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01 Dec 2025

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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Jorja Smith's Label Demands Royalties from AI-Generated Viral Hit 'I Run'

British singer Jorja Smith's record label is seeking compensation from dance act Haven's viral TikTok song 'I Run,' claiming it used AI to clone Smith's voice. The controversy highlights growing tensions over AI-generated music and artist rights.

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SoftBank's Son says he 'was crying' over $5.8B Nvidia stake sale to fund AI investments

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son revealed he was emotional about selling the company's entire Nvidia stake for $5.83 billion. The Japanese tech giant needed capital to bankroll major AI investments including OpenAI, data center construction, and chip design projects. Son dismissed concerns about an AI investment bubble, predicting super artificial intelligence will generate at least 10% of global GDP.

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HSBC Partners with Mistral AI in Multi-Year Deal to Scale Generative AI Across Global Banking Operations

Global banking giant HSBC has signed a strategic multi-year partnership with French AI startup Mistral AI to deploy generative AI tools across its operations. The collaboration aims to automate workflows, enhance productivity, and improve client services through self-hosted AI models.

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Nvidia's $2 billion Synopsys bet tightens its grip on AI chip design tools

Nvidia invested $2 billion in Synopsys at $414.79 per share, forming a multiyear AI collaboration to shift electronic design automation from CPUs to GPUs. The strategic engineering partnership aims to accelerate chip-design workflows but raises questions about Nvidia's growing influence over tools that competitors like AMD and Intel rely on.

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DeepSeek releases open-source AI models that rival GPT-5 and Gemini at fraction of the cost

Chinese AI company DeepSeek launched two new reasoning models, V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale, claiming performance on par with OpenAI's GPT-5 and Google's Gemini 3.0 Pro. The open-source models cost $0.028 per million tokens compared to Gemini 3's $4.00, and achieved gold-level performance in elite international math and coding competitions. The release challenges American tech dominance while making frontier AI capabilities freely accessible.

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LTTS Partners with NVIDIA to Develop AI-Powered Digital Twin Platform for Respiratory Diagnostics

L&T Technology Services collaborates with NVIDIA to create an advanced AI-powered digital twin platform for respiratory diagnostics and lung navigation, utilizing deep learning models to generate 3D representations of lung anatomy for improved clinical precision.

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Skyflow Launches DPDP Data Privacy Vault to Help Indian Enterprises Navigate New Data Protection Rules

Skyflow introduces a specialized data privacy vault platform designed to help Indian enterprises comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, addressing the challenge of personal data sprawl across AI workflows and digital systems.

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James Cameron calls AI actors 'horrifying' and refuses to replace human performers

The Avatar director voiced strong disapproval of AI-generated performances, calling them 'horrifying' in a recent interview. While Cameron embraces motion capture technology that celebrates actors, he draws a hard line against generative AI creating performances from scratch. His stance comes as Hollywood grapples with AI's role in filmmaking, particularly following the introduction of Tilly Norwood, a photorealistic AI actress.

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Fortnite fans spot AI slop in new season as Epic Games CEO defends AI in game development

Fortnite players are calling out what they believe are AI-generated images in the game's new Chapter 7 update, including a yeti poster with mismatched toes. The controversy erupted days after Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argued against Steam's AI disclosure requirements, claiming AI will be involved in nearly all future game production. One artist has defended their work, but the incident highlights growing player skepticism about AI in gaming.

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Databricks Seeks $5 Billion Funding Round at $134 Billion Valuation Amid AI Boom

Data analytics giant Databricks is reportedly in talks to raise $5 billion at a $134 billion valuation, marking a 34% increase from its August funding round. The company's explosive growth is driven by enterprise AI adoption.

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