🧄 OpenAI drops GPT-5.2, hits back at Google

📢 AI News Roundup: What's New in the AI World?

• 🤝 OpenAI, Disney lock in $1B licensing deal

• 🧠 AI’s Architects Take Center Stage

• 🚗 Rivian debuts self-driving tech

• 🧠 Google opens upgraded Deep Research agent to devs

• 💡 AI Tutorial:Fix bugs and ship features from Slack with Claude Code

• 🤯 6 new AI Tools

• 🖼️ A.I. Generated Image of the Day

🧄 OpenAI drops GPT-5.2, hits back at Google

OpenAI released its GPT-5.2 model family, calling it the company’s “most capable series yet for professional knowledge work”, arriving just weeks after an internal memo warned the company was losing ground to Google’s Gemini lineup. The release comes in three tiers: Instant for quick queries, Thinking for complex reasoning tasks, and Pro for maximum accuracy on hard problems.

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🤝 OpenAI, Disney lock in $1B licensing deal

Disney just announced a three-year licensing deal with OpenAI, giving Sora users access to over 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars — alongside a $1B equity investment into the AI leader. Fans will be able to use Disney-owned IP like Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and the Avengers in video generations, with select creations streaming on Disney+.

🧠 Google opens upgraded Deep Research agent to devs

Google just released a significantly upgraded version of its Deep Research agent, now available to developers through a new Interactions API — with consumer rollouts coming soon to Search, NotebookLM, and the Gemini app. The agent runs on the new Gemini 3 Pro, iteratively planning searches, reading results, identifying gaps, and querying again until reaching an answer.

🧠 AI’s Architects Take Center Stage

Time Magazine named the “Architects of AI” its 2025 Person of the Year, spotlighting the people building the models, chips, and systems behind today’s AI boom. Two covers mark the choice: one showing AI as labor, the other highlighting leaders like Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Fei-Fei Li, Demis Hassabis, and Lisa Su. The decision mirrors a year where AI use spread quietly across apps, devices, and workflows, often without users noticing.

🚗 Rivian debuts self-driving tech

Rivian has unveiled its first custom processor built specifically for autonomous driving, expanding control over both software and hardware as competitors depend on third‑party chips. The company’s latest platform, called Autonomy+, integrates camera and sensor data to support lane‑keeping and assisted driving on highways, targeting safer, smoother rides.

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👨‍💻 Fix bugs and ship features from Slack with Claude Code

In this tutorial, you will learn how to add Claude Code to your Slack and task the autonomous coding assistant with fixing bugs or implementing new features, without ever opening a code editor.

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1. Connect Claude Code to GitHub here and add the Claude app to your Slack workspace here.

2. You should see it in the bottom left of your Slack now. Click “Connect Account” and give Claude access to Slack.

3. Add Claude to an existing channel or to a new one by typing “@claude” and hitting enter. It will ask you to add Claude to the channel. Approve it.

4. You can now @Claude and give it coding tasks, with the assistant building context based on recent messages.

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🎬 Disney sues Google over AI copyright violations

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⚡Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model

📝 Trump signs order to block states from enforcing own AI rules.

🗑️ Amazon’s Official ‘Fallout’ Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes.

📈 Ignoring AI bubble fears, investors bet Nvidia and Google will fuel Taiwan stocks to record.

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