Last Week in AI , 2025-12-17 22:31:00
Our 228th episode with a summary and discussion of last week’s big AI news!
Recorded on 12/12/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris
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In this episode:
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OpenAI’s latest model GPT-5.2 demonstrates improved performance and enhanced multi-modal capabilities but comes with increased costs and a different knowledge cutoff date.
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Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI to generate Disney character content, creating unique licensing agreements across characters from Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars franchises.
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The U.S. government imposes new AI chip export rules involving security reviews, while simultaneously moving to prevent states from independently regulating AI.
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DeepMind releases a paper outlining the challenges and findings in scaling multi-agent systems, highlighting the complexities of tool coordination and task performance.
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