Welcome to AI Unraveled (December 12, 2025): Your daily strategic briefing on the business impact of AI.

Today on AI Unraveled, we break down the escalation in the model wars as OpenAI rushes GPT-5.2 to market to counter Google's Gemini 3. We also analyze the massive copyright lawsuit Disney just handed to Google, Rivian’s strategic pivot to proprietary AI chips, and the new space race between Bezos and Musk to build orbital data centers. Plus, why the Financial Times believes the "Hyperscale" bubble might burst in favor of specialized industrial AI.

Strategic Pillars & Topics

📉 Market & Strategy (Geopolitics, Finance, Regulation)

🤝 OpenAI, Disney lock in $1B licensing deal

🧄 OpenAI drops GPT-5.2, hits back at Google

🚙 Rivian is building its own AI chips for autonomous driving

⚖️ Disney sends cease-and-desist to Google over AI copyright

🚀 Bezos and Musk race to bring data centers to space

🧪 DeepMind announces an 'automated research lab' to discover new materials

🛠 Products & Development (Capability, Efficiency, Tools)

💥 OpenAI releases GPT-5.2

🧠 Google opens upgraded Deep Research agent to devs

🌐 Google reveals experimental ‘Disco’ browser

💍 AI ring gives ‘external memory’ for your brain

🧠 Theory & Benchmarks

📈 Nous Research's AI takes on elite math exam

🗺️ Microsoft maps how people use Copilot

Keywords: GPT-5.2, Gemini 3, Disney vs Google Lawsuit, Rivian AI Chip, Space Data Centers, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, DeepMind, Vertical AI, AI Unraveled, Etienne Noumen, AI News, OpenAI Garlic.

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