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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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| 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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| 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.| 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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| OpenAI: |
Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora; Disney will make a $1B investment in OpenAI and become a major OpenAI customer — Agreement marks a significant step in setting meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.
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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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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Forums: r/RedditSafety and r/redditstock
| 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| Kritika Lamba / Reuters: |
Fortnite returns to the Google Play Store in the US following a US district court injunction; Google and Epic announced a settlement last week — Epic Games' popular battle royale title Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store in the United States after Google (GOOGL.O) …
More: 9to5Google, CNET, Android Headlines, Android Central, and Polygon.com
| 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.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Disco, a Gemini 3-powered experiment that suggests and creates GenTabs, web apps based on the user's open browser tabs and Gemini chat history — Google on Thursday introduced a new AI experiment for the web browser: the Gemini-powered product, “Disco,” which helps to turn your open tabs into custom applications.
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, The Verge, Android Authority, NDTV Profit, Android Police, and Decrypt
| 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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