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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
OpenAI launches GPT-5.2, its “best model yet”, in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, with significant improvements in writing, coding, and reasoning — The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPTcomplaints, and r/technews
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says GPT‑5.2 Thinking beats or ties industry professionals on 70.9% of GDPval knowledge work tasks, delivering outputs at >11x the speed and <1% the cost — The most advanced frontier model for professional work and long-running agents. — We are introducing GPT‑ …
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LinkedIn: Mac Huffman, Christopher Berry, Xuedong D. Huang, Adam Hede, Olivier Godement, Marc Manara, and Jeff Wang
Bluesky: @kashhill and @cameron.pfiffer.org
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| The Verge: |
OpenAI's Fidji Simo says ChatGPT's “adult mode” is expected to launch in Q1 2026, says OpenAI wants to get better at age prediction before launching the feature — OpenAI wants to get its age-prediction model right before launching the feature.
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Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app, @thinkyparts, and @haydenfield. Threads: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: r/ChatGPTcomplaints and r/ChatGPT
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
| Reuters: |
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval” — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will attempt to preempt …
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Bluesky: @altnps, @sarajacobs.house.gov, @vanhollen.senate.gov, and @thereverended. Mastodon: @kevin@mastodon.km6g.us
Forums: r/technology, r/ArtistHate, r/antiai, and r/politics
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
In his EO, Trump orders US AG Pam Bondi to create an “AI Litigation Task Force” that meets regularly with David Sacks to challenge “inconsistent” state AI laws — The administration will also attempt to prevent states with “onerous” AI laws from accessing broadband funding.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Broadcom reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $18.02B, vs. $17.49B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates, with AI chip sales doubling to $8.2B — Broadcom reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations for earnings and revenue, and issued a strong forecast for the current quarter, driven by artificial intelligence demand.
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| CNBC: |
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan reveals that Anthropic placed a $10B order for Google's Ironwood TPU racks in Q3 and says it placed an additional $11B order in Q4 — Broadcom revealed during a September earnings call that it had signed a customer that had placed a $10 billion order for custom chips.
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| Bloomberg: |
A US appeals court upholds a contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple but says Apple can charge commissions on external links, with the rate to be set by a lower court — Apple Inc. lost its challenge to a judge's rebuke for disobedience but won a new chance to argue for charging developers … | Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
A US judge sentences Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to 15 years in prison; Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges in August — The Terraform Labs co-founder pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud in August. — NEW YORK — Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon …
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| Reuters: |
Reddit files a lawsuit against Australia over its social media ban for under-16s, saying the ban “infringes the implied freedom of political communication” — Message board website Reddit (RDDT.N) on Friday filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia's social media ban …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney sends Google a cease-and-desist letter, accusing Google of “massive scale” copyright infringement and using AI to “exploit and distribute” its content — Disney sends cease-and-desist letter to internet giant — As Disney has gone into business with OpenAI …
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LinkedIn: Allyson Ortega Toy, AC Coppens, Brock Koller, Tobias Peyerl, Hans Ku, and Jeff Jenkins
Bluesky: @justingarrison.com, @khguides.com, @mantzarlis.com, @ketanjoshi.co, @ivanthek, @jbirken, @tedunderwood.com, @keithkurson, @dankim.com, @chimeracoder, @matthewdowsmith, @kevinschaul, @chrisyogerst.com, @mergesort.me, @jackcarterbenjamin, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, @damonberes.com, @tyleraking.com, @markriedl, @mollytempleton.com, and @hunterwalk.com
Threads: @benedictevans and @joshpetersel
Mastodon: @masek@infosec.exchange, @savetheAI@mastodon.social, @ErikJonker@mastodon.social, @cwebber@social.coop, and @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News, r/business, r/TrueAnon, r/ChatGPT, r/entertainment, r/disneyprincess, r/technology, r/vfx, r/nottheonion, r/technology, r/animation, r/PoliticalOptimism, r/TheBigPicture, r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers, r/SoraAi, r/StarWars, r/singularity, r/aiwars, r/blankies, r/Fauxmoi, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/boxoffice, r/movies, r/StockMarket, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Dara Kerr / The Guardian: |
xAI partners with El Salvador to deploy Grok across 5,000+ public schools, reaching 1M+ students in an “AI-powered education program” over the next two years — President Nayib Bukele entrusting chatbot known for calling itself ‘MechaHitler’ to create ‘AI-powered’ curricula| The Keyword: |
Google DeepMind launches an enhanced Gemini Deep Research agent accessible to developers via its new Interactions API, along with a new DeepSearchQA benchmark — We have reimagined Gemini Deep Research to be more powerful than ever. It is now accessible to developers via the new Interactions API …
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| Time: |
Time names “the Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year and takes a look at AI's effect on the economy, geopolitics, and how we interact with the world — Jensen Huang needs a moment. — The CEO of Nvidia enters a cavernous studio at the company's Bay Area headquarters and hunches over a table, his head bowed.
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X: @mattzeitlin, @sasamarinkovic, @moreperfectus, @amitisinvesting, @thegautamkamath, @mattxiv, @nvidia, @agoldmund, @frosen, @time, @drfeifei, @amd, @joshuatopolsky, and @time. LinkedIn: Billy Perrigo
| OpenAI: |
On OpenAI's 10th anniversary, Sam Altman reflects on “a decade of breakthroughs, learnings, and the path toward AGI that benefits all of humanity” — Reflections on a decade of breakthroughs, learnings, and the path toward AGI that benefits all of humanity.| Shakeel Hashim / Transformer: |
Sources: the NY governor proposes a rewrite of the RAISE Act, the AI bill that recently passed NY legislature, with text copied verbatim from California's SB 53 — EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to strike the entire text of the RAISE Act, replacing it with verbatim language from SB 53, sources tell Transformer.
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