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What do the gods of generative AI have in store for 2025?

OpenAI and Google have unveiled their next generation of products

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Illustration: Alberto Miranda
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THE 12 DAYS of Christmas are meant to start on December 25th. But not in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). On December 5th OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, began a blizzard of product shipments dubbed, gratingly, the “12 days of shipmas”. It has included a full roll-out of Sora, its video-generation tool, as well as Canvas, a writing and coding product.

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