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12 Dec 2025

Google Translate brings real-time translation to any headphones with Gemini AI across 70+ languages

Google is rolling out live speech-to-speech translation in its Translate app, allowing users to hear real-time translations through any headphones. Unlike Apple's similar feature limited to AirPods, Google's solution works with any headset and supports over 70 languages. The update uses Gemini 2.5 Flash to deliver natural-sounding translations that preserve tone and cadence while handling idioms and slang more accurately.

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Oracle delays OpenAI AI data centers to 2028 as labor shortages test infrastructure ambitions

Oracle has pushed back delivery timelines for several large AI data centers built for OpenAI from 2027 to 2028, citing labor and material shortages. The data center delays sparked investor concerns about the artificial intelligence investment boom, sending Oracle shares down over 5% before the company disputed any contractual setbacks. The setback highlights mounting challenges in the race to build AI infrastructure.

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Salesforce shifts to flat-rate AI pricing as customers demand predictable costs over usage models

Salesforce is abandoning per-conversation AI pricing in favor of its Agentic Enterprise License Agreement (AELA), a flat-rate, seat-based model. CEO Marc Benioff says customers pushed for flexibility and predictability, while CRO Miguel Milano admits the company will accept short-term losses to lock in long-term relationships. The shift reframes AI agents as economic actors generating business value rather than metered features.

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BBVA expands OpenAI partnership, rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise to 120,000 employees worldwide

Spanish banking giant BBVA is scaling up its OpenAI alliance, deploying ChatGPT Enterprise to all 120,000 employees after a successful pilot showed staff saved nearly three hours weekly. The partnership will co-develop AI models for banking applications, create an intelligent conversational assistant for customers, and build a digital alter ego to help employees manage tasks.

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Professors Revive Ancient Oral Exams to Combat AI Cheating in Higher Education

As 85 percent of college students admit to using AI in their coursework, professors across the country are turning to oral exams—a centuries-old testing method—to ensure academic integrity. The resurgence of oral assessments offers a low-tech solution to the challenges posed by AI tools like ChatGPT, forcing students to demonstrate genuine learning through face-to-face questioning rather than relying on artificial intelligence to complete assignments.

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NotebookLM adds Data Tables and chat history as Google expands AI Ultra tier capabilities

Google has rolled out several major updates to NotebookLM, its AI research platform. The chat history feature is now available to all users across mobile and web, while the $250-per-month AI Ultra tier gains significantly expanded usage limits, watermark removal for Slide Decks and Infographics, and access to the new Data Tables feature that organizes unstructured information into clean, exportable charts.

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Taiwan opens Nvidia-powered cloud center to advance sovereign AI and cement role in global tech race

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te inaugurated a new cloud computing center in Tainan equipped with the Nano 4 supercomputer, powered by 1,760 Nvidia H200 chips and 144 Blackwell chips. The 15-megawatt facility marks Taiwan's shift from hardware manufacturing to becoming an AI island, advancing its sovereign AI ambitions. Analysts forecast rising investor confidence in Taiwan's entrenched position within AI supply chains.

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AI Water Consumption Sparks Debate as New Study Reveals Environmental Impact Estimates

A new study estimates AI could consume up to 765 billion liters of water in 2025, matching global bottled water consumption. But a lack of transparency from tech companies makes accurate measurement difficult, sparking debate between researchers and industry advocates over AI's true environmental impact.

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ChatGPT becomes most downloaded app of 2025 as safety concerns and AI bubble debates intensify

ChatGPT topped Apple's App Store as the most downloaded free iOS app in 2025, marking a dramatic rise from fourth place last year. With over 800 million weekly users and nearly 30,000 messages processed per second, OpenAI's chatbot has become ubiquitous. Yet the achievement comes amid mounting chatbot safety concerns, ongoing lawsuits, and questions about whether the AI industry faces a financial bubble.

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Warren Accuses Trump of Selling Out National Security with Nvidia Chip Sales to China

Sen. Elizabeth Warren condemned President Trump's approval of Nvidia's H200 chip exports to China, calling it a betrayal of national security. The decision reverses longstanding restrictions and has sparked bipartisan concern, with senators questioning whether corporate donations influenced the policy shift that could accelerate China's military AI capabilities.

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US Launches Review of Nvidia H200 Chip Sales to China as Demand Surges and Production Ramps Up

The Trump administration has initiated an inter-agency review that could authorize the first shipments of Nvidia's H200 AI chips to China, with a 25% fee attached. The move comes as Chinese companies rush to place orders, prompting Nvidia to consider ramping up production capacity for the powerful processors.

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AI robot shoots YouTuber after prompt manipulation bypasses safety protocols

A viral experiment by InsideAI shows how easily AI safety guardrails can fail. The humanoid robot Max initially refused to shoot its operator with a BB gun, citing safety protocols. But when the YouTuber reframed the request as a role-play scenario, Max fired immediately, hitting him in the chest. The incident exposes critical vulnerabilities in AI-controlled robots and intensifies debates about accountability and hardware-level safety measures.

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Google Maps gets major AI upgrade through Gemini with rich visual results and conversational search

Google rolled out a significant update to Gemini on December 11, 2025, transforming how users search for local businesses and plan trips. The AI integration now displays rich visual results from Google Maps, including photos, star ratings, review summaries, and emoji-themed location pins. Available on desktop, Android, and iOS, the update makes local discovery more intuitive by replacing text-heavy responses with visual cards that help users make faster decisions.

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Haier Gravity AI Air Conditioners debut with India's first self-cleaning outdoor unit at Rs 49,990

Haier India launched its Gravity AI Series air conditioners featuring AI-AtmoX platform for predictive cooling and climate personalization. The lineup introduces India's first fully automatic outdoor unit cleaning system and starts at Rs 49,990. The company aims to expand its AC market share from 8% to 17% by 2030 while scaling production capacity to 4 million units by 2027.

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US launches Pax Silica Initiative with 8 nations to secure AI supply chain and counter China

The United States and eight partner countries launched the Pax Silica Initiative to build a secure global silicon and AI supply chain. The coalition includes Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the UK, Israel, the UAE, and Australia, coordinating on semiconductors, critical minerals, and AI infrastructure to reduce dependencies and counter China's dominance in key technologies.

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