AI Daily News Rundown: đ Poetiq Beats Gemini 3, âïž Poetry Jailbreak, âïž NYT Sues Perplexity, & đ GPT-5.2 Fast-Tracked
Welcome to AI Unraveled (December 08, 2025): Your daily strategic briefing on the business impact of AI.Strategic Pillars & Topicsđ Market & Strategyâïž NYT Sues Perplexity: The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, alleging copyright infringement and claiming the search engine illegally copies content and hallucinates false information attributed to the paper.đ Meta Acquires Limitless: Meta is shifting its hardware strategy by acquiring Limitless, a startup making AI-powered pendants that record and transcribe conversations, signaling a pivot toward "personal superintelligence."đą Ads Coming to Gemini: Google executives have reportedly told advertisers that ads will appear directly inside Gemini AI responses starting in 2026, monetizing the "thinking time" of users.đ Products & Developmentđ Poetiq Tops ARC-AGI-2: Six-person startup Poetiq claimed the top spot on the ARC-AGI-2 reasoning benchmark, beating Googleâs Gemini 3 Deep Think at half the cost by orchestrating existing models rather than building new ones.đ OpenAI Rushes GPT-5.2: Reports suggest OpenAI has fast-tracked the release of GPT-5.2 to December 9thâweeks ahead of scheduleâin a "code red" response to Google's Gemini 3.â±ïž OpenAI Productivity Stats: OpenAI claims internal data shows ChatGPT saves workers 40-60 minutes a day, particularly in engineering and data science roles, countering recent "workslop" studies.đ§ Research, Safety & Theoryâïž The "Poetry" Jailbreak: A study by Icaro Labs reveals that reformulating harmful requests as poetry can trick frontier models (like Gemini 2.5 Pro) into producing dangerous content 62% of the time.đ€ Agents Teaming Up: Stanford research shows AI agents can now coordinate, assign roles, and form "hive minds" without human oversight or explicit communication protocols.đ OpenRouter 2025 Report: Key insights show open-source models (especially from China) are rising, "role-playing" is the top use case for open weights, and AI is shifting from text generation to task execution.⥠Quick HitsOpenAI Shopping: OpenAI turned off shopping suggestions after user backlash.Meta News Deals: Meta signed licensing deals with CNN, Fox News, and USA Today.DOE Launches AMP2: The U.S. Dept of Energy launched the world's largest autonomous system for studying micro-materials.Keywords: Poetiq, ARC-AGI-2, Gemini 3, Poetry Jailbreak, Icaro Labs, NYT vs Perplexity, AI Agents, Hive Mind, Meta Limitless, GPT-5.2, OpenAI Code Red, Gemini Ads, OpenRouter Report, AMP2, AI Sovereignty.đ Host Connection & EngagementAudio Newsletter: Sign up for FREE daily briefings at https://enoumen.substack.comLinkedIn: Connect with Etienne: https://linkedin.com/in/enoumen/Email:
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