Weekly AI News - Dec. 12, 2025

This week on the show, the hosts kick off with OpenAI's release of the GPT-5.2 series, a powerhouse model designed for professional knowledge work. They note that OpenAI also launches its first Certification courses, aiming to certify 10 million workers by 2030. However, the conversation turns to the unequal spread of this technology, as an OpenAI report shows a widening adoption gap between frontier firms and the median. The hosts then pivot to the structural future of AI, discussing the Linux Foundation's formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), which uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to set open standards for agents. They highlight that Google immediately backs this by launching managed MCP servers to make its tools "agent-ready by design". On the policy front, the hosts analyze President Trump's executive order, which centralizes federal AI regulation and challenges state safety laws. This moves the discussion to the global race, where investor Allen Zhu argues China holds the infrastructure edge due to faster power and data center construction. Finally, the hosts cover a financial controversy where tech giants boost paper profits by extending the useful life of AI chips, before concluding with an economic analysis that suggests AI unlocks suppressed demand for work rather than causing mass unemployment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.