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Latest story• Dec 7, 2025

OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 ‘code red’ response to Google is coming next week

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red" situation this week, accelerating the company's response to Google's competitive Gemini 3 model that recently topped AI leaderboards. Sources reveal OpenAI plans to release GPT-5.2 as early as December 9th, moving up the timeline from later in December to quickly close the performance gap Google created. The update represents OpenAI's first major response to intensified...

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ChatGPT’s user growth has slowed, report finds

ChatGPT's rapid user growth is beginning to slow as Google's Gemini chatbot gains momentum in the competitive AI market. While ChatGPT still leads with 810 million monthly active users, its growth rate dropped to just 6% from...

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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI — Clearly Explained

AI terminology often confuses professionals because Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI are frequently misused interchangeably, though they actually build upon each other like nested dolls....

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AWS re:Invent was an all-in pitch for AI. Customers might not be ready.

AWS unveiled dozens of AI products at re:Invent, with CEO Matt Garman calling AI agents a business inflection point. However, analysts question enterprise readiness since 95% of companies aren't seeing AI investment returns.

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AI Agents Are Morphing Into the ‘Enterprise Operating System’

AI agents are transforming from coding tools into enterprise operating systems that connect workplace applications, enabling employees to complete complex data analysis in minutes instead of days.

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Gen Z And Millennials Are Racing To Upskill In AI

Gen Z and Millennial workers are rapidly enrolling in AI courses, with enrollments surging 1,060 percent year-over-year. Nearly 60 percent view AI literacy as essential for career advancement and job security.

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A Guide to Token-Efficient Data Prep for LLM Workloads

Poor data serialization wastes 40-70% of AI tokens through formatting overhead, inflating costs. Eliminating redundancy, optimizing precision, and flattening structures can reduce context size and costs by 60-70%.

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How chatbots can change your mind - a new study reveals what makes AI so persuasive

A Science study of 77,000 UK adults found that chatbots can significantly influence political beliefs through brief conversations. However, more persuasive AI models were more likely to present inaccurate information as fact.

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How Close Are Today’s AI Models to AGI—And to Self-Improving into Superintelligence?

Today's AI models can already write and refine code independently, raising questions about proximity to artificial general intelligence and potential "intelligence explosion" scenarios where systems rapidly self-improve. While...

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AI Skeptic to AI Pragmatist

A software engineer shifted from AI skepticism to viewing it as a pragmatic tool after months of development use. Through experimenting with GitHub Copilot and Cursor, he learned that effective AI use requires detailed context,...

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The RAG Illusion: Why “Grafting” Memory Is No Longer Enough

Traditional RAG systems suffer from "architectural schizophrenia" where search and generation components operate independently without communication, leading to inefficient processing and poor performance. Apple and University of...

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Here’s What You Should Know About Launching an AI Startup

AI startup founder Julie Bornstein discovered that building her fashion recommendation platform Daydream required $50 million in funding and a delayed launch. Despite her extensive retail experience, translating AI capabilities...

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Yahoo is using AI to recap football games in real time

Yahoo Sports is betting that artificial intelligence can decode what makes a football game truly captivating beyond the basic box score. The company's new Game Breakdowns feature uses AI to automatically generate real-time...

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How to Use AI for Anomaly Detection

AI anomaly detection uses machine learning to identify unusual behaviors in real-time, adapting to changing data patterns. It employs algorithms like Isolation Forest and autoencoders to reduce false positives.

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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements

New research shows AI chatbots can shift voter support by up to 10 points through single conversations, far outperforming traditional ads. However, the most persuasive chatbots often used misleading information, raising election...

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LLM Basics: Ollama Function Calling

Local AI models like Meta's Llama 3.2 can now perform function calling similar to OpenAI's models, allowing them to execute custom functions by defining schemas and using tools like Ollama. The tutorial demonstrates how to set up...

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Runway 4.5: The Next King Of AI Video Just Got Here

Runway released its new AI video generation model called "Whisper Thunder" or version 4.5, which produces highly realistic videos showing people and animals in dynamic scenes with cinematic quality. The relatively unknown...

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Hierarchical Reasoning: What Happens When AI Stops Thinking Out Loud

Researchers are developing "hierarchical reasoning" where AI thinks internally before showing conclusions, similar to human cognition. This approach could improve AI decision-making and problem-solving across applications.

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What does it mean to be a designer in the age of AI?

As AI transforms product development, traditional job titles like "designer" and "engineer" are becoming increasingly blurred, with 64% of product builders now identifying with multiple roles rather than single specializations....

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ByteDance and DeepSeek Are Placing Very Different AI Bets

DeepSeek and ByteDance, China's leading AI companies, are pursuing vastly different strategies as the industry splits between model development and practical applications. DeepSeek released its open-weight V3.2 model claiming...

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Google’s AI model is getting really good at spoofing phone photos

Google's new AI model Nano Banana Pro generates images so realistic they're nearly impossible to distinguish from actual smartphone photos. The AI mimics key phone camera characteristics including flat exposure, aggressive...

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5 ChatGPT Prompts To Transform Your Business With AI In 90 Days

Most businesses discuss AI without implementing it, missing opportunities for real transformation. A structured 90-day roadmap breaks AI adoption into three phases: first building foundations by training ChatGPT on business...

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Anthropic’s quest to study the negative effects of AI is under pressure

Anthropic's societal impacts team studies AI's harmful effects on mental health, jobs, and elections, but faces pressure from Trump's anti-regulation policies and Silicon Valley pushback, similar to dismantled social media safety...

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Become an AI Researcher

FreeCodeCamp launched a comprehensive 3-hour YouTube course designed to teach aspiring AI researchers essential skills from the ground up. The program begins with foundational mathematics including derivatives, vectors, and...

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