OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates 'Code Red'
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The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its "best model yet" as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.
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AI Briefing — December 11, 2025
The 10 most important AI stories of December 11, 2025, hand-curated from the day's coverage. Every story links to its primary source.
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora
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Three-year deal lets users create AI videos of Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and more.
TIME names 'Architects of AI' its Person of the Year
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TIME Magazine has named the 'Architects of AI' its Person of the Year, who include Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and Fei-Fei Li
Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model
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Runway debuts a physics-aware world model that simulates reality to train agents and power video, robotics, and avatar applications.
Google debuts 'Disco,' a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs
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Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.
Oracle shares slide on $15B increase in data center spending
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Company raises its capital expenditure forecast as it doubles down on AI infrastructure bet.
OpenAI and Microsoft Sued Over Murder-Suicide Blamed on ChatGPT
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OpenAI and its investor Microsoft Corp. were sued over a Connecticut murder-suicide in the latest case to blame the popular ChatGPT chatbot for dangerous psychological manipulation of users.
Rivian announces new AI tech, in-house chip and robotaxi ambitions
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The company has also developed AI models to power its Autonomy+ subscription, which it intends to roll out early next year for $2,500 upfront or $49.99 a month.
Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers
Wired ↗
The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.
Metas Zuckerberg Pushes Highly Paid AI Lab to Build Moneymakers
Bloomberg Technology ↗
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, Riley Griffin reports on the pressure Meta's artificial intelligence researchers are under to deliver products that make money for the company.
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