The August 2025 ClickHouse newsletter highlights several advancements and community activities, including the release of ClickHouse 25.7, which offers faster SQL UPDATE and DELETE operations and AI-powered SQL generation. Gene Makarov is featured for his innovative approach to rendering vector tiles from ClickHouse for mapping engines. Upcoming events cover virtual and in-person training sessions across various regions, focusing on topics like observability and query optimization. A SQL analytics bake-off compares the performance of Claude Opus and Gemini 2.5 Pro models in generating SQL queries from plain English. The newsletter also discusses technical insights such as ClickHouse's solutions for fast row-level updates, high-performance dashboard analytics, and building LLM observability with ClickStack, OpenTelemetry, and MCP. Additionally, it includes quick reads on topics like generating Parquet files, optimizing ClickHouse queries, and constructing real-time analytics pipelines.