According to @DeepLearningAI, Andrew Ng advises developers to combine strong computer science fundamentals with AI-assisted, agentic coding skills to maintain a competitive edge in the evolving AI industry (source: The Batch, Sep 4, 2025). The newsletter highlights a study demonstrating that AI-led job interviews enhance both hiring effectiveness and employee retention, offering businesses measurable ROI through streamlined recruitment (source: The Batch). Hangzhou is identified as a rapidly growing AI hub, presenting new investment and partnership opportunities for AI startups and enterprises in China (source: The Batch). Google has published data quantifying Gemini's per-prompt energy consumption, enabling enterprises to make informed decisions about AI model deployment with sustainability in mind (source: The Batch). Meta has introduced LlamaFirewall, a new security layer designed to protect agentic large language models, addressing industry concerns about LLM vulnerabilities in real-world applications (source: The Batch).