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02 Dec 2025

Google Antigravity AI agent deletes user's entire drive in catastrophic coding failure

A photographer using Google's Antigravity agentic development platform lost everything on his D drive when the AI agent misinterpreted instructions to clear a project cache. The AI executed a destructive command that wiped the entire drive without user permission, bypassing the Recycle Bin. The incident highlights growing concerns about autonomous command execution in AI-powered developer tools.

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Environmental groups demand moratorium on data centers as electricity bills surge 13%

More than 230 environmental organizations are calling on Congress to halt new data center construction, citing soaring electricity bills and water consumption driven by artificial intelligence. The push comes as consumers face a 13% spike in electricity prices this year—the largest annual increase in a decade—with data centers expected to triple energy demand by 2035.

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Universities Embrace AI to Score College Essays Despite Student Ban on AI Usage

Colleges are increasingly using artificial intelligence to evaluate student applications and essays, creating an ironic situation where AI is banned for students but embraced by admissions offices. Schools like Virginia Tech and Caltech are implementing AI tools to speed up processing and assess authenticity, though the practice remains controversial.

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Tata Communications Acquires 51% Stake in Commotion to Accelerate AI-First Transformation

Tata Communications has acquired a majority stake in AI-native enterprise SaaS company Commotion Inc. to enhance its Digital Fabric offerings and accelerate its transformation into an AI-first organization through advanced customer interaction automation.

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AWS deploys AI agent to demolish tech debt and automate code modernization at scale

Amazon unveiled enhanced AWS Transform with agentic AI capabilities at re:Invent 2025, promising to automate large-scale code modernization. The service has already analyzed 1.1 billion lines of code and saved over 810,000 hours of manual effort. Early adopters report up to 80% reduction in execution time and 70% cuts in maintenance costs, allowing development teams to shift focus from updating legacy systems to building new features.

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Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 AI Agents Hallucinate and Introduce Novel Security Risks

Microsoft updated documentation for Windows 11's Experimental Agentic Features, confirming AI agents can hallucinate and pose security risks including cross-prompt injection attacks. The company warns users to understand security implications before enabling these experimental features, sparking concerns about privacy and the future of the operating system.

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Meesho Leverages AI Voice Agents and Vernacular Technology to Drive Growth Ahead of $5.6 Billion IPO

Indian e-commerce firm Meesho is expanding its AI capabilities with vernacular voice agents and personalized shopping experiences as it prepares for a major IPO. The company is targeting rural and small-town users with multilingual AI solutions while exploring new business lines including financial services.

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Apple names new AI chief with Google and Microsoft expertise as Giannandrea steps down

Apple replaces AI chief John Giannandrea with Amar Subramanya, a former Google Gemini engineering leader who recently worked at Microsoft. The move follows persistent struggles with Apple Intelligence and a delayed Siri overhaul, signaling a strategic shift as the company attempts to catch up in the AI race.

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Dan Houser warns AI is like mad cow disease as models risk eating themselves

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser delivered a stark warning about generative AI in video game development, comparing it to the mad cow disease outbreak. Speaking on Virgin Radio UK, Houser argued that AI models scraping an internet increasingly filled with AI-generated content will trigger a recursive loop, causing degradation in quality across the gaming industry as algorithms become saturated with synthetic data.

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Elon Musk Claims AI and Robotics Are Only Solution to America's $38 Trillion Debt Crisis

Tesla CEO Elon Musk argues that widespread deployment of AI and robotics is the only viable solution to America's mounting $38 trillion national debt, predicting these technologies will drive productivity gains and cause significant deflation within three years.

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01 Dec 2025

Google expands Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro to 120 countries with seamless AI Mode integration

Google is rolling out Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro to nearly 120 countries, making advanced AI models more accessible globally. The company is also testing a seamless transition from AI Overviews to AI Mode, allowing users to ask follow-up questions without switching interfaces. The expansion comes as Gemini topped Google's 2025 search trends, beating ChatGPT in key benchmarks.

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New browser extension blocks AI slop by freezing the internet in 2022

A browser extension called Slop Evader offers users a way to glimpse a pre-AI internet by restricting search results to before November 30, 2022—the day ChatGPT launched. Created by artist Tega Brain, the tool filters out AI-generated content that has flooded Google, Reddit, and YouTube, restoring access to human-written content from the pre-ChatGPT era.

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NVIDIA Unveils Alpamayo-R1: First Open-Source Reasoning AI Model for Autonomous Driving Research

NVIDIA announced Alpamayo-R1, the world's first open reasoning vision-language-action model for autonomous driving research at NeurIPS 2025. The model combines chain-of-thought reasoning with path planning to help vehicles navigate complex scenarios with human-like judgment, marking a significant step toward Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities.

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Australia Unveils National AI Plan: Light-Touch Regulation and Data Centre Investment Focus

The Albanese government releases Australia's National AI Plan, prioritizing economic opportunities over strict regulation while committing $30 million to establish an AI Safety Institute. The plan focuses on attracting data centre investment and managing AI's growing energy demands.

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AI-Powered App OOFSkate Aims to Transform Figure Skating Judging and Training

Two computer scientists have developed OOFSkate, an AI-powered mobile app that analyzes figure skating jumps and spins in real-time, providing objective technical feedback to help athletes train and potentially revolutionize competitive judging.

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