OpenAI Sheds the Red

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack OpenAI's rapid GPT-5.2 release and Image 1.5 upgrade amid its Code Red push, contrasted by Google's faster Gemini 3 Flash challenging benchmarks in reasoning and speed. Nvidia's Slurm acquisition and Nemotron 3 open models are explored for their role in agentic AI, while Disney's $1 billion OpenAI deal licensing Sora IP is weighed against its Google cease-and-desist. President Trump's executive order centralizing AI regulation federally is analyzed for tensions with state protections.

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Chapters:

• 00:00 - Podcast begins

• 3:41 - Jeff on AI & APIs for news for NiemanLab (niemanlab.org/2025/12/apis-for-news)

• 11:33 - Disney wants you to AI-generate yourself into your favorite Marvel movie (theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/11/disney-…)

• 14:27 - Disney’s OpenAI deal is exclusive for just one year — then it’s open season (techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/disneys-openai-deal-…)

• 15:23 - Google Removes AI Videos of Disney Characters After Cease and Desist Letter (variety.com/2025/film/news/google-removes-ai-v…)

• 21:05 - OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’ (wired.com/story/openai-gpt-launch-gemini-code-…)

• 26:21 - OpenAI Just Dropped a New AI Image Model in ChatGPT to Rival Google's Nano Banana (cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/openai-new…)

• 30:20 - Google announces Gemini 3 Flash with Pro-level performance, rolling out now (9to5google.com/2025/12/17/gemini-3-flash-launch)

• 33:03 - Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models (techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/nvidia-bulks-up-open…)

• 33:44 - Nvidia Becomes a Major Model Maker With Nemotron 3 (wired.com/story/nvidia-becomes-major-model-mak…)

• 38:26 - Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI (cnn.com/2025/12/11/tech/ai-trump-states-execut…)

• 39:13 - Masnick: Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal (techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-bloc…)

• 45:35 - A visual editor for the Cursor Browser (cursor.com/blog/browser-visual-editor)

• 49:47 - Google testing Disco browser (labs.google/disco)

• 52:10 - I Tried Google Maps' New Gemini Feature, and It Was a Surprisingly Helpful AI Assistant (cnet.com/tech/mobile/i-tried-google-maps-new-g…)

• 53:31 - Google Translate brings real-time speech translations to any headphones (theverge.com/news/843483/google-translate-live…)

• 1:03:03 - Pew: Teen use of chatbots (pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-soci…)

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