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An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and against above-trend model capabilities growth, the state of evals, and the safety of reasoning models (Gavin Leech/LessWrong)

AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete, are forcing web developers to rethink whether they are designing websites for humans or for robots (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

The future of AI development could resemble the rivalry between iOS and Android, with China's AI approach closer to Google's open and customizable Android OS (Kai-Fu Lee/Financial Times)

Reddit is rolling out new safety features globally for all users under 18, ahead of Australia's social media ban for under-16s taking effect on December 10 (Newley Purnell/Bloomberg)

Sources: CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to end "code red" after releasing a model in January 2026 with improved image generation, speed, and personality (Wall Street Journal)

Scientists at NeurIPS, which drew a record 26,000 attendees this year, say key questions about how AI models work and how to measure them remain unresolved (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

Italy-based humanoid robotics startup Generative Bionics raised €70M led by CDP Venture Capital, with participation from Tether, AMD Ventures, and others (Daniele Lepido/Bloomberg)

The International Committee of the Red Cross, which runs major research archives, warned that AI models are fabricating research papers, journals, and archives (Dan Vergano/Scientific American)

Robinhood is set to join Indonesia's retail investment boom after agreeing to acquire local brokerages PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto (Prima Wirayani/Bloomberg)

Sources: after the Netflix-WBD deal was announced, Larry Ellison called President Trump about how the transaction would hurt competition (Wall Street Journal)

The US FDA qualifies the first AI drug development tool, AIM-NASH, to help doctors assess a severe form of fatty liver disease in drug trials (Sahil Pandey/Reuters)

David Sacks says AI preemption won't apply to state laws on child safety, communities won't be forced to host data centers they don't want, and more (David Sacks/@davidsacks)

President Trump says the "same approach" used to let Nvidia ship H200 chips to China will also apply to "AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies" (Reuters)

Filing: HashKey, Hong Kong's largest licensed crypto exchange, is aiming to raise up to ~$215M in its IPO in the city (Kumar Tanishk/Reuters)

US lawmakers remove provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026 that would have ensured military members' right to repair their own equipment (Boone Ashworth/Wired)

Google announces system "autospatialization" for Android XR, an AI feature to turn 2D content, including games streamed from a PC, into 3D, arriving in 2026 (David Heaney/UploadVR)

After rallying early in 2025, Netflix shares have fallen 28% since the end of June amid concerns about its growth outlook and its costly pursuit of WBD (Bloomberg)

The US CFTC launches a pilot program allowing BTC, ETH, and USDC to be used as collateral in US derivatives markets (CoinDesk)

The CTO of Amazon's Zoox says the company plans to start charging for rides in Las Vegas in early 2026 and is focused on transporting people, not deliveries (Amanda Gerut/Fortune)

Trump says the US will allow Nvidia to ship H200 chips to "approved customers" in China and elsewhere, and 25% of the chip sales will be paid to the US (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)

TikTok announces Shared Collection, to organize and share saved videos, and plans to launch Shared Feed, a daily curated selection of 15 videos, globally (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)

Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store film rental platform on December 10, offering curated indie titles in 23 countries, including the US, UK, and France (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Anthropic launches a Slack integration for Claude Code, expanding on the existing Claude app for Slack, launching in beta as a research preview (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)

Google details steps it is taking to secure Chrome's upcoming agentic browsing features, including a "User Alignment Critic" model that vets AI agent's actions (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Uber launches Uber Intelligence, an insights platform that lets advertisers tap into Uber's data about customer trips and deliveries (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)

OpenAI and Instacart launch a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, letting customers brainstorm meal ideas and check out via OpenAI Instant Checkout (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Apple and Google say they've developed new features that streamline the process of moving data between iOS and Android as part of a joint collaboration (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Samsung's Galaxy XR gets beta support for Google's realistic avatar system for video calls, a Travel Mode, and a built-in PC remote desktop feature (David Heaney/UploadVR)

An Airwallex executive warned in 2023 that China staff were pushing to access client data; Keith Rabois accuses Airwallex of enabling Chinese access to US data (Lucas Baird/Australian Financial Review)

Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)

Google says it's working to create two different categories of AI-powered smart glasses: one with screens launching in 2026 and another that's audio-focused (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

Source: the US Department of Commerce plans to allow the export of Nvidia's old H200 chips to China, seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

Sources: Google has told advertisers that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026; Google's VP of Global Ads says there are no plans for ads in the Gemini app (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)

NextEra Energy expands its partnership with Google Cloud to develop data center campuses across the US and secures 2.5GW+ of clean energy contracts from Meta (Vallari Srivastava/Reuters)

Leaked letter: Tiger Global launches Private Investment Partners 17, a fund targeting raising $2.2B, signaling a pivot from megafunds to more discipline (CNBC)

Internal memo: Johny Srouji, who oversees Apple's chip division, tells his employees that "I don't plan on leaving anytime soon" (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Skild AI, which develops a foundation model for robots, is in talks to raise $1B+ from SoftBank and Nvidia at a ~$14B valuation, up from $4.7B in July (Reuters)

ICEBlock's developer sues the Trump administration in federal court for violating the First Amendment, after Apple removed its app under White House pressure (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

Unconventional AI raised a $475M seed led by a16z and Lightspeed at a $4.5B valuation to build a more energy-efficient AI computer, part of an up to $1B round (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

Michael Saylor's Strategy acquired 10,624 bitcoin for $962.7M between December 1 and 7, its largest BTC purchase since July; MSTR is down ~40% so far in 2025 (James Hunt/The Block)

Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30/share in a $108.4B all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week (CNBC)

India's Tata Electronics signs up Intel as a prospective customer for its upcoming chip facilities; Tata is investing ~$14B to build fabs in Gujarat and Assam (Nandan Mandayam/Reuters)

President Trump says he will sign "a ONE RULE" EO on AI "this week" and "you can't expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something" (Bloomberg)

OpenAI survey of 9,000 workers at 100 companies: its tools save workers ~40-60 minutes daily on average for professional tasks; OpenAI has 1M+ business clients (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

Netflix changed movie distribution, and its executives now think that licensing shows leaves money on the table; YouTube may help Netflix's WBD antitrust case (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

The European Commission says Meta agreed to change its "pay or consent" model, including ad-light Instagram and Facebook versions, but "the case is not closed" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)

Big Tech's AI data center plans, which are set to need an estimated 44GW of additional capacity by 2028, face a power crunch that could deflate the AI "bubble" (Financial Times)

Users of ByteDance's agentic AI phone Nubia M153 report that its Doubao assistant is blocked or limited by Tencent's WeChat, Alibaba's Taobao, and other apps (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)

Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times)

Binance receives three licenses from Abu Dhabi's financial regulator, allowing comprehensive operations across its exchange, clearing, and brokerage arms (Alex Dooler/Bloomberg)