Here are the current AI news, technology stories, and business updates on December 22, 2025:
Tech News and AI Developments
- OpenAI released GPT-5.2-Codex, an agentic model optimized for complex software engineering and defensive cybersecurity, which is now available for paid users.
- Google released Gemma Scope 2 today, a suite of open interpretability tools designed to help researchers analyze decision-making in the Gemma 3 model family.
- Meta marked one year of construction on its Richland Parish data center, contracting $875 million with local businesses to build its largest AI cluster.
- Samsung announced that SmartThings is the first platform to support Matter 1.5 cameras, with platform updates scheduled to roll out later this month.
- Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud announced a strategic expansion, integrating Prisma AIRS with Vertex AI to secure agentic AI development.
- Meta is developing new AI models codenamed “Mango” and “Avocado” for release in the first half of 2026, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Trending AI Tools
- Originality AI – a tool that detects AI-generated content and checks for plagiarism to help publishers ensure their writing is human-made and original.
- GPTZero – designed for educators, this platform determines whether a text was written by a human or an AI model by analyzing sentence structure and randomness.
- Grubby AI – a “humanizer” tool rewrites AI-generated text to change its patterns and help it bypass AI detection software.
- Giga – an AI-powered workflow assistant that automates complex enterprise tasks across multiple apps like Slack, email, and CRMs.
- Jobright AI – a career copilot that aggregates job listings and uses AI to match your resume to roles, auto-fill applications, and track your progress.
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