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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Monday dose of AI.

OpenAI just dropped GPT-5.2 and it’s breaking math benchmarks that were supposed to be “impossible.” Meanwhile, Disney is handing Mickey Mouse to Sora.

Grab your coffee, this one is wild.

(3-minute coffee break ☕)

The Big Story: OpenAI Just Released GPT-5.2

What Happened: OpenAI released GPT-5.2 – their most capable model ever. Three versions: Instant (speed), Thinking (complex tasks), and Auto (let the model decide).

Why It Matters:

  • Math record: 40.3% on FrontierMath (expert-level problems that take grad students hours). Plus a perfect score on an International Mathematical Olympiad qualifying exam.

  • Real discovery: GPT-5.2 Pro solved an open problem in statistical learning theory – without human guidance.

  • Coding: 55.6% on SWE-Bench Pro, 80% on Python benchmarks.

The Takeaway: When AI starts solving problems humans floated at 2019 conferences, we’re in a new phase. Rolling out now to ChatGPT paid users and API.

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The Best of the Rest 🌎

🏰 Disney gives 200+ characters to OpenAI: $1 billion investment + 3-year licensing deal. Mickey, Darth Vader, Iron Man coming to Sora and ChatGPT Images in early 2026. (continue reading)

🔬 Google fires back with Deep Research: Same day as GPT-5.2, Google launched its reimagined Deep Research agent powered by Gemini 3 Pro. Now available via API. (continue reading)

🎨 Google Stitch gets Prototypes: AI design tool now lets you stitch screens into working prototypes – not just static designs. (continue reading)

🎧 Real-time translation in ANY headphones: Google Translate now offers live speech translation through any headphones. 70+ languages. Android first, iOS in 2026. (continue reading)

Logos for OpenAI and the Walt Disney Company in white on a background of swirling purples, blues, and magenta

credits OpenAI

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Career & Capital 💼

AI Job Board

  • Meta: Business Engineer, Business AI – $117,000 – $173,000 (view job)

  • Uber: Machine Learning Engineer – $167,000 – $185,000 (view job)

  • Adobe: AI Software Development Engineer – $133,000 – $242,000 (view job)

Investments in AI

  • SuperCircle: Raised $24M+ Series A to scale their AI-driven textile waste platform. They’ve diverted 6M+ textiles from landfills, targeting 1B by 2030. (link)

  • Serval: Raised $75M at a $1B valuation to automate help desk requests with AI. 500%+ revenue growth in 3 months. Led by Sequoia. (link)

  • Generative AI vs IP: Pathfounders released an in-depth analysis on how generative AI is disrupting intellectual property. Must-read for founders. (link)

That’s a wrap for today’s AI Break 🙌

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