🤖 OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 performing at professional expert level 🤖
Most advanced frontier model for professional knowledge work and long-running agents

OpenAI launched GPT-5.2, designed specifically for professional knowledge work with significant improvements in creating spreadsheets, building presentations, writing code, and understanding long contexts. The model sets new state-of-the-art performance across many benchmarks, including GDPval where it outperforms industry professionals at well-specified tasks spanning 44 occupations. GPT-5.2 Thinking beats or ties top industry professionals on 70.9% of comparisons, producing outputs at >11x the speed and <1% the cost of expert professionals. Available today in ChatGPT and API for all developers.

🎬 Disney invests $1B in OpenAI for character licensing 🎬
Three-year partnership brings Marvel, Star Wars to ChatGPT and Sora

Disney is investing $1 billion into OpenAI as part of a comprehensive three-year licensing agreement that will bring Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and 200+ Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora. In return, Disney will leverage OpenAI's APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences across its entertainment empire. This marks one of OpenAI's largest corporate partnerships to date and represents a major shift in how entertainment content integrates with AI platforms.

🌐 Google Labs launches Disco experimental browser 🌐
AI-optimized browser creates interactive web applications from open tabs

Google Labs launched Disco, an experimental browser optimized for AI that uses Gemini 3 to create interactive web applications based on open tabs and browsing tasks. Its signature feature, GenTabs, turns searches into live, interactive tools rather than static pages. For example, when planning a trip to Japan, it builds a custom travel planner with maps and timelines directly in the tab. The browser is strictly experimental, with best features likely migrating to Chrome later.

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🔞 ChatGPT Adult Mode launches Q1 2026 🔞

OpenAI's CEO of Applications announced that ChatGPT's 'adult mode' will debut during Q1 2026, allowing more freedom in user interactions and customized personality development. The main hold-up is perfecting an age-prediction system to ensure children don't access it. OpenAI is currently testing this age verification technology in select countries to prevent accidentally flagging adults as teens before the official rollout.

🎨 Cursor releases visual editor 🎨

Cursor unveiled a new visual editor that integrates design and code within the Cursor Browser. Developers can drag UI elements, inspect props, and make changes interactively, with Cursor automatically writing the underlying code. This allows developers to design directly inside their codebase without switching tools for more efficient development workflows.