# AI News Digest - 2025-12-12

1. OpenAI released GPT-5.2, which topped Google's Gemini 3 on AI benchmarks and arrived four weeks after GPT-5.1 with substantial benchmark improvements.

2. Google released an updated Deep Research Agent, opened it to developers via a new API, and published an open-source benchmark for complex web searches.

3. Google integrated Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) into its cloud infrastructure, opening its infrastructure for AI models via MCP.

4. Google DeepMind published the FACTS benchmark and showed that even top-tier models, including Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.1, struggled with truthfulness.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/gpt-5-2-lands-to-top-googles-gemini-3-in-the-ai-benchmark-game-just-four-weeks-after-gpt-5-1/](https://the-decoder.com/gpt-5-2-lands-to-top-googles-gemini-3-in-the-ai-benchmark-game-just-four-weeks-after-gpt-5-1/)

[GPT-5.2 lands to top Google's Gemini 3 in the AI benchmark game just four weeks after GPT-5.1](https://the-decoder.com/gpt-5-2-lands-to-top-googles-gemini-3-in-the-ai-benchmark-game-just-four-weeks-after-gpt-5-1/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/google-opens-updated-deep-research-agent-to-developers-with-new-api/](https://the-decoder.com/google-opens-updated-deep-research-agent-to-developers-with-new-api/)

[Google opens updated Deep Research Agent to developers with new API](https://the-decoder.com/google-opens-updated-deep-research-agent-to-developers-with-new-api/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/google-opens-its-infrastructure-for-ai-models-via-mcp/](https://the-decoder.com/google-opens-its-infrastructure-for-ai-models-via-mcp/)

[Google opens its infrastructure for AI models via MCP](https://the-decoder.com/google-opens-its-infrastructure-for-ai-models-via-mcp/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/facts-benchmark-shows-that-even-top-ai-models-struggle-with-the-truth/](https://the-decoder.com/facts-benchmark-shows-that-even-top-ai-models-struggle-with-the-truth/)

[FACTS benchmark shows that even top AI models struggle with the truth](https://the-decoder.com/facts-benchmark-shows-that-even-top-ai-models-struggle-with-the-truth/)

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