AI Breakthroughs: Poetiq Cracks Reasoning Benchmark & Apple Opens Ecosystem | December 21, 2025

📋 Quick Takeaways

Startup Poetiq scores 54% on ARC-AGI-2, beating Google’s Gemini 3 Deep Think model at half the computational cost.
Apple prepares to open underlying AI technology to third-party developers, signaling a major ecosystem expansion.
Seagate announces 55TB+ HAMR hard drives for 2026, addressing the critical storage shortage for AI training data.
Cloudflare reports AI bot traffic now rivals human traffic in volume, marking a fundamental shift in internet usage patterns.
OpenAI’s “GPT Image 1.5” clashes with Google’s “Nano Banana Pro”, with the former claiming 4x speed advantages.
ChatGPT users get new “Warmth” and “Enthusiasm” sliders to fine-tune the model’s personality.

🧠 Frontier AI Models & Research

Poetiq Cracks Major Reasoning Benchmark, Undercuts Google

Efficiency Breakthrough: AI startup Poetiq has achieved a score of 54% on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark, a rigorous test for abstract reasoning capabilities.

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Major AI Moves: Yann LeCun's $3.5B Venture, TikTok's U.S. Pivot & $330M for AI Coding | December 20, 2025

📋 Quick Takeaways

Meta’s Yann LeCun is reportedly seeking a $3.5 billion valuation for a new independent AI venture
AI coding platform “Lovable” secures $330 million, reaching a $6.6 billion valuation
TikTok transfers U.S. operations to a joint venture with Oracle and Silver Lake to avert ban
Mexico’s antitrust body rules against Google, banning mandatory Android service bundling
SpaceX reports Starlink satellite anomaly, raising concerns over orbital debris and safety
UPS deploys “Return Vision” AI to combat fraudulent returns during the holiday season

💰 Major AI Funding & Ventures

Yann LeCun Targets $3.5B Valuation for New AI Startup

Industry Shocker: Reports emerged on December 19 that Yann LeCun, Meta’s Chief AI Scientist and a “Godfather of AI,” is seeking a $3.5 billion valuation for a new AI venture.

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Tech Giants Pivot: Micron's $9.6B Chip Plant and Tesla's AI Roadmap | November 29, 2025

📋 Quick Takeaways

Micron invests $9.6 billion in Hiroshima to build a next-gen DRAM plant for AI data centers.
Tesla’s Elon Musk advances work on $1T compensation package, pivoting company identity to robotics and AI.
Google withdraws EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft, signaling a potential cloud computing truce.
Apple prepares “Apple Intelligence” for China, navigating complex regulatory hurdles for market entry.
Equinix commits $837 million for a new Dallas data center to support surging AI workloads.
Bitcoin miners like Cipher and CleanSpark pivot infrastructure to high-performance AI computing.
SoundHound AI expands into automated parking, leveraging voice AI for IoT applications.

🏭 AI Hardware and Infrastructure

Micron Commits $9.6 Billion for AI Memory Production in Japan

Strategic Expansion: Micron Technology announced a massive ¥1.5 trillion ($9.6 billion) investment to construct a state-of-the-art memory chip facility in Hiroshima, Japan.