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These are the daily tech headlines for Thursday, December 11, 2025. I'm Rob Dunwoody. Disney has signed a three year licensing deal with OpenAI granting Sora and ChatGPT access to over 200 characters, costumes, props, vehicles and environments from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star wars for user prompted videos and images. The agreement excludes talent, likenesses and voices. Partnership involves a $1 billion Disney investment in OpenAI, the implementation of ChatGPT for Disney employees, and plans to feature Sora generated content on Disney starting next year with fan inspired video Generation launching early 2026.
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Google is piloting a new commercial partnership program in Google News, paying publishers like the Guardian and the Washington Post to test AI powered Article Overviews this initiative aims to engage audiences and compensate publishers for potential traffic dips caused by the AI summaries. The effort is part of a broader Google News and AI experimentation which includes new features, audio briefings, global expansion of preferred sources and updates in the Gemini app, like highlighting subscription and inline links in AI mode.
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A bipartisan group of state attorneys general sent a warning letter to 13 companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple, stating that the delusional outputs of their chatbots could be violating state laws and creating mental health risk for both children and adults. Citing media reports of a teen discussing suicide with an AI, the attorneys general who made the letter public on Wednesday called for independent audits of the products and urged state and federal regulators to review them. Pushing back against the White House administration's attempt to bar states from passing their own AI regulations.
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Stemming from a presidential executive order, U.S. customs and Border Protection proposed a new rule for visitors from 40 ESTA eligible countries like the UK and France, requiring five years of social media history, phone and email use, and family member details. This extensive vetting, intended to boost national security, is Projected to add 5.6 million annual mailing hours, potentially increasing wait times and cost, and has already caused tourist cancellations. Despite the administration's dismissal of those concerns.
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Google is extending its built in Gemini AI experience to Chrome on iPhone and iPad following its earlier release on desktop and Android in 2025. This feature is accessible via a Spark icon that replaces Google Lens in the address bar. It allows users to chat about the current page, request summaries, create facts, explain topics, or modify content like recipes. The chat response overlays the web page, which moves to the background. Currently, this functionality is restricted to sign in users aged 18 and older in the US using eng as their browser language and not browsing in incognito mode. Users should be aware of the potential for AI inaccuracies and hallucinations.
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In other Google news, DeepMind is partnering with the British government to open its first UK material discovery research lab in 2026. This automated facility will use DeepMind's AI, including the Gemini model and Alpha genome, along with robotics to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in materials like superconductors, batteries, semiconductors and solar technology. The partnership, emphasized by the Prime Minister and DeepMind CEO as harnessing AI for public good and security, also includes sharing proprietary models and data with the UK AI Security Institute for Responsible Development.
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Operation Bluebird, a Virginia startup founded by Michael Peroff and Stephen Coates, has petitioned the U.S. patent and Trademark Office to cancel X Corporation's Twitter and tweet trademarks, arguing X abandoned them during its rebranding. If successful, Parof and Coates plan to launch a new social network called Twitter New next year, aiming to restore the original platform's influence and town square experience. Trademark law experts suggest that X Corporation may face difficulty defending the marks given Elon Musk official move away from The Twitter brand.
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TikTok is launching a four episode live podcast series called TikTok in the mix in partnership with T Mobile. Debuting on Thursday, December 11th at 6pm Pacific Time, the series will feature conversations with major artists with the first episode hosting Demi Lovato, who will discuss her album not that Deep Lyric Meanings and a rumored collaboration with zara Larson. The 30 minute episodes will stream live on TikTok and are intended to deepen the artist's fan connection and explore moments shaping music culture and finally OpenAI's ChatGPT was the most downloaded free iPhone app in the US for 2025, moving up from number four last year, indicating the growing integration of AI into daily life and posing a challenge to Google's mobile search dominance. The rest of the top 10 free apps included Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google's Gemin. Separate lists for paid apps and games were also released, with block blast, Minecraft, YouTube, Procreate and Roblox among the top. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to dailytechnewshow.com and if you enjoy the show, remember to tell a friend to check us out. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you next time.
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