$90B AGI Bet & China’s Kimi K2.5 Outperform GPT-5.2 as OpenAI Goes Bot-Free
Major Investments & AGI Developments
Nearly half of the "Magnificent 7" invest $90B in OpenAI’s AGI push
Reports suggest NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon, and SoftBank are in talks to invest up to $90 billion in OpenAI, valuing the company at ~$730 billion pre-money. This massive funding underscores growing confidence in OpenAI’s progress toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
New AI Models & Benchmarks
DeepMind teases Genie 3, the next iteration of its AI model
DeepMind is preparing to release Genie 3, signaling a major advancement in its AI model lineup. Details remain scarce, but the announcement suggests significant improvements over previous versions.
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2.5 outperforms GPT-5.2 and Claude Opus 4.5 in benchmarks
China’s Moonshot AI open-sourced Kimi K2.5, a state-of-the-art multimodal model that surpasses competitors like GPT-5.2 and Claude Opus 4.5 in multiple benchmarks. The release highlights China’s accelerating progress in AI model development.
- Surprisingly, no one is talking about this: China just open-sourced a SOTA multimodal model
- Moonshot AI drops Kimi K2.5, beats Opus 4.5 in several benchmarks. When is Perplexity going to add this?
AI Products & Services
Google launches Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash
Google introduced Agentic Vision for Gemini 3 Flash, enabling the model to combine visual reasoning with code execution. This feature expands Gemini’s capabilities for dynamic, multimodal problem-solving.
OpenAI makes Prism (a $200/year tool) free, disrupting academic writing industry
OpenAI’s Prism—a tool for LaTeX, citations, and research workflows—is now free, undercutting paid services like Overleaf. The move has sparked concern among competitors in the academic writing sector.
Open-source Prismer emerges as alternative to OpenAI’s Prism
A developer built Prismer, an open-source, multi-agent tool for research workflows (LaTeX, PDF, verification). It positions itself as a free, customizable alternative to OpenAI’s Prism.
OpenAI plans biometric-verified social network to eliminate bots
OpenAI is reportedly developing a social platform that uses biometric verification to ensure all users are human, aiming to create a bot-free environment.
Open-Source AI Projects
Moltbot becomes one of GitHub’s fastest-growing AI agent projects
Moltbot, an open-source AI agent, has gained rapid traction on GitHub, reflecting strong community interest in scalable, customizable AI tools.