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The AI news for December 20th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

FunctionGemma: Google's local mini-AI controls apps and games by voice.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/functiongemma-googles-lokale-mini-ki-steuert-apps-und-spiele-per-sprache/

OpenAI positions GPT-5.2-Codex as a tool for cyber defense.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-positioniert-gpt-5-2-codex-als-werkzeug-fuer-die-cyberabwehr/

Europol imagines robot crime waves in 2035
Source: https://www.theverge.com/report/847956/robot-crime-wave-europe-police-prediction

Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/848365/google-scraper-lawsuit-serpapi

The AI news for December 19th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

You can now verify Google AI-generated videos in the Gemini app.
Source: https://blog.google/technology/ai/verify-google-ai-videos-gemini-app/

Anthropic publishes Agent Skills as an open standard for AI platforms.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropic-veroeffentlicht-agent-skills-als-offenen-standard-fuer-ki-plattformen/

Guided learning lets “untrainable” neural networks realize their potential
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/guided-learning-lets-untrainable-neural-networks-realize-their-potential-1218

GPT-5.2 dominates OpenAI's new science test, but fails at complex research tasks.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/gpt-5-2-dominiert-openais-neuen-wissenschafts-test-scheitert-aber-an-komplexen-forschungsaufgaben/

The AI news for December 18th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

No, the military did not overthrow the government in France.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Fake-News-ueber-Staatsstreich-Praesident-Macron-zuernt-Facebook-11118958.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3: Hybrid Mamba models for autonomous AI agents.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/nvidia-veroeffentlicht-nemotron-3-hybride-mamba-modelle-fuer-autonome-ki-agenten/

AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/845831/ai-chips-data-center-power-water

Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/adobe-hit-with-proposed-class-action-accused-of-misusing-authors-work-in-ai-training/

The AI news for December 17th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Confrontation with Reality: New AI Benchmark OfficeQA
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Konfrontation-mit-der-Realitaet-Neuer-KI-Benchmark-OfficeQA-11117132.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Robot, make me a chair
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/robot-makes-chair-1216

Why figures on the water consumption of data centers are often misleading.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Warum-Zahlen-zum-Wasserverbrauch-von-Rechenzentren-oft-irrefuehrend-sind-11116970.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

VS Code disables IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/VS-Code-deaktiviert-IntelliCode-zugunsten-des-kostenpflichtigen-Copilot-11115668.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The AI news for December 16th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

AGI by 2028: Google DeepMind sees a 50 percent chance.
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/news24/agi-50-deepmind

We’re publishing an AI playbook to help others with sustainability reporting.
Source: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/ai-playbook-sustainability-reporting/

Can one still trust AI answers at all?
Source: https://www.heise.de/-11114709?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/nvidia-bulks-up-open-source-offerings-with-an-acquisition-and-new-open-ai-models/

The AI news for December 15th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Current AI models master the demanding CFA Financial Analyst exam.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/aktuelle-ki-modelle-meistern-anspruchsvolle-finanzanalysten-pruefungen-cfa/

Open-source model LongCat shows: Good image AI also works without a flood of parameters.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/meituan-veroeffentlicht-longcat-image-effizientes-6b-modell-fordert-ki-riesen-heraus/

Adobe integrates Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express directly into ChatGPT's user interface.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/adobe-integriert-photoshop-acrobat-und-express-direkt-in-die-benutzeroberflaeche-von-chatgpt/

Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/844443/grok-misinformation-bondi-beach-shooting

The AI news for December 14th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

For 1.6 billion: Intel will probably acquire SambaNova.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Intels-Uebernahme-von-SambaNova-fuer-1-6-Milliarden-wohl-kurz-vor-Abschluss-11114449.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The U.S. government wants to prevent AI regulation by individual states.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/US-Regierung-will-KI-Regulierung-durch-einzelne-Bundesstaaten-verhindern-11114371.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Less is more: Individual AI models can defeat networked AI agents.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/weniger-ist-mehr-einzelne-ki-modelle-koennen-vernetzte-ki-agenten-schlagen/

Skills system discovered at OpenAI: ChatGPT is to solve tasks more efficiently with modules.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/skills-system-bei-openai-entdeckt-chatgpt-soll-aufgaben-mit-modulen-effizienter-loesen/

The AI news for December 13th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Enabling small language models to solve complex reasoning tasks
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/enabling-small-language-models-solve-complex-reasoning-tasks-1212

Runway introduces the first 'General World Model' and expands Gen-4.5 with new features.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/runway-stellt-erstes-general-world-model-vor-und-erweitert-gen-4-5-um-neue-funktionen/

New Pangram 3.0 AI text detector should be almost error-free.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/neuer-pangram-3-0-ki-text-detektor-soll-fast-fehlerlos-sein

Parents call for New York governor to sign landmark AI safety bill
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/844062/parents-call-for-new-york-governor-to-sign-landmark-ai-safety-bill

The AI news for December 12th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

ChatGPT-5.2 is here: Why this update changes everything.
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/top-news24/chatgpt-5-2-release

OpenAI partnership: Create your own Disney films with Sora starting in 2026.
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/top-news24/openai-disney

Google introduces new deep-research agents and a new AI API.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/google-stellt-neuen-deep-research-agenten-und-neue-ki-api-vor/

FACTS-Benchmark: Even top AI models struggle with the truth
Source: https://the-decoder.de/facts-benchmark-auch-top-ki-modelle-kaempfen-mit-der-wahrheit/

The AI news for December 11th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Why the Pentagon is suddenly relying on Google Gemini.
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/top-news24/google-pentagon

Deepseek is supposed to use thousands of smuggled Nvidia chips for AI training.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/deepseek-soll-tausende-geschmuggelte-nvidia-chips-fuers-ki-training-nutzen/

Meta plans a closed AI model 'Avocado' and breaks with its open-source line.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/meta-plant-geschlossenes-ki-modell-avocado-und-bricht-mit-seiner-open-source-linie/

Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/google-is-going-all-in-on-mcp-servers-agent-ready-by-design/