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AI Daily Roundup: December 13, 2025

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AI Daily Roundup: December 13, 2025 This ai 2025 guide covers everything you need to know.

Today, Saturday, December 13, 2025, OpenAI released GPT-5.2, a new model in the GPT-5 series with improved scientific and mathematical reasoning capabilities. The company also expanded its enterprise partnerships with BBVA and Disney, while BNY began deploying a platform-based generative AI initiative. This roundup covers the latest developments in AI models, infrastructure, and enterprise adoption.

AI 2025: TL;DR

  • OpenAI released GPT-5.2, achieving 93.2% on GPQA Diamond and 40.3% on FrontierMath, and resolved an open problem in statistical learning theory with a verified proof.
  • NVIDIA’s Hopper and GB200 NVL72 systems, along with the Blackwell platform, are used to train and deploy GPT-5.2, highlighting NVIDIA’s central role in large-scale AI development.
  • BBVA and OpenAI expanded their partnership to deploy ChatGPT Enterprise to all 120,000 BBVA employees across 25 countries as part of a multi-year AI transformation.
  • The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reached a three-year licensing agreement allowing Sora and ChatGPT Images to generate content featuring over 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters, with Disney investing $1 billion in OpenAI.

📰 Top Stories

Advancing science and math with GPT-5.2 | OpenAI

Advancing science and math with GPT-5.2 | OpenAI

OpenAI Blog | Dec 11

GPT-5.2, a new AI model from OpenAI, demonstrated strong performance in scientific and mathematical reasoning, achieving 93.2% on GPQA Diamond and setting a new state of the art at 40.3% on FrontierMath. It helped resolve an open problem in statistical learning theory by generating a proof for the monotonicity of learning curves in a specific case, which was verified by experts.

📊 93.2% GPT-5.2 Pro’s score on GPQA Diamond · 92.4% GPT-5.2 Thinking’s score on GPQA Diamond · 40.3% GPT-5.2 Thinking’s score on FrontierMath (Tier 1–3)

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora | OpenAI

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora | OpenAI

OpenAI Blog | Dec 10

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI have reached a three-year licensing agreement allowing Sora and ChatGPT Images to generate short, user-prompted videos and images featuring over 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars. Disney will also invest $1 billion in OpenAI and become a major customer using its APIs for products and employee tools.

📊 $1 billion equity investment by Disney in OpenAI · 200 number of Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters licensed for use in Sora and ChatGPT Images · 3 number of years in the licensing agreement

BBVA and OpenAI collaborate to transform global banking | OpenAI

BBVA and OpenAI collaborate to transform global banking | OpenAI

OpenAI Blog | Dec 11

BBVA and OpenAI have expanded their collaboration into a multi-year strategic AI transformation program. This includes rolling out ChatGPT Enterprise to all 120,000 BBVA employees across 25 countries, building on a previous deployment of 11,000 accounts. The partnership aims to transform customer experiences and internal operations through AI integration.

📊 120,000 number of BBVA employees receiving ChatGPT Enterprise · 11,000 number of BBVA employees who previously received ChatGPT accounts · 3,300 number of ChatGPT accounts BBVA initially rolled out in May 2024 · 25 number of countries where BBVA operates

BNY builds “AI for everyone, everywhere” with OpenAI | OpenAI

BNY builds “AI for everyone, everywhere” with OpenAI | OpenAI

OpenAI Blog | Dec 11

BNY partnered with OpenAI to implement a platform-based approach to generative AI, using a tool called Eliza to enable over 20,000 employees to build AI agents across more than 125 live use cases. The initiative emphasizes governance, training, and responsible AI use within a systemically important financial institution.

📊 125 live use cases · 20,000 employees actively building agents · $57.8 trillion assets under custody and/or administration · 99% workforce trained on Gen AI

🏢 Company Announcements

Update to GPT-5 System Card: GPT-5.2 | OpenAI

Update to GPT-5 System Card: GPT-5.2 | OpenAI

OpenAI Blog | Dec 10

OpenAI released GPT-5.2, the latest model in the GPT-5 series, with two variants: GPT-5.2 Instant and GPT-5.2 Thinking. The safety mitigation approach for GPT-5.2 is consistent with that of GPT-5 and GPT-5.1, as detailed in their respective system cards.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia builds AI fluency at scale | OpenAI

Commonwealth Bank of Australia builds AI fluency at scale | OpenAI

OpenAI Blog | Dec 8

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is partnering with OpenAI to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise across nearly 50,000 employees to build AI fluency at scale. The initiative focuses on integrating AI into everyday workflows and expanding into agent-powered use cases to improve customer outcomes.

📊 50,000 number of employees at CBA

Increasing revenue 300% by bringing AI to SMBs

Increasing revenue 300% by bringing AI to SMBs

OpenAI Blog | Dec 10

Podium used OpenAI’s GPT-5 to build “Jerry,” an AI teammate driving 300% growth and transforming how Main Street businesses serve customers.

How Scout24 is building the next generation of real-estate search with AI | OpenAI

How Scout24 is building the next generation of real-estate search with AI | OpenAI

OpenAI Blog | Dec 9

Scout24 is using GPT-5 to build a conversational real-estate assistant called HeyImmo, which provides personalized guidance, adapts answer formats, and integrates with its platform. The company developed a custom evaluation system, conducted company-wide testing, and collaborated with OpenAI to ensure quality and trust before launch.

As AI Grows More Complex, Model Builders Rely on NVIDIA

As AI Grows More Complex, Model Builders Rely on NVIDIA

NVIDIA AI Blog | Dec 11

OpenAI launched GPT-5.2, a new AI model trained and deployed on NVIDIA infrastructure, including Hopper and GB200 NVL72 systems. The article highlights NVIDIA’s role in supporting large-scale AI model development across multiple modalities and platforms, including the Blackwell platform.

📊 3x faster training performance of NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems compared to NVIDIA Hopper · 2x better performance per dollar of NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems compared to NVIDIA Hopper · 4x speedup of NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 compared to NVIDIA Hopper

Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI

Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI

Google AI Blog | Dec 5

Google announced Gemini 3 Pro, a multimodal model that delivers state-of-the-art performance in document, spatial, screen, and video understanding. It enables advanced visual reasoning, accurate document processing, spatial reasoning with pixel-precise pointing, and improved video analysis at high frame rates.

📊 80.5% performance on the CharXiv Reasoning benchmark · 10 FPS frame rate for video processing

Efficient Optimization With Ax, an Open Platform for Adaptive Experimentation

Efficient Optimization With Ax, an Open Platform for Adaptive Experimentation

Meta Engineering | Nov 18

Meta released Ax 1.0, an open-source platform that uses machine learning to guide adaptive experimentation, particularly for optimizing complex systems like AI models and infrastructure. The platform employs Bayesian optimization and is used across Meta for tasks including hyperparameter tuning, GenAI data mixture optimization, and hardware design.

📈 This Week in AI

This week highlighted a growing reliance on NVIDIA’s infrastructure for advanced AI model training and deployment, as seen with OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 and its use of NVIDIA’s Hop. Simultaneously, multiple enterprises—BBVA, BNY, Commonwealth Bank, and Scout24—adopted GPT-5 to scale AI applications across business functions. For developers, this signals that high-performance models are now accessible via enterprise partnerships and cloud platforms, reducing the need for in-house compute. Next week, watch for more integration announcements, especially around multimodal models like Google’s Gemini 3 Pro and how they’ll be deployed in real-world workflows.

🚀 What Shipped This Week

📚 Further Reading

OpenAI’s GPT-5.2: Advancing Science and Math
BBVA and OpenAI: Transforming Global Banking
BNY and OpenAI: AI for Everyone, Everywhere
Disney and OpenAI: Licensing Characters for Sora
Commonwealth Bank of Australia: AI Fluency at Scale
Podium: AI Drives 300% Growth
Scout24: Conversational Real Estate Search
NVIDIA: Training Models at Scale
Google Gemini 3 Pro: Vision AI Frontier
Meta Ax: Adaptive Experimentation Platform

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