Fire on the Hill AI Digest – September 2025
From WTO optimism on AI-driven growth to California’s push for safeguards, Nvidia’s $100 billion bet on OpenAI and looming cuts at Accenture and Lufthansa, the promise of AI is matched by mounting risks
From WTO optimism on AI-driven growth to California’s push for safeguards, Nvidia’s $100 billion bet on OpenAI and looming cuts at Accenture and Lufthansa, the promise of AI is matched by mounting risks
Recognising that the communications landscape is shifting dramatically, Fire on the Hill have started to hire more digital and social specialists and launched a dedicated digital practice ‘Fusion’ this year
We may be reaching the end of the beginning of the current AI hype-cycle, with slower hiring and concerns over the negative impacts of some tools. However, with new drugs and medical uses emerging, there have also been positive developments this month
AI never wrote an essay for Victoria Gutierrez, but by taking notes to tell her how to write and what to say, the crucial step of critical thinking was outsourced. What was the result?
Grid balancing, the real-time management of electricity supply and demand, is a resource-intensive process that allows our electricity supply to remain steady and reliable. Can AI help overcome challenges?
GEO is a new name, yes. But at its core, it’s about visibility in discovery. Just like Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), it relies on clear signals: structured content, trusted sources, and brand authority. And like SEO, it can be tracked

Trump’s new AI Action Plan made headlines this month, just as the UK launched its powerful Isambard-AI supercomputer and teamed up with OpenAI. Meanwhile, creatives are still figuring out how to coexist with the fast rise of AI

New service helps brands influence and measure how they appear in AI-generated answers, as search behaviour evolves
Generative AI engines should be top of mind for reaching new audiences, because the shift from Search Engine Optimisation to Generative Engine Optimisation isn’t coming – it’s here
This month the AI copyright war continues to heat up, raising important questions about the future of creative ownership in the digital age