OpenAI Strikes Back! GPT-5.2 & Disney Comes to Sora

OpenAI GPT-5.2 is here! The new model shows improvements, but the bigger news might be the deal Sam Altman made with Disney to bring characters to Sora.
We dive into the implications for AI & Hollywood, plus Google's Deep Research & Android XR, Runway Gen-4.5, Gemini 2.5, & WAY more AI News.
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OpenAI's GPT-5.2
openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2
Disney OpenAI Deal For Sora & Investment
openai.com/index/disney-sora-agreement
wsj.com/business/media/disney-to-invest-1-bill…
Bob Iger Talks Deal on CNBC
x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1999162796966051953…
Cease & Desist letter sent to Google day before this deal
wsj.com/business/media/disney-to-invest-1-bill…
Google's New AR XREAL Android Glasses (Demo starts at 12:19)
youtube.com/live/a9xPC_FoaG0?si=7X4wC-x3lTu18W… Google Deep Research Agent (in API)
blog.google/technology/developers/deep-researc…
New Updates To Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Audio
x.com/googleaidevs/status/1998874506912538787?…
Runway 4.5 Launches + Lots Of New Stuff
youtube.com/live/OnXu-6xecxM?si=YIzZO5egj4m_SJgV
Gavin's First Runway 4.5 Output
x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1999171408979509322?…
Design Within Cursor Now
x.com/cursor_ai/status/1999147953609736464?s=20
Glif's Agent Getting Really Good
x.com/heyglif/status/1998493507615600696?s=20
Gavin's 'fashion' shoot with GLIF Agent
x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1998560308873527454?…
McDonald's Pulls AI Ad After Getting Dragged Across The Coals
futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mcdonalds…
Video of the T-800 From Last Week Kicking Their CEO
x.com/CyberRobooo/status/1997290129506148654?s…
Nano Banana Pro Five Minutes Earlier / One Hour Later / Ten Hours Later Prompt
x.com/gizakdag/status/1998501408098668983?s=20
Making Crowds In of Famous Images
reddit.com/r/aiArt/comments/1pifspt/crowded
Duck Season / Rabbit Season By lkcampbell in our Discord
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_6936b1cadd008191b1042ff7f…