Google's quantum chip, ChatGPT for Siri, and OpenAI's video generator: AI news roundup
Plus, Google said its Gemini 2.0 model will power AI's "new agentic era"

OpenAI continued its holiday event, “12 Days of OpenAI,” this week with more product launches, including its highly anticipated AI video generator, Sora. It also announced that its ChatGPT chatbot is now accessible through Apple’s voice assistant, Siri.
Read about it and more in this week’s AI news roundup.
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As global birthrates decline, Boston Dynamics (HYMTF) has proposed a solution that aligns remarkably well with its business model: robots.
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Despite mounting trade restrictions, Nvidia (NVDA) is significantly expanding its presence in China, focusing on artificial intelligence chips for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports. Both a Chinese government antitrust investigation and escalating trade tensions between Beijing and Washington complicate the semiconductor giant’s efforts.
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Google (GOOGL) unveiled its most capable model to date to power the “new agentic era” of artificial intelligence.
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Apple (AAPL) unveiled a slate of new artificial intelligence features on its newest devices, including access to OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
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Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) saw its shares jump by almost 5% during Tuesday morning trading after the tech giant unveiled its latest quantum chip.
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OpenAI is releasing its text-to-video artificial intelligence generator, Sora, which it said is “critical to our AGI [artificial general intelligence] road map.”
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Nvidia’s (NVDA) shares fell by almost 3% during mid-day trading on Monday after the Chinese government announced an investigation into the chipmaker. Fellow chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Marvell (MRVL) also saw their shares fall by 4.4% and 5.2%, respectively.
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A new, state-of-the-art quantum chip from Google (GOOGL) has cracked the code on an almost three-decade-long problem, according to the company.
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Reddit is rolling out a test of an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that can provide answers from Reddit conversations and posts.
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