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02 Dec 2025

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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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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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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Visa and AWS launch partnership to build infrastructure for agentic commerce with secure payments

Visa is listing its Intelligent Commerce platform on AWS Marketplace, giving developers access to tools for building AI agents that can shop and pay autonomously. The partnership includes blueprints for travel booking agents and retail shopping agents, developed with Expedia Group and Intuit. The move addresses fragmentation in agentic commerce by providing standardized infrastructure for secure, tokenized transactions.

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Accenture and OpenAI Form Strategic Partnership to Deploy ChatGPT Enterprise Across Global Workforce

Accenture announces major partnership with OpenAI to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise to tens of thousands of employees and launch flagship AI program for enterprise clients. The collaboration aims to accelerate AI adoption across industries including financial services, healthcare, and retail.

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OpenAI Takes Strategic Stake in Thrive Holdings in Latest Circular Investment Deal

OpenAI has acquired an ownership stake in Thrive Holdings, a private equity firm owned by one of its major investors, Thrive Capital. The deal involves embedding OpenAI teams within Thrive's portfolio companies to accelerate AI adoption in accounting and IT services sectors.

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Runway's Gen-4.5 AI Video Model Claims Top Spot, Outperforming Google and OpenAI

Runway launches Gen-4.5, a new text-to-video AI model that achieves unprecedented physical accuracy and tops industry benchmarks, beating Google's Veo 3 and OpenAI's Sora 2 Pro despite being developed by a much smaller team.

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