Last Week in AI: OpenAI’s “Code Red”, Anthropic’s Quiet Confidence, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3 Dominance, and Meta’s Publisher Deals (Dec 1–7, 2025)

Author(s): AIversity

Originally published on Towards AI.

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This week was pure fire — from OpenAI’s urgent “code red” scramble against Google’s Gemini 3 dominance, Anthropic’s cool-headed Claude 4.5 launch and 300K+ enterprise customers, to Meta’s blockbuster publisher deals and DeepSeek’s open-source bombshells that rival the giants at 30x lower cost.

The article discusses the key highlights from the past week in AI, including OpenAI’s “code red” as a reaction to Google’s Gemini 3, Anthropic’s strategic growth with Claude 4.5, Meta’s new licensing deals with major publishers, and DeepSeek’s rise in the AI landscape with its open-source models that outperform competitors while being cost-effective. It emphasizes the importance of speed, enterprise solutions, and data licensing in the evolving AI market.

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