The 10 most important AI stories of December 8, 2025, hand-curated from the day's coverage. Every story links to its primary source.
Microsoft is building Copilot into every product it owns, while Google is integrating its Gemini LLM tool into all of its properties. To determine which tool is better, I came up with seven challenges.
Anthropic's Clio and Interviewer reveal optimistic Claude work use, but stigma persists, especially for creatives.
AI advances made through group's custom processor hits Nvidia's stock and prompts ChatGPT maker to declare 'code red'
The move reflects a rapidly intensifying race among technology giants to strengthen the data foundations required for generative and agentic AI.
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it's working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses to compete next year with existing models from Meta Platforms Inc.: one with screens, and another that's audio focused.
President Donald Trump said he would approve an executive order this week establishing "ONE RULE" on artificial intelligence aimed at limiting state-level policies regulating the technology.
OpenAI's artificial intelligence products are saving workers an average of about 40 to 60 minutes a day on professional tasks, according to a large survey conducted by the ChatGPT maker amid lingering skepticism of the economic benefits of AI.
Naveen Rao joins a rarified club of prominent tech founders to raise big funding rounds for very young companies.
Japan's SoftBank Group and Nvidia are in talks to invest in Skild AI, in a more than $1 billion funding round that would value the robotics foundation model startup at around $14 billion, up from $4.7 billion in July.
NextEra Energy Inc., one of the world's biggest renewable-energy producers, announced a series of deals aimed at meeting surging demand for electricity to run artificial intelligence systems. The company expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to develop data center campuses across the US and secured 2.5+ GW of clean energy contracts from Meta.
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