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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/