This week on the AI Unraveled Weekly Rundown, the numbers are staggering. We break down SoftBank’s race to deploy $22.5 billion into OpenAI before the year ends, and the global record of $61 billion invested in data centers—a boom that is now causing land wars with farmers in Maryland.

We also cover the 2026 roadmap, including Meta’s leaked "Mango" and "Avocado" models, Google’s delay in upgrading Assistant to Gemini, and the US government’s probe into Nvidia H200 sales. Plus, ChatGPT hits $3 billion in mobile revenue, proving the consumer model works, even as developers struggle with "buggy" app stores.

Key Topics:

🤖 ChatGPT will now let you pick how nice it is

⌛️ Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini

💰 SoftBank races to fulfil $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end

Maryland farmers fight power companies over AI boom.[1]

MetaGPT takes a one-line requirement as input and outputs user stories / competitive analysis/requirements / data structures / APIs / documents, etc.[2]

AI tool to detect hidden health distress wins international hackathon.[3]

Investment in data centers worldwide hit record $61bn in 2025, report finds.

New report contradicts AI job fears

ChatGPT apps are buggy, but live and ready to try

OpenAI's unlikely new ally: Universities

📹 Gemini can now spot AI-generated videos

🥭 Meta preps "Mango" and "Avocado" AI models for 2026

🇺🇸 US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China

💰 ChatGPT hits $3 billion in mobile consumer spending

🏛️ U.S. DOE signs on 24 tech giants for Genesis Mission

📱 OpenAI opens ChatGPT app marketplace to developers

🚀 Figure CEO Brett Adcock launches new AI lab

Keywords: SoftBank OpenAI, Data Center Investment, Meta Mango Model, Nvidia H200 China, ChatGPT Revenue, MetaGPT, Maryland Farmers AI, Google Gemini Delay, AI Unraveled, Etienne Noumen, Brett Adcock.

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Welcome to AI Unraveled (December 19, 2025): Your daily strategic briefing on the business impact of artificial intelligence.

Key Topics:

• 📹 Gemini can now spot AI-generated videos
• 🥭 Meta preps "Mango" and "Avocado" AI models for 2026
• 🇺🇸 US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China
• 💰 ChatGPT hits $3 billion in mobile consumer spending
• 🏛️ U.S. DOE signs on 24 tech giants for Genesis Mission
• 📱 OpenAI opens ChatGPT app marketplace to developers
• 🚀 Figure CEO Brett Adcock launches new AI lab
• Angular just released: v21, modernizes Angular apps with signal-powered forms, Vitest as the default test runner, new headless components, and MCP-powered AI workflows.*
• OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.2-Codex, an updated coding-focused model with strengthened cybersecurity abilities.
• Mistral launched OCR 3, a document-reading model that converts notes, scanned forms, and tables into clean text — claiming the top spot across OCR benchmarks.
• Vibe coding platform Lovable announced a new $330M Series B funding round that values the company at $6.6B.
• Hollywood actors and filmmakers started the Creators Coalition on AI, a new advocacy group backed by over 500 artists pushing for industry standards around consent, compensation, and deepfake protections.
• Elon Musk reportedly told employees in an all-hands meeting that xAI may reach AGI as early as 2026, saying it can beat out rivals if they can “survive the next 2-3 years.”

Keywords: ChatGPT Revenue, Nvidia H200 China, Meta Mango Model, GPT-5.2 Codex, Angular v21, Lovable Series B, Mistral OCR 3, Elon Musk AGI, AI Unraveled, Etienne Noumen, Tech Force.

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Welcome to AI Unraveled (December 19, 2025): Your daily strategic briefing on the business impact of artificial intelligence.

The "Prompt Engineer" bubble has burst. As we approach 2026, the era of paying six figures for "interaction fluency" is over, replaced by a violent correction in the AI labor market. In today’s strategic briefing, we unpack The "Cyborg" Talent Strategy—a radical restructuring of how enterprises hire for the AI age.

We dive deep into why flagship models like Gemini 3.0 have become structurally "lazy" and "sycophantic," rendering the "AI Enthusiast" hire dangerous. We introduce the two critical roles you must recruit now: the Forensic Reviewer (who audits AI lies) and the Integration Architect (the "Maestro" who manages agent swarms).

Key Topics:

• The Executive Summary: Why the "Prompt Engineer" is obsolete and why the "Enthusiast" is a liability.
• The Technical Crisis: Understanding Gemini 3.0’s "Laziness," "Sycophancy," and "Evaluation Paranoia."
• The Strategy Shift: Moving from "Human-in-the-Loop" (Bottleneck) to "Human-on-the-Loop" (Air Traffic Control).
• Role Deep Dive: The Forensic Reviewer—recruiting for "Trust Zero" and hallucination scrubbing.
• Role Deep Dive: The Integration Architect (Maestro)—orchestrating RAG, context windows, and MCP servers.
• The "Cyborg" Interview: The exact questions to ask to test for skepticism and architectural discipline.
• Governance: ISO 42001 and the infrastructure of trust.

Keywords: Cyborg Talent Strategy, Prompt Engineering Dead, Gemini 3.0 Laziness, Forensic Reviewer, Integration Architect, AI Maestro, ISO 42001, AI Sycophancy, Human-on-the-loop, AI Recruitment 2026, Etienne Noumen

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