Leveraging AI 249 | Fast-takeoff fears, $1 B Disney-OpenAI pact, GPT-5.2’s pro-grade leap, Gartner yells “block AI browsers,” and Apple bleeds AI talent—our mega AI recap for the week ending on December 13, 2025
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Dec 13, 2025 Exciting developments in AI are unfolding! The recent release of GPT-5.2 promises to outperform humans in various tasks. There's buzz over a $1 billion partnership between OpenAI and Disney, focusing on AI-generated content. Recursive Self-Improving AI raises governance concerns, with industry leaders urging caution. Meanwhile, users are pushing back against perceived ads in ChatGPT. The job market is shifting as the Fed acknowledges AI's impact, and Apple's AI talent exodus poses competitive risks.
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GPT-5.2 Is Built For Real Work
- GPT-5.2 is explicitly tuned for real-world knowledge work, long context, agentic tool use, and vision tasks.
- OpenAI positions it as a professional-grade model to unlock economic value across spreadsheets, presentations, and multi-step projects.
GPT-5.2 Beats Humans On Economic Tasks
- On the GDPVAL benchmark GPT-5.2 outperformed humans 71% of the time and was far cheaper and faster.
- The model delivered 10x speed and ~1% of human cost on tasks that normally take 4–8 hours.
Validate Models On Your Workflows
- Test new models on your specific high-value workflows before switching production use.
- Don't assume release claims; validate accuracy on your documents, spreadsheets, and multi-step projects.