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OpenAI Updates ChatGPT Amid Battle for Knowledge Workers

Belle Lin / wsj - The new, productivity-focused GPT-5.2 model comes as the AI company faces increasing competition from Google and Anthropic.

#ai #ml #google #openai #aiethics #altman #productivity #gemini

Kara Swisher dishes on OpenAI, Meta, Google—and the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery

2 months / fastcompany / Robert Safian

OpenAI just released its new GPT-5.2 model. Here’s what you need to know

2 months / fastcompany / Thomas Smith

ChatGPT gets major update (GPT-5.2) as OpenAI battles Google in AI arms race

2 months / digitaltrends

Oracle (ORCL) Stock: $300B OpenAI Deal Triggers Selloff as AI Costs Surprise Investors

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

ChatGPT 5.2: Everything You Need to Know About OpenAI's Latest Model

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

GPT‑5.2: OpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google

2 months / techxplore

GPT-5-Pro achieved an amazing 90% score on the 2025 Miklós Schweitzer, beating metaculus expectations

2 months / reddit / /u/gbomb13

Google vs. OpenAI: Same-Day Showdown

2 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

OpenAI Updates ChatGPT Amid Battle for Knowledge Workers

2 months / wsj / Belle Lin

GPT-5.2 lands to top Google's Gemini 3 in the AI benchmark game just four weeks after GPT-5.1

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI is cheating somewhat with their "xhigh" reasoning effort on all the benchmarks they released for 5.2 Thinking, while ChatGPT Plus users only ever have access to "medium" reasoning effort

2 months / reddit / /u/Tystros

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 16864 / 11 stories in 2 months


Broadcom Reports $18 Billion in Revenue as AI Chip Sales Climb

Robbie Whelan / wsj - The chip designer posted nearly twice as much net profit in the fourth quarter as it did a year earlier.

#ai #chips #aiethics #stockmarket #earnings #investment #business #semiconductor #technology

Broadcom (AVGO) Stock: Company Reports Strong Q4, but Shares Slide on Profit Margin Concerns

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Absolutely hilarious earnings call for Broadcom today as CEO Hock Tan gets mad at an analyst for asking for clarity over OpenAI’s supposed 10 gigawatt chips deal, which Tan responded to by saying that “they are on their multi-year journey to their own XP

2 months / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic bought $10B of Google TPUs in September and an additional $11B order this quarter. It’s no longer idle speculation that Google is competing with Nvidia selling AI chips.

2 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

Broadcom stock reverses lower on a misinterpretation of what the CEO said on the earnings call

2 months / cnbc

Broadcom earnings pass the test as AI momentum sends the stock higher

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Broadcom reveals its mystery $10 billion customer is Anthropic

2 months / cnbc

Broadcom’s stock falls despite another crushing earnings and revenue beat

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Broadcom Reports $18 Billion in Revenue as AI Chip Sales Climb

2 months / wsj / Robbie Whelan

Broadcom reports fourth quarter earnings after the bell

2 months / cnbc

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 16861 / 9 stories in 2 months


New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars

Mia Sato / theverge - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Thursday that will require advertisers to identify if an ad includes AI-generated people. Hochul's announcement said the bill, S.8420-A/A.8887-B, was the first of its kind in the US, describing it as a "common sens…

#ai #techpolicy #digitalmarketing #aiethics #government #privacy #technology #ads #advertising #regulation

New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars

2 months / theverge / Mia Sato

New York passes law requiring ads to disclose the use of AI performers

2 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

New York Becomes First State To Require Disclosure of AI Performers in Ads

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 16854 / 3 stories in 2 months


Google Releases Gemini 3 Powered Deep Research Agent to Developers via API

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has released its Deep Research agent to developers via the Interactions API, undercutting OpenAI with low pricing and open-sourcing the DeepSearchQA benchmark.The post Google Releases Gemini 3 Powered Deep Research Agent to Developers via API appea…

#ai #bigdata #datascience #ml #enterprise #google #aiethics #api #developertools #gemini

Google releases reimagined Gemini Deep Research on Gemini 3 Pro

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Google dropped a Gemini agent into an unseen 3D world, and it surpassed humans - by self-improving on its own

2 months / reddit / /u/FunnyLizardExplorer

Google upgrades Gemini Deep Research’s search and problem-solving capabilities

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2

2 months / techcrunch / Julie Bort

Gemini Deep Research released by Google

2 months / reddit / /u/jbcraigs

Google Releases Gemini 3 Powered Deep Research Agent to Developers via API

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google opens updated Deep Research Agent to developers with new API

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Google Turns Research Agents Into Infrastructure, and Writes the Test They're Graded On

2 months / implicator / Robert Brown

Google releases Gemini Deep Research Agent: Beats GPT-5 Pro on "Humanity's Last Exam" (46.4% vs 38.9%) and introduces new Interactions API.

2 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 16845 / 9 stories in 2 months


Rivian (RIVN) Stock: EV Maker Reveals Custom Chip and Robotaxi Plans

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Rivian unveiled a custom self-driving chip and AI system at its first Autonomy and AI Day in Palo Alto on Thursday The company will launch Autonomy+ subscription in early 2026 for $2,500 upfront or $49.99 monthly with hands-free driving on over 3.5 m…


Custom Chip & Lidar Innovations

Rivian unveils its own in-house RAP1 AI chip and ACM3 self-driving platform—automaker one-ups Tesla with LiDAR support

2 months / tomshardware

Rivian Goes Big On Autonomy, With Custom Silicon, Lidar, and a Hint At Robotaxis

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Rivian Will Add Lidar in 2026, Says Tesla's Cameras Aren't Enough

2 months / reddit / /u/DonkeyFuel

Rivian (RIVN) Stock: EV Maker Reveals Custom Chip and Robotaxi Plans

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free

2 months / ycombinator

Rivian announces new AI tech, in-house chip and robotaxi ambitions

2 months / cnbc

Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis

2 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

Rivian is building its own powerful AI chips for autonomous driving

2 months / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins


Hands-Free Driving Advancements

A Huge Rivian Hands Free Driving Update Is Coming to Canada

2 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Rivian goes all in on 'universal hands-free' driving at its first Autonomy and AI day

2 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk


Market Reaction

Rivian teases its AI future, but its stock drop shows Wall Street isn’t impressed

2 months / x / @MarketWatch


Smart In-Car AI Assistants

Rivian Reveals New AI Assistant, Lidar, and Autonomous Driving Coming in 2026

2 months / gizmodo / Zac Estrada

Rivian’s AI assistant is coming to its EVs in early 2026

2 months / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec


All Other Stories

And when it does, the AI assistant will roll out to every existing EV in its lineup, not just the next-generation versions of its R1T truck and R1S SUV. 

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 16844 / 14 stories in 2 months


OpenAI Releases GPT-5.2 With Major Upgrades in Reasoning, Coding, and Reliability

iclarified - OpenAI has officially launched GPT-5.2, describing it as its most capable model series yet for professional knowledge work and complex problem-solving. The update arrives just weeks after the release of GPT-5.1 and is aimed at raising the bar for coding, …


Firing back amid fierce competitor pressure

GPT-5.2 vs Gemini 3 — How the two heavyweight models compare on benchmarks, price, and feature set

2 months / mashable

OpenAI is clapping back at Google’s Gemini 3 with a new GPT-5.2

2 months / fastcompany / Mark Sullivan

GPT-5.2

2 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 for ChatGPT Users a Week After Declaring 'Code Red'

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert

2 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

OpenAI strikes back in the chatbot race against Google

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

2 months / nytimes / Cade Metz and Mike Isaac

Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 to Counter Google Gemini 3 Pro and Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI Releases Flagship GPT-5.2 Model Following “Code Red” Alert

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

2 months / reddit / /u/wiredmagazine

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 to take on Google and Anthropic

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

Sam Altman expects OpenAI to exit 'code red' by January after launch of GPT-5.2 model

2 months / cnbc

OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo

2 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

GPT-5.2 is OpenAI’s latest move in the agentic AI battle

2 months / theverge / Hayden Field

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

2 months / wired / Maxwell Zeff


In-depth benchmarks and feature upgrades

Deceptive marketing from OAI. Benchmarks were run with extra tokens, possibly at least doubling that of Gemini 3.0’s Pro

2 months / reddit / /u/Hello_moneyyy

OpenAI launches GPT-5.2 with cutting-edge math capabilities

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI Says New AI Model GPT-5.2 Unlocks ‘Even More Economic Value’

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

ChatGPT-5.2 Arrives: Here's What It Means for Everyday and Work Users

2 months / cnet / Blake Stimac

GPT-5.2: All 20 Benchmarks, Rankings and Pricing Specs (Internal & External).The Ultimate Comparison Gallery.

2 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

GPT-5.2 Thinking actually feels like a context window upgrade

2 months / reddit / /u/98Saman

GPT-5.2 Pro directly solved an open problem in statistical learning theory. It was not given strategies or outlines of how to do so, just some prompting/verification.

2 months / reddit / /u/socoolandawesome

OpenAI says GPT-5.2 is safer for mental health. What does that mean?

2 months / mashable

How to try GPT-5.2, the new ChatGPT model series from OpenAI

2 months / mashable

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.2 With Major Upgrades in Reasoning, Coding, and Reliability

2 months / iclarified

GPT-5.2 Pro is SOTA on ARC-AGI, with two orders of magnitude efficiency improvement over the past year:

2 months / x / @gdb

GPT-5.2 is here — the most advanced frontier model for professional work and long-running agents. It's a big step forward on enterprise tasks including spreadsheets and slides. Now rolling out to everyone.

2 months / x / @gdb

Very strong on the benchmarks, read more details here:

2 months / x / @gdb

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 (Instant, Thinking, Pro). Achieves 100% on AIME 2025 and beats human experts on knowledge work (74.1% win rate) with Benchmarks

2 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

GPT-5.2 Launch: OpenAI Unveils Most Advanced AI Model

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

GPT-5.2 Thinking evals

2 months / reddit / /u/Gab1024

GPT-5.2 benchmarks are out

2 months / reddit / /u/ShreckAndDonkey123

GPT 5.2 and gpt-5.2-pro are out!

2 months / reddit / /u/pawofdoom


Industry alliances and upcoming model hints

"Garlic" model confirmed via new OpenAI Supply Store Easter egg. Sam Altman tweets "Christmas presents next week"— Seemingly confirming a separate model launch(GPT Image 2)

2 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

The GPT 5.2 Release, Disney, and How Somehow These Two Are Related

2 months / substack / John Hwang

GPT-5.2 is the first iteration of new models from the new data centers

2 months / reddit / /u/imadade

(PR) Just Launched OpenAI GPT-5.2 Trained & Deployed on NVIDIA Infrastructure

2 months / techpowerup


User feedback and casual analysis remarks

Normies are so behind on AI, man, it’s crazy. I talked to a coworker and she didn’t even know the difference between GPT 5.2-mini-pro-turbo with search and GPT o1-enhanced-4o operator 5.2

2 months / reddit / /u/M3MacbookAir

More to come from OpenAI next week

2 months / reddit / /u/socoolandawesome

Is anyone else noticing that GPT-5.2 is a lot worse lately?

2 months / reddit / /u/DemonicRedditor

Like it or not, believe it or not, things are still moving very fast.

2 months / reddit / /u/ObiWanCanownme

GPT-5.2 Thinking unparalleled accuracy in Long-Context!

2 months / reddit / /u/Independent-Ruin-376

GPT-5.2

2 months / ycombinator

GPT-5.2

2 months / ycombinator


All Other Stories

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

What the hell are people actually doing with this? Basic programming tasks? arstechnica.com/information-...

2 months / bsky / @werwolfram.bsky.social / werwolfram.bsky.social

OpenAI just launched GPT-5.2, a frontier model aimed at developers and professionals, pushing reasoning and coding benchmarks as it races Google’s Gemini 3 while grappling with compute costs and no generator.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors. www.wired.com/story/openai...

2 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

GPT-5.2 is here. OpenAI calls GPT-5.2 the best model yet for professionals, and says it “hallucinates less” and is more accurate than GPT-5.1 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

2 months / bsky / @tomwarren.co.uk / tomwarren.co.uk

GPT-5.2 is here. With it, OpenAI wants “to unlock even more economic value for people,” Fidji Simo told reporters in a briefing. It’s been in the works for “many, many months.” OpenAI calls GPT-5.2 its “best model yet for everyday professional use."

2 months / bsky / @haydenfield.bsky.social / haydenfield.bsky.social

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 16843 / 51 stories in 2 months


Disney accuses Google of ‘massive’ copyright infringement following deal with OpenAI

Emma Roth / theverge - Disney has accused Google of engaging in copyright infringement on a "massive scale," claiming its AI models have generated content resembling characters from Frozen, Deadpool, Star Wars, and others, according to reports from Variety and Deadline. In a ce…


Disney’s Cease-and-Desist Against Google

Disney Says Google AI Infringes Copyright 'On a Massive Scale'

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Disney tells Google to stop using its characters in AI output - Android Authority

2 months / reddit / /u/Few_Baseball_3835

Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”

2 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Disney Accuses Google of ‘Massive Scale’ Copyright Infringement Through AI Systems

2 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Disney Slaps Google With Cease and Desist, Claiming 'Massive' Copyright Violations

2 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a 'massive scale'

2 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

Disney Fires Off Cease-And-Desist Letter To Google Claiming Its AI Services Infringe On Copyright On A “Massive Scale”

2 months / reddit / /u/DemiFiendRSA


Disney’s OpenAI Deal Amid Copyright Battle

Disney is suing Google while signing a $1 billion deal with OpenAI

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

After striking OpenAI deal, Disney demands Google cease and desist from AI infringement

2 months / mashable

Disney accuses Google of ‘massive’ copyright infringement following deal with OpenAI

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth


All Other Stories

Image post - please click to view at origin

2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without permission via Gemini AI.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 16840 / 13 stories in 2 months


Oracle (ORCL) Stock Tumbles as Revenue Misses and Guidance Falls Short

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Oracle posted Q2 adjusted EPS of $2.26 versus $1.64 consensus, boosted by $2.7 billion Ampere stake sale Quarterly revenue of $16.06 billion fell short of $16.19 billion estimate despite 14% year-over-year increase Cloud infrastructure revenue surged…

#ai #cloud #aiethics #stockmarket #earnings #business #finance #recession #technology #oracle

AI-led tech slide extends into third day as Oracle, Nvidia, fall in premarket trading

2 months / cnbc

Oracle Shares Tumble on AI Spending Worries

2 months / wsj / Heather Gillers

Don't use Oracle and its challenges as a barometer for the many great AI stocks we own

2 months / cnbc

Oracle stock price falls, taking Nvidia and other AI chip giants with it: Why tech are shares reeling today?

2 months / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Oracle investors cast doubt on its knack for divination

2 months / ft

Blue-chip Dow rallies into record territory while Oracle’s skid weighs on Nasdaq

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Oracle drags down Nvidia and other AI stocks as bubble fears intensify trib.al/m2xhXW5

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Oracle's big AI dreams are freaking out Wall Street

2 months / qz / Shannon Carroll

Oracle (ORCL) Stock Tumbles as Revenue Misses and Guidance Falls Short

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 16839 / 9 stories in 2 months


Time Magazine names ‘Architects of AI’ as its person of the year for 2025

news.com.au - The issue features a cover story exploring how AI has changed the world over the past year, in “sometimes frightening ways”.


Cover visuals and key AI profiles

These are the key AI players on the cover of Time's 'Architects of AI' magazine

2 months / techxplore

These are the key AI players on the cover of Time's 'Architects of AI' magazine

2 months / go


Market impacts and gambling fallout

Investors fear Time just jinxed the AI stock-market rally with its 2025 Person of the Year

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Did Time just jinx the AI stock-market rally with its 2025 Person of the Year? trib.al/0FAtl6r

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

‘Architects of AI’ Wins Time Person of the Year, Sends Gambling Markets Into a Meltdown

2 months / 404media / Matthew Gault


Official announcements, straight from Time

Time magazine names ‘Architects of AI’ as its person of the year for 2025

2 months / news.com.au

Time Magazine names ‘Architects of AI’ as its person of the year for 2025

2 months / news.com.au

Time magazine names 'Architects of AI' as Person of the Year

2 months / techxplore

Why Time Dubbed 'AI Builders' Person of the Year: 'Whatever the Question, AI Was the Answer'

2 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

TIME names ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year

2 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

'Architects of AI' named Time Magazine's Person of the Year

2 months / bbc


Online critiques and reaction voices

Internet reacts to architects of AI being named Times 2025 Person of the Year

2 months / mashable

TIME magazine is owned by Marc Benioff, owner of Salesforce, who literally ran an AI agents puff piece about his ow company in the magazine. I’m unsurprised he thinks a bunch of grifters are person of the year, he thinks they’re cool [contains quote post

2 months / bsky / @edzitron.com

AI Fails to Win Time’s Person of the Year… This Time

2 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil


All Other Stories

People who bet on "AI" did not win and are incredibly mad.

2 months / bsky / @404media.co / 404media.co

another day another meltdown on Polymarket over the exact wording of a bet

2 months / bsky / @mjgault.bsky.social / mjgault.bsky.social

i love most of all the person advising his fellow degenerate online gamblers to contact support www.404media.co/architects-o...

2 months / bsky / @christhompson.bsky.social / christhompson.bsky.social

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 16835 / 17 stories in 2 months


Opera Wants You To Pay $20 a Month For Its AI Browser

msmash / slashdot - Opera has opened its AI-powered browser Neon to the public after a couple of months of testing, and anyone interested in trying it will need to pay $19.90 per month. The Norway-based company first unveiled Neon in May and launched it in early access to se…

#ai #software #browsers #aiethics #genai #business #pricing #ux #technology #digitalprivacy

New AI Browsers Promise Multistep Automated Workflows

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Opera Wants $20 a Month for Its New AI Browser. You Probably Shouldn’t Pay It.

2 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Opera Neon is Now Available

2 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Agentic AI Browser: Opera Neon Goes Public For $19.90/Month

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Opera Neon Browser Drops Waitlist, Adds Deep Research Agent

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

#Opera wants you to pay $20 a month to use its #AI-powered #browser Neon - techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/o... hahahaha. no.

2 months / bsky / @glynmoody.bsky.social / glynmoody.bsky.social

Opera Wants You To Pay $20 a Month For Its AI Browser

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Opera Neon, Opera's experimental agentic AI browser, is now available to all

2 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Opera Neon Browser Drops Waitlist, Adds Deep Research Agent

2 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Opera wants you to pay $20 a month to use its AI-powered browser Neon

2 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 16833 / 10 stories in 2 months


Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

cnbc - Disney is investing in OpenAI and has licensed its iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Ariel and Iron Man to be used in the Sora AI video generator.


Key deal terms and investment specifics

Disney's billion-dollar AI bet on OpenAI

2 months / therundown / Zach Mink

OpenAI strikes $1B deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Disney and OpenAI team up

2 months / ft

Behind the Deal That Took Disney From AI Skeptic to OpenAI Investor

2 months / wsj / Keach Hagey

Disney’s $1 Billion Bet: A Licensing Model With OpenAI for User Content

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Disney inks US$1bn OpenAI deal, bringing its characters into Sora

2 months / mumbrella / Eleanor Dickinson

OpenAI nabs $1B investment from Disney as part of character licensing deal

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Disney turns to dark side, licenses IP to OpenAI for videos, images

2 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters

2 months / npr / Andrew Limbong

Disney will open up its toy chest of 200+ characters for AI creators in a $1 billion deal with OpenAI

2 months / fastcompany / Anna-Louise Jackson

Disney and OpenAI strike deal to bring classic characters to Sora

2 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Beyond excited to partner with Disney!

2 months / x / @gdb

Disney strikes $1 billion deal with OpenAI to bring Mickey, Marvel, and more to generative video platform

2 months / techspot

Walt Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI and licenses characters for use on Sora

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Disney Just Let OpenAI Use Its Entire Universe for New AI Videos

2 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Disney and OpenAI just announced a huge $1bn licensing deal for Sora AI

2 months / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Disney Invests $1 Billion In OpenAI To Build New AI-Driven Experiences

2 months / ventureburn / Clinton

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI and Lets Over 200 Characters Appear in Sora and ChatGPT Creations

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora

2 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Disneys $1 billion deal with OpenAI will bring Disney characters to Sora

2 months / mashable

OpenAI makes $1bn deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora

2 months / bbc

Disney's OpenAI stake is 'a way in' to AI and Sora will help reach younger audience, Iger tells CNBC

2 months / cnbc

OpenAI, Disney to let fans create AI videos in landmark deal

2 months / techxplore

Disney Strikes $1 Billion Deal With OpenAI, Bringing Its Characters to Sora

2 months / iclarified

Disney Inks Blockbuster $1B Deal With OpenAI, Handing Characters Over To Sora

2 months / reddit / /u/jjophh

Disney Puts $1 Billion Into OpenAI, Licenses 200+ Characters for AI-Generated Videos and Images

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Disney (DIS) Stock: Company Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI Partnership

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Disney gives OpenAI’s Sora access to more than 200 characters

2 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Disney’s AI Slop Era Is Here

2 months / gizmodo / James Whitbrook

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / cnbc

Disney, OpenAI agree Sora licensing deal, $1bn investment

2 months / advanced-television / Colin Mann

Disney is becoming a major customer of — and investor in — OpenAI

2 months / qz / Chris Morris

OpenAI signs deal to bring Disney characters to Sora and ChatGPT

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

Disney's $1B Deal With OpenAI Will Bring Iconic Characters to Sora AI Videos

2 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

OpenAI’s billion-dollar Disney deal puts Mickey Mouse and Marvel in Sora

2 months / theverge / Richard Lawler

Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora

2 months / wsj / Joseph De Avila

Disney to invest $1bn into OpenAI

2 months / ft

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Strikes Licensing Deal

2 months / bloomberg / Molly Schuetz

Disney making $1B investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI

2 months / ycombinator

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / reddit / /u/Regular_Eggplant_248

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

2 months / ycombinator

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / reddit / /u/Puginator


Legal battles and copyright control

Disney’s Sora Licensing Deal Opens 200 Iconic Characters to AI, But Leaves Out Personality Rights

2 months / medianama / Azdhan

Every single Kindle Scribe has this ridiculous flaw

2 months / pocket-lint / Kelsey Fogarty

Disney's deal with OpenAI is about controlling the future of copyright

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

2 months / reddit / /u/wiredmagazine

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

2 months / wired / Brian Barrett

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI for Sora Access While Sueing Google for AI Copyright Infringement

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Character licensing to Sora intensifies AI threat to Hollywood creators

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler


Market reactions and creative impacts

Disney Strikes $1 Billion Deal With OpenAI, Bringing Iconic Characters to Sora Amid Industry Backlash

2 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Everything is fine: Disney CEO Bob Iger says OpenAI deal isnt a threat to creatives.

2 months / mashable

Disney wants to drag you into the slop

2 months / theverge / Charles Pulliam-Moore

Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand

2 months / 404media / Matthew Gault

Quick read is that the deal is more about optics at the moment – certainly in helping OpenAI against Google, but also Disney signaling a continued push to be forward-thinking with tech. At a time when Hollywood is freaking out about the future, no less! h

2 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com


Unrelated additional news

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"Sora users will be able to start generating videos with Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Yoda early next year." Oof that Disney x OpenAI deal....

2 months / bsky / @nicolleness.bsky.social / nicolleness.bsky.social

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Disney Puts $1 Billion Into OpenAI, Licenses 200+ Characters for AI-Generated Videos and Images https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/11/1522244/disney-puts-1-billion-into-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-generated-videos-and-images?utm_source=rss1.0mai

2 months / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

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2 months / bsky / @chronosschiron.bsky.social / chronosschiron.bsky.social

Disney says that alongside the agreement, it will "become a major customer of OpenAI," as it will use its APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

The studio has announced a landmark deal and $1 billion investment with OpenAI to bring hundreds of Disney characters to its generative AI platforms.

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

this shit sucks!

2 months / bsky / @jwhitbrook.bsky.social / jwhitbrook.bsky.social

I read Disney CEO Bob Iger’s book and he struck me as a reasonably decent, forward-thinking guy (wooing Lucasfilm, Marvel and Apple into the Disney fold) but seems he’ll remembered for the terrible failures of bleeding money with Disney+ and handing their

2 months / bsky / @scottdagostino.ca / scottdagostino.ca

Na, már a Disney is: www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/d...

2 months / bsky / @mefi.be / mefi.be

Oh God. There are going to be sooo many Disney characters in videos that Iger is gonna wish he could get rid of with a simple copyright strike ... www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/d...

2 months / bsky / @laynewinters.bsky.social / laynewinters.bsky.social

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Harness raises $240M to lead AI-powered DevOps beyond the code editor

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Harness Inc., a software delivery startup that integrates artificial intelligence tools into DevOps workflows, today announced it has raised $240 million in a Series E funding round. The round was comprised of a $200 million investment led by Goldman Sach…

#ai #startups #cloud #automation #devops #enterprise #aiethics #investment #business #developertools

Goldman Investment Helps AI Firm Harness Reach $5 Billion Valuation

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Harness Raises $240M in Series E Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

Harness raises $240M to lead AI-powered DevOps beyond the code editor

2 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation

2 months / cnbc

Goldman Sachs backs Harness with $240M to take on GitLab and CircleCI in AI DevOps

2 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

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Runware nets $50M Series A for ‘one API for all AI’ platform

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - UK-based AI workload startup Runware hasraised a $50 million Series A round led by Dawn Capital, with participationfrom Speedinvest, Comcast Ventures, and existing investors including InsightPartners,...

#ai #startups #vc #cloud #ml #genai #videogames #animation #api #developertools

AI inference startup Runware raises $50M to make AI run faster

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Runware Secures $50M Series A to Simplify AI Image, Video Tools

2 months / ventureburn / Ekemini

Runware nets $50M Series A for ‘one API for all AI’ platform

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Runware raises $50M from Speedinvest and others to build ‘one API for all AI’

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers

2 months / techcrunch / Dominic-Madori Davis

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Google Rolls Out Gemini AI for Chrome on iPhone and iPad

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Google is rolling out Gemini integration for its Chrome browser on iPhone and iPad, a move that brings AI feature parity with its web and desktop versions.The company teased built-in Gemini in Chrome for iOS in September, and the feature is now rolling ou…

#ai #google #android #browsers #aiethics #alphabet #iphone #ios #ipad #gemini

Google brings Gemini’s Chrome integration to iPhone and iPad

2 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

iOS Gets More AI as Chrome Adds Google's Gemini for iPhones

2 months / cnet / Alex Valdes

Google Rolls Out Gemini AI for Chrome on iPhone and iPad

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Google Gemini Comes to Chrome for iOS in the US

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Google Chrome for iOS Adds Built-in Gemini to Compete with AI Browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google Rolls Out Gemini AI for Chrome on iPhone and iPad

2 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Chrome on your iPhone now offers a smarter, Gemini-powered browsing experience

2 months / digitaltrends

Google's Gemini AI comes to Chrome on iPhone and iPad

2 months / engadget / Steve Dent

Chrome for iPhone Gets Gemini AI Upgrade

2 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

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DeepMind to open first AI science lab in UK 2026

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Google DeepMind announced plans to open its first automated science laboratory in the United Kingdom in 2026. The facility will use artificial intelligence to identify new materials for superconductors, semiconductors, and solar cells. This initiative for…

#ai #automation #innovation #ml #aiethics #government #alphabet #uk #deeptech

Google’s AI unit DeepMind announces its first 'automated research lab' in the UK

2 months / reddit / /u/nick7566

DeepMind to open first AI science lab in UK 2026

2 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Google’s AI unit DeepMind announces its first 'automated research lab' in the UK

2 months / cnbc

Google DeepMind to open automated lab in expanded UK partnership

2 months / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Google DeepMind to open UK research lab for discovery of new materials

2 months / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 7:22 am / permalink 16824 / 5 stories in 2 months


OpenAI, Microsoft Face Historic Liability Test in AI-Linked Homicide Suit

Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs; Lawsuit claims ChatGPT intensified paranoia leading to a tragic Connecticut murder–suicide. OpenAI and Microsoft face unprecedented liability over harmful AI-generated responses. Section 230 protections may not apply because ChatGPT created the dis…

#ai #microsoft #openai #aiethics #chatgpt #mentalhealth #law #technology #litigation #safety

OpenAI, Microsoft Face Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over ChatGPT’s Role in Murder-Suicide

2 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of reinforcing delusions that led to a woman's death

2 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Lawsuit claims ChatGPT put a ‘target’ on murdered woman

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

OpenAI Sued for Wrongful Death After ChatGPT ‘Groomed’ Man to Kill His Mother

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI, Microsoft Face Historic Liability Test in AI-Linked Homicide Suit

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

OpenAI and Microsoft Sued Over Murder-Suicide Blamed on ChatGPT

2 months / bloomberg / Rachel MetzMadlin Mekelburg

Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide

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Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 6:21 am / permalink 16823 / 7 stories in 2 months


Trendtracker Secures $7M To Expand AI-Driven Strategic Intelligence Platform

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Ghent-based tech scale-up Trendtracker has secured $7 million in Series A funding, led by Armilar and joined by existing investor Capricorn Partners. The new capital will fuel the advancement of Trendtracker’s autonomous AI strategy and foresight platform…

#ai #bigdata #startups #cloud #analytics #datascience #ml #aiethics #business #deeptech

Trendtracker Secures $7M To Expand AI-Driven Strategic Intelligence Platform

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Trendtracker raises $7M to scale its AI strategic intelligence platform

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Belgium’s Trendtracker tracks down €5.9 million to help businesses turn trends into strategy

2 months / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 5:21 am / permalink 16822 / 3 stories in 2 months


Qargo Raises $33M in Series B Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Qargo, a London, UK-based transport management system (TMS) company, raised $33M in Series B funding. The round was led by Sofina, with participation from existing investor Balderton Capital. The raise brought the total amount to $54M. The company intends…

#ai #startups #vc #cloud #automation #analytics #aiethics #investment #business #uk #supplychain #technology #delivery #algorithm

Qargo Raises $33M Series B To Grow AI-Powered Transport Management

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Qargo Raises $33M For AI Transport Platform

2 months / ventureburn / Clinton

Belgian TMS startup Qargo secures €28 million to scale operations and product development

2 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Qargo Raises $33M in Series B Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

Qargo expands AI-driven transport management with $33M Series B

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Qargo just raised $33M to cut Europe’s logistics costs

2 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 5:21 am / permalink 16821 / 6 stories in 2 months


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