OpenAI Sheds the Red
17 December 2025

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


11:33 - Disney wants you to AI-generate yourself into your favorite Marvel movie


14:27 - Disney’s OpenAI deal is exclusive for just one year — then it’s open season


15:23 - Google Removes AI Videos of Disney Characters After Cease and Desist Letter


21:05 - OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’


26:21 - OpenAI Just Dropped a New AI Image Model in ChatGPT to Rival Google's Nano Banana


30:20 - Google announces Gemini 3 Flash with Pro-level performance, rolling out now


33:03 - Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models


33:44 - Nvidia Becomes a Major Model Maker With Nemotron 3


38:26 - Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI


39:13 - Masnick: Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal


45:35 - A visual editor for the Cursor Browser


49:47 - Google testing Disco browser


52:10 - I Tried Google Maps' New Gemini Feature, and It Was a Surprisingly Helpful AI Assistant


53:31 - Google Translate brings real-time speech translations to any headphones


1:03:03 - Pew: Teen use of chatbots



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