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Tech News
Technology / AI:
- OpenAI releases GPT-5.2, its latest model across three tiers (Instant, Thinking, Pro), with significant improvements in reasoning, coding, and accuracy. The release follows OpenAI's internal "code red" alert to counter Google's Gemini 3. 👉 openai.com 👉 wired.com 👉 techcrunch.com
- Google launches Disco, an AI-powered experimental browser that converts open browser tabs into custom applications using Gemini 3. This tool is designed to streamline research and task automation. 👉 techcrunch.com 👉 theverge.com
Geopolitics / Regulation:
- President Trump signs an executive order to establish a single federal AI regulatory framework, aiming to preempt state-level AI laws. This move is seen as a centralization effort to avoid conflicting regulations across states like California and New York. 👉 cnbc.com 👉 reuters.com
- Disney sends a cease-and-desist letter to Google, alleging massive-scale copyright infringement by Google's AI tools. Disney is also partnering with OpenAI to license over 200 characters for AI-generated videos. 👉 variety.com 👉 arstechnica.com
Entertainment / Media:
- Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal, allowing users to generate AI-powered short videos and images featuring over 200 Disney characters. Disney also invests $1 billion in OpenAI. 👉 openai.com 👉 techcrunch.com
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs AI protection bills, requiring disclosure of AI-generated performers in ads and mandating consent from heirs for using deceased individuals' likeness commercially. 👉 hollywoodreporter.com
Cybersecurity / Malware:
- New DroidLock malware locks Android devices and demands ransom, with capabilities to erase data, access messages, and call logs. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- Unpatched Gogs zero-day exploited across over 700 instances, allowing attackers remote code execution. 👉 thehackernews.com
Economy / Markets:
Legal / Crime:
- Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud related to the $40 billion Terra/LUNA collapse. 👉 coindesk.com
- A US appeals court upholds a contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple, allowing Apple to charge commissions on external links, with the rate to be set by a lower court. 👉 bloomberg.com$
Automotive / Transportation:
- Rivian unveils a major autonomy push, including custom silicon, lidar, and a "large driving model" for advanced autonomous driving capabilities. Rivian also hints at potential entry into the self-driving ride-hail market. 👉 techcrunch.com 👉 theverge.com
Healthcare / Education:
- Study finds 15 TikTok accounts posting AI videos of sexualized underage girls have nearly 300K followers, with TikTok stating 14 accounts don't violate its rules. 👉 cnn.com
- Stanford researchers develop an AI hacking bot Artemis that outperformed nine out of ten professional penetration testers, highlighting the rapid improvement of AI hacking tools. 👉 wsj.com$
Social Media / Tech:
- Fortnite returns to the Google Play Store in the US following a court settlement. 👉 reuters.com
- Google’s Gemini AI comes to Chrome for iOS and iPadOS, offering features like summarizing pages and modifying recipes. 👉 engadget.com
Legal / Corporate:
- Microsoft faces a wrongful death lawsuit from the estate of an 83-year-old woman killed by her son, who had engaged in delusion-filled conversations with ChatGPT. 👉 wsj.com$
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposes a rewrite of the RAISE Act, with text copied from California's SB 53, raising concerns over weakened AI regulation. 👉 axios.com
AI / Technology:
- Google DeepMind launches an enhanced Gemini Deep Research agent accessible to developers via its new Interactions API. This tool is designed for long-running context gathering and synthesis tasks. 👉 blog.google
- Time names “the Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year, highlighting the transformative impact of AI on the economy, geopolitics, and global interactions. 👉 time.com
Cybersecurity / Vulnerabilities:
- Active attacks exploit Gladinet's hard-coded keys for unauthorized access and code execution, affecting nine organizations. 👉 thehackernews.com
- Windows PowerShell now warns when running Invoke-WebRequest scripts, enhancing security against malicious scripts. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Social Media / Regulation:
- US state AGs send a letter to Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and nine others, warning that their chatbots' “delusional outputs” could violate state laws. 👉 reuters.com
AI / Legal:
- A US judge sentences Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to 15 years in prison for fraud related to the $40 billion Terra/LUNA collapse. 👉 coindesk.com
Cybersecurity / Updates:
- Microsoft issues security fixes for 56 flaws, including one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
- Google rushes Chrome updates after a new vulnerability found exploited in the wild. 👉 thehackernews.com
AI / Legal:
- A US appeals court upholds contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple, allowing Apple to charge commissions on external links. 👉 bloomberg.com$
AI / Regulation:
- New US OMB guidance states LLMs procured by federal agencies must comply with "truth-seeking" and "ideological neutrality" principles. 👉 axios.com
AI / Technology:
- Cursor launches Visual Editor, a design tool for developers that integrates natural language editing with professional design controls. 👉 wired.com
AI / Economics:
- Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations finds health, career, and relationship topics dominate users' questions. 👉 axios.com
AI / Venture Capital:
- a16z crypto expands to Asia, opening a Seoul office and hiring Monad's Sungmo Park as its Asia head. 👉 coindesk.com
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