Just when it looked like the year was finally winding down, AI decided to drop one last round of chaos.
In this final roundup of the year, I’m breaking down the biggest late-stage AI stories; including the NVIDIA/Groq $20B situation, major model updates, hardware moves, and a few headlines that got wildly misunderstood along the way.
No hype, no panic… just what actually happened, why it matters, and how it sets the stage for what’s coming next!
Thanks for nerding out with me all year. Let’s wrap this thing up!
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Resources From Today’s Video:
https://groq.com/newsroom/groq-and-nvidia-enter-non-exclusive-inference-technology-licensing-agreement-to-accelerate-ai-inference-at-global-scale
https://beincrypto.com/nvidia-absorbs-rival-decentralized-ai/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-acquires-ai-chip-challenger-groq-for-20b-report-says/
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-chip-startup-groq-for-about-20-billion-biggest-deal.html
https://twitter.com/ric_rtp/status/2004220891689832859
https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/2003964123760013589
https://twitter.com/sundeep/status/1986060443434254844
https://twitter.com/thexcapitalist/status/2004206803299532955
https://x.com/liquidai/status/2004190178068296181
https://twitter.com/itsPaulAi/status/2004303105287201196
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/openai-your-year-with-chatgpt-year-end-recap/
https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2002099459883479311
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-ads-push-starts-taking-shape
https://manus.im/blog/edit-slides-created-on-manus-with-nano-banana-pro
https://x.com/alibaba_qwen/status/2003496348461728213
https://x.com/alibaba_qwen/status/2002034611229229388
https://x.com/alibaba_qwen/status/2003445076257656880
https://x.com/YouTubeGaming/status/2000989303086649637
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/youtube-launches-ai-powered-playables-builder-to-let-creators-make-games/
https://www.theverge.com/news/848843/waymo-san-francisco-power-outage
https://www.avclub.com/clair-obscur-genai-iga-awards-rescinded
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Time Stamps:
0:00 – Intro
0:24 – NVidia Acquires Groq?
11:09 – Liquid AI’s new model
12:44 – OpenAI Introduces Personalization Features in ChatGPT
12:20 – OpenAI talking about ads again
14:31 – OpenAI introduces year-end ChatGPT recap
16:27 – Nano Banana Pro Slides Now Editable on Manus
17:58 – Alibaba Unveils Qwen-Image-Edit-2511
18:23 – Alibaba Qwen Launches Open-Sourced Qwen-Image-Layered
19:05 – Alibaba Unveils Qwen3-TTS Lineup
19:50 – YouTube Playables
22:16 – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Indie Game Award
24:18 – Waymo Robotaxis Caused Traffic Backup in San Francisco
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