- Nvidia acquires Groq in largest deal on record
- OpenAI hiring for critical safety role
- Your 2025 ChatGPT Wrapped is here
A collection of AI Updates! 🧵
1. OpenAI Launches "Your Year with ChatGPT" Wrapped
Rolling out to US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia users with saved memory and chat history enabled. Access via updated app or ask "show me my year with ChatGPT."
ChatGPT gets Spotify Wrapped-style recap.
2. Groq Licenses Inference Technology to Nvidia
Non-exclusive agreement for Groq's inference tech. Founder Jonathan Ross and President Sunny Madra joining Nvidia with other team members. Groq stays independent under new CEO Simon Edwards. GroqCloud continues operating.
Major AI inference technology consolidation.
3. OpenAI Hiring Head of Preparedness for Model Safety
Sam Altman said: Models now are finding critical security vulnerabilities and presenting mental health challenges. Role will tackle enabling defenders while preventing attacker abuse, biological capabilities, and self-improving systems. "Stressful job, deep end immediately."
AI safety becoming an urgent priority.
4. MiniMax AI Releases M2.1 Open-Source Coding Model
10B-activated model scores 72.5% on SWE-multilingual, 88.6% on VIBE-bench. Exceeds Gemini 3 Pro and Claude 4.5 Sonnet. Built for real-world coding and AI-native organizations.
Most powerful open-source model for agentic era.
5. ManusAI Launches Design View with Mark Tool
New way to close design gap between vision and final image. Use Mark Tool to show exactly where to make changes instead of wrestling with prompts. Granular control over image generation.
Visual editing replaces text prompts.
6. Liquid AI Releases Alleged “Strongest 3B Model on Market”
LFM2-2.6B-Exp built with pure reinforcement learning. Outperforms other 3B models in instruction following, knowledge, and math. IFBench score surpasses DeepSeek R1-0528 (263x larger). Now available on Hugging Face.
Have yet to try it myself.
7. Typeless Launches AI Voice Keyboard for iOS
Turns speech into polished writing 4x faster than typing. Speak naturally to write and edit across all apps - WhatsApp, Slack, Mail, Notes. Works in 100+ languages with privacy protection.
Native communication seems to be a bigger player in AI day by day.
8. Codex Launches GPT-5.2-Codex-XMas Holiday Model
Christmas-themed model from the Codex team. Performs same as GPT-5.2-Codex with festive personality upgrade. "Enjoy coding with Santa Codex!"
Seasonal LLM model drop.
9. SoftBank Acquires DigitalBridge for $4B to Scale AI Infrastructure
$3B equity purchase ($4B enterprise value) at 65% premium. DigitalBridge invests in data centers and cell towers. SoftBank gaining exposure to AI infrastructure boom.
Massive bet on AI data center infrastructure.
10. Nvidia Releases NitroGen Gaming AI Foundation Model
Universal simulator covering 1,000+ game titles. Trained to play 1,000+ games with access to 40K hours of gameplay. Built using large-scale behavior cloning. Open foundation model for generalist gaming agents.
AI now trained on gaming at scale.
That's a wrap on this week's AI news.
Which update impacts you the most? Anything else you want to see?
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