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The AI news for December 26th, 2025

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

NVIDIA: Signs deal with inference-chip startup.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Nvidia-Vertragsschluss-mit-Inferenz-Chip-Startup-11124836.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Microsoft is catching wind of rumors about the Windows Rust port.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-faengt-Geruechte-zur-Windows-Rust-Portierung-ein-11124851.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Long-standing AI obstacle ARC falls through the unstoppable optimization machinery.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/langjaehriges-ki-hindernis-arc-faellt-durch-die-unaufhaltsame-optimierungsmaschinerie/

The Australian financial regulator warns banks against the excessive use of AI in suspicious activity reports.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/australische-finanzaufsicht-warnt-banken-vor-uebermaessigem-ki-einsatz-bei-verdachtsmeldungen/

The AI news for December 25th, 2025

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

Nvidia to license AI chip challenger Groq’s tech and hire its CEO
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-acquires-ai-chip-challenger-groq-for-20b-report-says/

Authors sue six AI giants over book piracy.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/autoren-verklagen-sechs-ki-giganten-wegen-buchpiraterie/

Waymo is testing Gemini as an in-car AI assistant in its robotaxis
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/waymo-is-testing-gemini-as-an-in-car-ai-assistant-in-its-robotaxis/

Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/italy-tells-meta-to-suspend-its-policy-that-bans-rival-ai-chatbots-from-whatsapp/

The AI news for December 24th, 2025

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

The AI coding model GLM-4.7 remembers trains of thought across long dialogues.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-coding-modell-glm-4-7-merkt-sich-gedankengaenge-ueber-lange-dialoge/

Voice cloning from three seconds of audio: Qwen releases new TTS models.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/stimmen-klonen-aus-drei-sekunden-audio-qwen-veroeffentlicht-neue-tts-modelle/

OpenAI resists prompt injections that threaten the 'agentic Web'.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-wehrt-sich-gegen-prompt-injections-die-das-agentische-web-bedrohen/

How AI broke the smart home in 2025
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/845958/ai-smart-home-broken

The AI news for December 23rd, 2025

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

OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/22/openai-says-ai-browsers-may-always-be-vulnerable-to-prompt-injection-attacks/

Chipwrecked
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/845831/ai-chips-data-center-power-water

Nick Clegg and Yann LeCun: Start-up for Advanced Machine Intelligence
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Nick-Clegg-und-Yann-LeCun-Start-up-fuer-Advanced-Machine-Intelligence-11122511.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

GPT-5 allegedly solves an open math problem without human help.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/gpt-5-loest-angeblich-offenes-mathe-problem-ohne-menschliche-hilfe/

The AI news for December 22nd, 2025

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Nvidia will use NitroGen to create universal AI agents for all worlds.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/nvidia-will-mit-nitrogen-universelle-ki-agenten-fuer-alle-welten-erschaffen/

Anthropic's AI model solves tasks with a time horizon of almost five hours.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-modell-von-anthropic-loest-aufgaben-mit-fast-fuenf-stunden-zeithorizont/

Alibaba's new AI model makes static images editable after the fact.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/neues-ki-modell-von-alibaba-macht-statische-bilder-nachtraeglich-editierbar/

Semi-open AI models from China are displacing the US competition.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/halb-offene-ki-modelle-aus-china-verdraengen-die-us-konkurrenz/

The AI news for December 21st, 2025

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

The era of biocomputers is dawning – with human brain cells.
Source: https://www.heise.de/-11121193?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

AI labeling in advertising causes click-through rates to drop by a third.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/studie-zu-visueller-ki-in-der-werbung-generieren-schlaegt-modifizieren/

An open Google standard should enable AI agents to quickly generate user interfaces.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/offener-google-standard-soll-ki-agenten-schnell-nutzeroberflaechen-generieren-lassen/

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/20/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-signs-raise-act-to-regulate-ai-safety/

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