OpenAI Sprints. Google Grades Itself. Trump Threatens. Disney Pays.

San Francisco | December 12 Sam Altman's memo about Gemini 3 triggered a ten-day sprint to ship GPT-5.2.

Marcus Schuler Dec 12, 2025

Politics

Trump signs AI order challenging state rules, threatens broadband funding

Trump signed an AI executive order he can't legally enforce. The real aim: intimidate states using $42B in broadband funding as leverage. Republican governors are already pushing back, exposing a deep fracture in the conservative coalition.

Maria Garcia Dec 12, 2025

Tools

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

Sam Altman's "Code Red" memo triggered OpenAI's fastest major release ever. Ten days later, GPT-5.2 arrived with doubled benchmarks and 40% higher API costs. The gains are real. So are questions about what got sacrificed for speed.

Marcus Schuler, Maria Garcia, Robert Brown Dec 12, 2025

OpenAI Sprints. Google Grades Itself. Trump Threatens. Disney Pays.

Trump signs AI order challenging state rules, threatens broadband funding

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

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Amazon sues Perplexity's shopping bot

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