Here are the latest technology news, AI developments, and trending tools this week in December 2025:
This Week’s Technology News Recap
- 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.
- SpaceX is reportedly launching a secondary share sale that could value the company at $800 billion while telling investors it might consider going public as soon as late 2026.
- Meta has partnered with major news outlets like CNN, Fox News, and USA Today to bring real-time news, entertainment, and lifestyle content directly into Meta AI.
- Riyadh Air has collaborated with IBM to build the world’s first AI-native airline from the ground up. This partnership aims to revolutionize aviation by embedding artificial intelligence into every aspect of the airline’s operations and guest experience.
- OpenAI has released a comprehensive report on the state of enterprise AI, revealing that adoption is accelerating both in breadth and depth.
- IBM announced it will acquire Confluent for $11 billion to enhance its AI and data platform capabilities.
- Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile $108 billion bid for Warner Bros Discovery, offering $30 per share in an attempt to outmaneuver Netflix and create a massive media conglomerate.
- Anthropic has introduced Claude Code in Slack, enabling developers to delegate complex coding tasks directly from chat threads, thereby streamlining workflows.
- Google has launched new features to connect users with trusted content, including Preferred Sources for customized news feeds and a dedicated carousel for news subscriptions.
- YouTube Shorts has launched new interactive ad features, including comments and direct website links, to help brands maximize their holiday budgets by engaging consumers directly.
- Facebook has announced significant updates to its Feed, search, and navigation systems to make content discovery easier and more immersive.
- Oracle has launched its Oracle Database@Google Cloud service in Canada, allowing customers to run mission-critical database workloads directly on Google Cloud infrastructure in Montreal and Toronto.
- USDOT partnered with Salesforce to use AI agents for modernizing transportation systems.
- OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2, its most advanced AI model series to date. Designed for professional knowledge work, it outperforms previous models in reasoning, coding, and executing complex tasks.
- IBM and Pearson have announced a global partnership to develop AI-powered learning tools designed to help businesses and individuals close the skills gap and improve workforce productivity.
This Week’s 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.
- Grubby AI – rewrites AI-generated content to bypass detection tools like Turnitin and GPTZero.
- Gauth AI – an AI-powered study companion that helps students solve homework problems in math and other subjects by snapping a photo for step-by-step explanations.
- GPTZero – an AI detection tool widely used by educators and students to identify AI-generated content and ensure academic integrity.
- Otter – an AI-powered meeting assistant that automatically records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations in real-time to streamline note-taking and collaboration.
- Question AI – a versatile homework helper that uses AI to solve academic problems from text, images, or documents across various subjects instantly.
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