
- OpenAI’s GPT-4 (O3) reached near-genius levels; further improvements are marginal.
- Mistral Magistral enhanced with reasoning and OCR capabilities; fast but may lack accuracy in reasoning.
- MidJourney now supports animation generation and personalized styles.
🏛️ Legal Showdowns: Copyright in the Age of AI
- Anthrophic won a U.S. federal case allowing AI training on purchased books.
- Taiwan’s LawsNote case resulted in sentencing for scraping proprietary legal databases.
- Scale AI’s CEO joins Meta – Alexander Wang’s move to Meta as Chief AI Officer signals Meta’s push into superintelligence labs.
- Meta’s AI team now includes multiple international experts, highlighting global AI talent.
- Legal takeaway: Using purchased or public data for small language models is safer.
⚙️ Tools for Automation & Agents
📊 Data Visualization & Scraping
- Instant Data Scrapper: Chrome extension for scraping e-commerce platforms like Lazada and Shopee.
- Power BI: Recommended for dashboard creation and business intelligence.
- Upcoming workshop on July 17 focused on data visualization for Malaysian businesses.
🧱 The Three Layers of AI Adoption
- Layer 1: Using AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude.
- Layer 2: Creating intelligent agents for task automation.
- Layer 3: Full automation of workflows using tools like N8N.
🎓 Education & Community
- Collaborations with Taiwan universities on 3D modeling and generative design.
- Bootcamps planned for August–September covering AI entrepreneurship, coding, and automation.
Whether you’re a startup founder, educator, or tech hobbyist, the message is clear: AI is no longer optional—it’s foundational.
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