President Trump has signed an executive order aiming to preempt state-level AI regulations, calling them a “cumbersome” patchwork. The order establishes a litigation task force and could withhold federal broadband funds from states.
Google announced a major upgrade to its Gemini Deep Research agent, built on Gemini 3 Pro. The launch was strategically timed against OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 release, highlighting the intense, tactical battle in the AI agent space.
Qualcomm is aggressively pushing into automotive and other markets to diversify its revenue. The company’s strategy hinges on AI-powered platforms, and it’s already seeing results with a $45 billion pipeline and quarterly auto revenue surpassing $1 billion.
OpenAI has released GPT-5.2, touting major improvements in how it handles conversations about suicide, self-harm, and emotional distress. This comes amid lawsuits alleging ChatGPT contributed to users’ mental health crises. The update also tweaks filters for mature content.
Shopify just made a huge move to future-proof its merchants. The company is launching “Agentic Storefronts,” which publishes product catalogs directly to AI platforms like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. This lets shoppers ask questions and buy products entirely within an AI chat.
Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has inaugurated a new supercomputer named Jaci. It’s the first major step in a multi-year project to overhaul the country’s weather and climate forecasting infrastructure.
Founded in 2024, Alat is a key player in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 plan to diversify the economy. The company is building a high-tech manufacturing ecosystem, already securing major partnerships with Lenovo and TK Elevator.
K2 Space has raised a massive $250 million Series C to build a new class of large satellites. The company is betting that new heavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship will create demand for bigger, more capable spacecraft in orbit.
After a bizarre AI-generated Christmas ad went viral for all the wrong reasons, McDonald’s issued a strange response blaming its Netherlands branch and trying to memory-hole the spot. The incident highlights the growing tension between cheap AI content and public backlash, with ad agencies like TBWA
AI-generated “slop” is everywhere in 2025, and researchers are measuring its damaging effects. From reduced brain activity to ruined productivity, the consequences are piling up. The fightback might be in nonsense like “6-7.”
