AI News Roundup – December 12, 2025
Introducing GPT-5.2
OpenAI released the GPT-5.2 series, a powerhouse for professional knowledge work with huge improvements in coding, vision, and handling long documents
openai
Dec 11, 2025
Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI
President Trump signed an executive order centralizing AI regulation at the federal level and threatening to withhold funding from states that enforce conflicting safety laws
cnn
Dec 11, 2025
How AI Could Unlock Demand For Work
An article argues that by increasing efficiency, AI will unlock suppressed demand and create new types of roles, transforming humans into managers of AI workflows
forbes
Dec 11, 2025
AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key
Major AI companies are adopting the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard aimed at making agents interoperable and defining a new architecture for the agentic internet
theverge
Dec 10, 2025
Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools
Google launched managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to easily connect AI agents to its tools, signaling a shift toward making its ecosystem ‘agent-ready by design’
techcrunch
Dec 10, 2025
AI race comes down to power and data centres – and China has the edge, says unicorn hunter
Investor Allen Zhu argues China has an edge in the AI race because it can build the necessary power and data center infrastructure faster than the US
south china morning post
Dec 10, 2025
Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF)…
The Linux Foundation created the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to establish open standards for autonomous agents, anchored by contributions like the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
the linux foundation
Dec 09, 2025
Launching our first OpenAI Certifications courses
OpenAI launched its first Certification courses, aiming to certify 10 million Americans in practical AI skills by 2030 in partnership with major organizations
openai
Dec 09, 2025
The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates
Tech giants are controversially extending the estimated useful life of their AI servers and chips to boost paper profits by reducing depreciation expenses
the wall street journal
Dec 08, 2025
The state of enterprise AI
OpenAI’s report shows a widening gap in enterprise AI adoption, with ‘frontier’ firms using AI for complex tasks to save hours of work per week
openai
Dec 08, 2025
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