AI's Billion-Dollar Power Shift

There’s a new version of ChatGPT out — and tech giants just made a billion-dollar twist nobody expected.

OpenAI released **GPT-5.2** with huge upgrades in general intelligence and multi-step reasoning

— but at the same time Disney signed a massive deal with them while accusing Google of copyright

violations. (https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/chatgpt-5-2-ai-model-launched-by-openai-check-features-how-to-use/articleshow/125920608.cms?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Some see this as innovation accelerating progress — better tools for thinking

and creating. Others see it as power being concentrated in a few companies that now shape what

millions of people see and hear. It’s one thing when AI gets smarter — it’s another when

entertainment, news, search, and daily life start running through

systems controlled by a handful of tech overlords. Do you think these mega deals and rapid