As Australia prepares to enact the world's first under-16 social media ban on December 10, a look at the implications, reaction from parents and teens, and more (Nic Fildes/Financial Times)
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Mercedes partners with Chinese software developer Momenta to deploy Level 4 self-driving cars for Lumo Mobility in Abu Dhabi, its first foray into robotaxis (William Wilkes/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/mercedes-jumps-into-robotaxis-with-china-s-momenta-in-abu-dhabi
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Mercedes partners with Chinese software developer Momenta to deploy Level 4 self-driving cars for Lumo Mobility in Abu Dhabi, its first foray into robotaxis
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The European Commission opens an investigation into Google to assess possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in "the use of online content for AI purposes" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
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The European Commission opens an investigation into whether Google used publishers
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The US DOJ detains two men for allegedly violating export controls by trying to smuggle $160M+ of Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China; a third man pled guilty (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/us-detains-two-men-accused-of-smuggling-nvidia-ai-gear-to-china
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The US DOJ detains two men for allegedly violating export controls by trying to smuggle $160M+ of Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China; a third man pleads guilty
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Q&A with Square product chief Willem Avé on Block's restructuring in 2024, AI automation, investing in crypto, the Lightning Network, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
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Square’s Willem Avé discusses investing in crypto technology, the death of the penny, and the future of money.
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Q&A with Square Head of Product Willem Avé on Block
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An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and against above-trend model capabilities growth, the state of evals, and the safety of reasoning models (Gavin Leech/LessWrong) https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Q9ewXs8pQSAX5vL7H/ai-in-2025-gestalt
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An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and against above-trend model capabilities growth, the state of evals, and the safety of reasoning models
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AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete, are forcing web developers to rethink whether they are designing websites for humans or for robots (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-12-08/what-is-agentic-browsing-and-why-are-ai-browsers-not-replacing-chrome-yet?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NTE5OTU4MywiZXhwIjoxNzY1ODA0MzgzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNllDNDJLSVAzTTcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI0NkZGMDA0M0U3Mjg0MTdEOERGOUZEMTkyMzYxMjcxOCJ9.RKRoZVyfNeXiQ5zywAvonZCEBmPiFURaC7I_FvuRJUs
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AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete, are forcing web developers to rethink whether they are designing websites for humans or crawlers
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The future of AI development could resemble the rivalry between iOS and Android, with China's AI approach closer to Google's open and customizable Android OS (Kai-Fu Lee/Financial Times)
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The future of AI development could resemble the rivalry between iOS and Android, with China
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Reddit is rolling out new safety features globally for all users under 18, ahead of Australia's social media ban for under-16s taking effect on December 10 (Newley Purnell/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/reddit-adds-global-teen-safety-features-ahead-of-australia-ban
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Reddit launches new safety features globally for under-18s, like stricter chat settings, as Australia
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Sources: CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to end "code red" after releasing a model in January 2026 with improved image generation, speed, and personality (Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-sam-altman-google-code-red-c3a312ad?st=krzBaj&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Sources: Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to end its “code red” after releasing a model in January 2026 with improved image generation, speed, and personality
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