AI Business and Development Weekly News Rundown: 💰SoftBank’s $22B OpenAI Sprint, Meta’s "Mango", The $61B Data Center Boom & Why Farmers Are Fighting AI (Dec 14 to Dec 21 2025)

This week on the AI Unraveled Weekly Rundown, the numbers are staggering. We break down SoftBank’s race to deploy $22.5 billion into OpenAI before the year ends, and the global record of $61 billion invested in data centers—a boom that is now causing land wars with farmers in Maryland.

We also cover the 2026 roadmap, including Meta’s leaked "Mango" and "Avocado" models, Google’s delay in upgrading Assistant to Gemini, and the US government’s probe into Nvidia H200 sales. Plus, ChatGPT hits $3 billion in mobile revenue, proving the consumer model works, even as developers struggle with "buggy" app stores.

Key Topics:

🤖 ChatGPT will now let you pick how nice it is

⌛️ Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini

💰 SoftBank races to fulfil $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end

Maryland farmers fight power companies over AI boom.[1]

MetaGPT takes a one-line requirement as input and outputs user stories / competitive analysis/requirements / data structures / APIs / documents, etc.[2]

AI tool to detect hidden health distress wins international hackathon.[3]

Investment in data centers worldwide hit record $61bn in 2025, report finds.

New report contradicts AI job fears

ChatGPT apps are buggy, but live and ready to try

OpenAI's unlikely new ally: Universities

📹 Gemini can now spot AI-generated videos

🥭 Meta preps "Mango" and "Avocado" AI models for 2026

🇺🇸 US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China

💰 ChatGPT hits $3 billion in mobile consumer spending

🏛️ U.S. DOE signs on 24 tech giants for Genesis Mission

📱 OpenAI opens ChatGPT app marketplace to developers

🚀 Figure CEO Brett Adcock launches new AI lab

Keywords: SoftBank OpenAI, Data Center Investment, Meta Mango Model, Nvidia H200 China, ChatGPT Revenue, MetaGPT, Maryland Farmers AI, Google Gemini Delay, AI Unraveled, Etienne Noumen, Brett Adcock.

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