AI Cracks Physics: OpenAI's Breakthrough + China's Video Revolution

We break down the biggest stories shaking the AI world right now. OpenAI's GPT-5.2 just made history by spotting and proving a flaw in decades-old theoretical physics assumptions, marking what could be AI's first true original scientific contribution. Meanwhile, China's AI scene is on fire: Alibaba unleashes powerful new agentic models, ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 generates hyper-realistic videos that have Hollywood scrambling, and viral open-source agents like OpenClaw find a new home at OpenAI. Plus, India doubles down with massive investments in homegrown AI compute.

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