Here are the latest technology news, AI developments, and trending tools for business on December 17, 2025:
Tech News and AI Developments
- Meta has launched SAM Audio, a state-of-the-art AI model that allows users to isolate and segment specific sounds from audio files using text, visual, or time-based prompts.
- Salesforce has opened a significantly larger office in Stockholm, quadrupling its previous footprint to support the growing demand for AI solutions and the Agentic Enterprise across Northern Europe.
- Instagram is launching a TV app on Amazon Fire devices to showcase Reels content.
- OpenAI has launched GPT Image 1.5, a significant upgrade to its image generation model that offers 4x faster speeds, precise editing capabilities, and a new dedicated Images feature in ChatGPT.
- Lovable has integrated connectors for Perplexity, ElevenLabs, Firecrawl, and Miro, allowing users to build apps that can conduct research, speak, scrape web data, and turn visual brainstorms into working prototypes.
Trending AI Tools
- Originality AI – a content detection tool designed for publishers and agencies to identify AI-generated text and plagiarism with high accuracy, often used to verify content authenticity.
- GPTZero – a leading AI detection platform for educators and students that checks text for AI patterns and plagiarism to uphold academic integrity.
- Grubby AI – an AI writing tool that rewrites and “humanizes” AI-generated content to bypass detection systems while preserving the original meaning.
- Phrasly AI – an AI humanizer that transforms robotic, AI-generated text into more natural, human-like writing to avoid detection by academic and professional checkers.
- Nano Banana – a high-quality AI image generation model developed by Google DeepMind (available in Gemini).
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