Workers Hide AI Use. Adaptive Scaling for LLMs. EU Builds Five AI Gigafactories. EU Probes Meta WhatsApp AI Rule.

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The AI news for December 5th, 2025

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Anthropic Interviewer: Why 69% hide their AI usage from colleagues
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/topbeitraege/anthropic-interviewer
Why did we choose this article?
Shows a novel, human-centered AI use (automated qualitative interviews) with concrete workplace findings — stigma, productivity trade-offs, and sector-specific trust issues — valuable for audiences thinking about adoption, governance, and product design.

A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/smarter-way-large-language-models-think-about-hard-problems-1204
Why did we choose this article?
Research-forward item with clear technical and practical implications: dynamic compute for LLMs can improve efficiency and accuracy on hard problems — useful for builders, product managers, and researchers planning resource trade-offs.

The EU plans five AI gigafactories with 100,000 high-performance AI chips.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/eu-plant-fuenf-ki-gigafactories-mit-100-000-hochleistungs-ki-chips/
Why did we choose this article?
Strategic infrastructure news: chip gigafactories are about supply-chain sovereignty, investment priorities, and long-term capacity for AI — essential context for decision-makers and technologists planning region-specific deployments.

The European Commission initiates antitrust proceedings against Meta over the WhatsApp AI Directive.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/eu-kommission-startet-kartellverfahren-gegen-meta-wegen-whatsapp-ki-richtlinie/
Why did we choose this article?
Regulatory development with broad implications: antitrust scrutiny of AI features in a major messaging platform affects competition, data access, and product design — must-know for industry watchers and compliance teams.

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