AI Dispatch - December 17, 2025. Daily, opinionated briefing on today's top AI stories: OpenAI's FrontierScience benchmark, Larian CEO's response to generative-AI backlash, Merriam-Webster naming 'slop" Word of the Year, NPR reporting on AI detectors in schools, and Penguin AI FTI revenue-cycle partnership. Analysis, implications for product and policy, and practical takeaways for builders, educators, and investors.
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OpenAI introduced FrontierScience , a new benchmark and research initiative measuring models' scientific reasoning across physics, chemistry, and biology early evaluations show very strong performance from GPT-5.x models on Olympiad-style tasks, with more work needed on open-ended research tasks.
Larian Studios' CEO pushed back on backlash after comments about using generative AI in early ideation for the upcoming Divinity title - reiterating the studio is not replacing human creators or shipping AI-generated content.
