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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 …
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.
Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
OpenAI debuts GPT-5.2, its “best model yet”, in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, with significant improvements in writing, coding, and reasoning benchmarks  —  The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.
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‑ …
The Verge:
OpenAI's Fidji Simo says she expects ChatGPT's “adult mode” to launch in Q1 2026 and that OpenAI wants to get better at age prediction before adding the feature
Hayden Field / The Verge:
OpenAI says GPT-5.2 Thinking hallucinates less than GPT-5.1 and is more reliable for agentic AI needs; prerelease testers include Notion, Box, Shopify, and Zoom
Reuters:
Reddit files a lawsuit against Australia to overturn its social media ban for under-16s, saying it “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 …
Bloomberg:
A US appeals court upholds a contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple, but says Apple can argue in a lower court to charge <27% for transactions outside the App Store
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Broadcom reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $18.02B, vs. $17.49B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above est., as it expects AI chip sales to double YoY to $8.2B
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 …
Alex Heath / Sources:
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking  —  Product chief Nikita Bier on journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”  Also: Fidji Simo on OpenAI's Code Red, and a new episode of ACCESS.
Kirsty Needham / Reuters:
Papua New Guinea says Google will build three subsea cables for the country, a $120M effort funded by Australia, amid China's rising influence in the region  —  Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under a mutual defence treaty …
More: Tech in Asia
Axios:
The OpenAI deal gives Disney a fair amount of oversight and control over how its IP is used, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations  —  Walt Disney has reached an agreement with OpenAI that will make the company the first major content licensing partner on Sora, OpenAI's social video platform.
Issie Lapowsky / Transformer:
Sources: NY's 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  —  New York Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing a dramatic rewrite of the RAISE Act, the AI transparency and safety bill that recently passed …

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Stephen Colbert says CBS lawyers blocked an interview with Democratic US Senate candidate James Talarico, citing the FCC's equal time guidance for TV talk shows

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount says it is “prepared to engage” with WBD on takeover talks during a seven-day negotiating window, but doesn't say whether it will raise its bid

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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
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
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
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
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Rivian says it is building its own 5nm AI chip called the Rivian Autonomy Processor and a foundational “Large Driving Model”, to enable fully autonomous driving
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