Google DeepMind launches an enhanced Gemini Deep Research agent accessible to developers via its new Interactions API, along with a new DeepSearchQA benchmark (The Keyword)
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Google DeepMind debuts an enhanced Gemini Deep Research agent, available to developers via its new Interactions API, along with agent benchmark DeepSearchQA
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Rivian says it is building its own 5nm AI chip called the Rivian Autonomy Processor and a foundational "Large Driving Model", to enable fully autonomous driving (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
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Rivian is designing its own powerful AI chips for autonomous driving
Rivian’s AI chips can perform 1,600 trillion operations a second.
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Rivian says it is building its own 5nm AI chip, the Rivian Autonomy Processor, and will launch a foundation “Large Driving Model”, for fully autonomous driving
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Runway launches GWM-1, its first world model, which uses frame-by-frame prediction to simulate physics, and updates Gen 4.5 to add native audio and more (TechCrunch)
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Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model | TechCrunch
Runway debuts a physics-aware world model that simulates reality to train agents and power video, robotics, and avatar applications.
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Runway launches GWM-1, its first world model, which uses frame-by-frame prediction to simulate physics, and updates Gen 4.5 to add native audio and more
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The OpenAI deal gives Disney a fair amount of oversight and control over how its IP is used, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations (Axios) https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/openai-disney-sora
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The OpenAI deal gives Disney a fair amount of oversight and control over how its IP is used, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations
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Palantir expands its Percepta lawsuit, accusing its CEO and two co-founders of poaching staff, and another employee of stealing confidential documents (Victoria Albert/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/business/palantir-sues-ceo-of-rival-ai-firm-alleges-widespread-effort-to-poach-employees-9c297986?st=sERTvb&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Palantir expands its Percepta lawsuit, accusing Percepta
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Worktrace AI, founded by ex-OpenAI product lead Angela Jiang and researcher Deepak Vasisht, launches with a $9.3M seed, and unveils a workflow automation agent (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)
She Helped Launch ChatGPT. She's Back With A New Startup To Bridge The AI Value Gap
Worktrace AI founders Angela Jiang and Deepak Vasisht are launching a workflow automation agent backed by $9M from Conviction, 8VC, OpenAI and prom...
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Worktrace AI, founded by ex-OpenAI product lead Angela Jiang and researcher Deepak Vasisht, launches with a $9.3M seed, and releases a workflow automation agent
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Cursor launches Visual Editor, a vibe-coding product for designers that integrates professional design controls with natural language editing (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
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Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers
The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.
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Cursor launches Visual Editor, a vibe-coding product for designers that integrates professional design controls with natural language editing via Cursor
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LI.FI, which provides businesses with price comparisons of crypto exchange rates and bridging fees, raised $29M, bringing its total funding to ~$52M (Carlos Garcia/Fortune)
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Berlin-based LI.FI, which provides businesses with price comparisons of crypto exchange rates and bridging fees, raised $29M, taking its total funding to ~$52M
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AT&T launches Connected Life, a smart home security system with hardware from Google and Abode, designed to keep working during power or internet outages (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
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AT&T’s new home security system is powered by Google Home and Abode
AT&T shut down its previous security system in 2022.
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AT&T launches Connected Life, a smart home security system with hardware from Google and Abode, designed to keep working during power or internet outages
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Disney sends Google a cease-and-desist, accusing Google of copyright infringement on a "massive scale" and using AI to "exploit and distribute" the content (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Disney Accuses Google of Using AI to Engage in Copyright Infringement on 'Massive Scale'
Disney is accusing Google of copyright infringement on a "massive scale" using AI models and services to "commercially exploit and distribute" infr...
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Disney sends Google a cease-and-desist letter, accusing Google of “massive scale” copyright infringement and using AI to “exploit and distribute” its content
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