Creative Opportunities vs. Industry Concerns

OpenAI GPT-5.2 is here! The new model shows improvements, but the bigger news might be the deal Sam Altman made with Disney to bring characters to Sora.

We dive into the implications for AI & Hollywood, plus Google's Deep Research & Android XR, Runway Gen-4.5, Gemini 2.5, & WAY more AI News.

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OpenAI's GPT-5.2

https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2/

Disney OpenAI Deal For Sora & Investment

https://openai.com/index/disney-sora-agreement/

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-to-invest-1-billion-in-openai-license-characters-for-use-in-chatgpt-sora-3a4916e2?st=y8EdTr&reflink=article_copyURL_share

Bob Iger Talks Deal on CNBC

https://x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1999162796966051953?s=20

Cease & Desist letter sent to Google day before this deal

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-to-invest-1-billion-in-openai-license-characters-for-use-in-chatgpt-sora-3a4916e2?st=d74Bcx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Google's New AR XREAL Android Glasses (Demo starts at 12:19)

https://www.youtube.com/live/a9xPC_FoaG0?si=7X4wC-x3lTu18WYk&t=739 Google Deep Research Agent (in API)

https://blog.google/technology/developers/deep-research-agent-gemini-api

New Updates To Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Audio

https://x.com/googleaidevs/status/1998874506912538787?s=20

Runway 4.5 Launches + Lots Of New Stuff

https://www.youtube.com/live/OnXu-6xecxM?si=YIzZO5egj4m_SJgV

Gavin's First Runway 4.5 Output

https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1999171408979509322?s=20

Design Within Cursor Now

https://x.com/cursor_ai/status/1999147953609736464?s=20

Glif's Agent Getting Really Good

https://x.com/heyglif/status/1998493507615600696?s=20

Gavin's 'fashion' shoot with GLIF Agent

https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1998560308873527454?s=20

McDonald's Pulls AI Ad After Getting Dragged Across The Coals

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mcdonalds-ai-generated-commercial

Video of the T-800 From Last Week Kicking Their CEO

https://x.com/CyberRobooo/status/1997290129506148654?s=20

Nano Banana Pro Five Minutes Earlier / One Hour Later / Ten Hours Later Prompt

https://x.com/gizakdag/status/1998501408098668983?s=20

Making Crowds In of Famous Images

https://www.reddit.com/r/aiArt/comments/1pifspt/crowded/

Duck Season / Rabbit Season By lkcampbell in our Discord

https://sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_6936b1cadd008191b1042ff7f0bb913f