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OpenAI’s rapid GPT-5.3-Codex model moves beyond simple coding tasks

“Codex-Spark is the first step toward a Codex that works in two complementary modes: real-time collaboration when you want ...
TechCrunch

China’s Moonshot releases a new open source model Kimi K2.5 and a coding agent

China’s Moonshot AI, which is backed by the likes of Alibaba and HongShan (formerly Sequoia China), today released a new open source model, Kimi K2.5, which understands text, image, and video. The ...
Wired

How Claude Code Is Reshaping Software—and Anthropic

Engineers in Silicon Valley have been raving about Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code, for months. But recently, the buzz feels as if it’s reached a fever pitch. Earlier this week, I sat down ...
Wall Street Journal

The Row Over South Korea’s Push for a Native AI Model: Chinese Code

SEOUL—Last June, the South Korean government launched a competition to create a new independent AI model developed with Korean technology. A homegrown tool like that was critical to ensuring Korea’s ...
Wall Street Journal

Google Bets on AI-Based Shopping With New AI Agents for Retailers

Google unveiled a set of tools for retailers that helps them roll out AI agents, aiming to make it easier for brands to reach their customers who are shopping with the technology. The new retail AI ...
Phys.org

Simulation model provides accurate assessment of urban spread, residual risks of chemical warfare agents

A research team affiliated with UNIST has reported a new simulation tool to better understand how liquid-phase chemical warfare agents (CWAs) disperse and persist in urban environments. Their findings ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.107 (November 2025 Update) Expands Multi-Agent Orchestration, Model Management

The latest monthly update to Visual Studio Code, version 1.107 (the November 2025 release), continues Microsoft's focus on AI-assisted workflows with expanded multi-agent orchestration across local, ...
Reuters

OpenAI launches GPT-5.2 after 'code red' push to counter Google's Gemini 3

Dec 11 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Thursday launched its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence model, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal "code red" in early December pausing non‑core projects and ...
CNBC

Sam Altman expects OpenAI to exit 'code red' by January after launch of GPT-5.2 model

OpenAI on Thursday announced GPT-5.2, its most advanced artificial intelligence model. The company said the model is better at creating spreadsheets, building presentations, perceiving images, writing ...
Dark Reading

Copilot's No-Code AI Agents Liable to Leak Company Data

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are a breeze to create using Microsoft Copilot Studio, and almost just as easy to manipulate into divulging sensitive corporate data. Despite broad security ...