One-Minute Daily AI News 8/12/2025

1. AI startup Perplexity makes bold $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome browser.[1]
2. YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S.[2]
3. Zhipu AI Releases GLM-4.5V: Versatile Multimodal Reasoning with Scalable Reinforcement Learning.[3]
4. AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/ai-startup-perplexity-makes-bold-345-billion-bid-googles-chrome-browser-2025-08-12/

[2] https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/youtube-begin-testing-new-ai-powered-age-verification-124572836

[3] https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/08/12/zhipu-ai-releases-glm-4-5v-versatile-multimodal-reasoning-with-scalable-reinforcement-learning/

[4] https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/ai-companion-apps-on-track-to-pull-in-120m-in-2025/