Here are the latest technology news, startup updates, and trending AI tools on December 8, 2025:
Tech News and AI Developments
- Google has released Gemini 3 Deep Think mode for AI Ultra subscribers. This new feature enhances the model’s ability to solve complex mathematical, scientific, and logical problems through iterative reasoning.
- The OpenAI Foundation has announced the first recipients of its People-First AI Fund, providing $40.5 million in unrestricted grants to 208 nonprofits across the U.S. to support AI literacy and community innovation.
- Amazon Web Services has launched its fifth-generation Graviton5 processor, offering significant performance and efficiency gains for cloud workloads with up to 192 cores per chip.
- The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against AI search startup Perplexity, accusing it of illegally scraping and reproducing millions of copyrighted articles (including gated content) to power its generative AI products.
- Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery film studio and streaming service in a blockbuster deal valued at $72 billion, ending a competitive bidding war against Paramount, Skydance, and Comcast.
Trending AI Tools
- PolyBuzz – an AI roleplay platform that lets users chat with and create lifelike AI characters with customizable voices and personalities.
- PolyAI – an enterprise-grade voice AI platform that creates hyper-realistic voice assistants for customer service automation in call centers.
- Phrasly AI – an AI writing tool designed to humanize AI-generated text to bypass AI detection while maintaining grammar and originality.
- Nano Banana – a generative AI model used for creating highly realistic and consistent AI images and videos.
- Otter – an AI meeting assistant that automatically records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations in real-time for better collaboration.
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