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In the final AI News by Future Bytes episode of the year, Magnus Oxenwaldt highlights what no longer moves the market. New model releases are landing quietly. Performance gaps are narrowing. The centre of gravity in enterprise AI is shifting.Top stories for week 52:Model releases lose impact: Google’s Gemini 3 Flash launched with little reaction, reflecting how GPT, Gemini and Claude now sit within statistical distance for most business use cases.Workflows become portable: Anthropic opened “skills” as an open standard, allowing AI workflows to move across models and tools.Cloud players diversify exposure: Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest in OpenAI while already backing Anthropic.Platforms converge: Shared protocols, app marketplaces and autonomous research agents signal a more interoperable enterprise AI stack.See you next year!

AI is approaching an inflection point. Magnus Oxenwaldt speaks with Columbus CEO Søren Krogh about what this moment means for leadership. Which experiences shaped Søren’s approach to technology and leadership?This conversation reflects a thoughtful approach to leadership in the AI era. Not about having all the answers, but about sound judgement. Knowing when to go deep, when to trust others, and how to stay focused amid the noise. The emphasis is practical and human. Real value over impressive demos. Empathy and responsibility as steady guides in a time of rapid change.“For me, AI is possibilities," Krogh says. Key themes:AI as a leadership question, not a technology projectTurning possibilities into prioritised actionWhat responsible, modern AI leadership looks like inside organisations

This week’s AI News by Future Bytes covers two stories that reveal where enterprise AI is heading. Major AI providers formed a foundation to set standards for agent communication. OpenAI released GPT-5.2 after an internal “code red”. The focus is shifting from models to orchestration.Top stories this week - cooperation vs. competition: OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others formed the Agentic AI Foundation to create open standards for how AI agents communicate. OpenAI released GPT-5.2, fast-tracked after Google Gemini and Anthropic gained ground, highlighting the limits of benchmark comparisons.

In this episode, host Magnus Oxenwaldt speaks with Romain Fouache, CEO of Akeneo, about how AI is reshaping commerce through product information. It’s a lively and engaging conversation on why PIM is becoming a core business capability, how leaders should think about data trust, and what it takes to stay visible as AI increasingly drives buying decisions.

OpenAI issued a real "code red" as Google and Anthropic closed in. Gemini’s surge and Claude’s gains tightened the race, signalling a maturing market and rising pressure on enterprises.– "Competition is working. Prices are falling. Capabilities are converging. For buyers, that’s the best news possible,” host Magnus Oxenwaldt says,Top stories for week 50:·  OpenAI declared code red as Google and Anthropic closed the gap, forcing Sam Altman to pause multiple upcoming projects.·  Google launched Gemini 3 Pro and its new DeepThink reasoning tier, prompting Geoffrey Hinton to say Google may now overtake OpenAI.·  Anthropic struck a $200M Snowflake partnership and is exploring an IPO, positioning itself as the enterprise AI stack.·  New data shows the enterprise deployment gap widening, with Microsoft missing internal AI sales targets and only 5% of AI projects scaling beyond pilots.·  With GPT, Gemini and Claude converging on benchmarks, enterprise value now hinges more on integration with existing data infrastructure than raw model performance.

Three major AI models launched this week: Google’s Gemini 3, Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5, and OpenAI’s GPT-5.1 Codex Max. Each lead in a different area, and the gap between benchmarks and real-world performance is widening. The bigger shift? AI is moving into specialisation across the entire stack. Microsoft is betting on being the orchestration hub. Google is leaning on vertical integration. And the market is fragmenting faster than expected. Top stories this week:Google, Anthropic and OpenAI all launched new models this week, each claiming leadership in a different area. Benchmarks diverge from real-world experience — developers still prefer certain models for how they reason and solve edge cases. AI is shifting toward specialisation: voice, image, coding, and text handled by different best-in-class services. Microsoft positions itself as the orchestration hub with Foundry and its investments in Anthropic and OpenAI. Google’s vertical stack and potential sale of TPU chips to Meta show a market that is fragmenting, not consolidating.