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Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases
The settlements are among the first tied to lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users.
Nous Research’s NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment
Nous Research has released NousCoder-14B, an open-source AI coding model trained in four days on Nvidia B200 GPUs, publishing its full reinforcement-learning stack as Claude Code hype underscores the accelerating...
In-car AI assistant coming to Fords and Lincolns in 2027
The Blue Oval is also working on new hands-free driver assists.
China heightens scrutiny of US tech ties
Beijing has asked Chinese tech firms to temporarily halt orders of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips, and is reviewing Meta’s plan to buy Chinese-founded AI startup Manus.
Caltrans Officials, Early AI Users, Look to Expand Adoption
Having notched early success in piloting generative AI, leaders at the California Department of Transportation are realizing the need for a comprehensive approach to a massive storehouse of data.
Character.AI and Google settle with families in teen suicide and self-harm lawsuits
In one case, a 14-year-old bonded with a Daenerys Targaryen chatbot before taking his own life.
Character.AI and Google agree to settle lawsuits over teen mental health harms and suicides
Character.AI has agreed to settle multiple lawsuits alleging the artificial intelligence chatbot maker contributed to mental health crises and suicides among young people, including a case brought by Florida mother...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health — bringing medical records and wellness data into ChatGPT
A dedicated health experience designed to make medical data easier to understand — not diagnose
Character.AI and Google settle teen suicide and self-harm suits
Character.AI previously announced more safeguards for kids on its platform.
Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death
The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot.
Rokid’s new AI glasses are lighter, cheaper, and ready to challenge Meta’s Ray-Bans
These new AI glasses from Rokid might be smarter than they look
ChatGPT is launching a new dedicated Health portal
OpenAI is launching a new facet for its AI chatbot called ChatGPT Health for people willing to trust the company with their medical information.
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records
OpenAI’s biggest play into the burgeoning health AI market is here.
Utah allows AI to autonomously prescribe medication refills
The program allows patients in the state to get prescription refills for 190 common meds.
AI Boosts Performance but Blurs Self-Knowledge
AI can make us better thinkers, provided we preserve the conditions that sustain psychological agency.
RealMan Robotics Showcases Embodied Intelligence Infrastructure at CES 2026
A system-level platform spanning humanoid robotic arms, integrated joint modules, global remote operations, and open-sourced real-world data.
The Top Tech Trends From CES That Could Define 2026
AI-powered robot butlers, ultra-vivid TVs, advanced chips, and exoskeletons. Here’s what stood out to our team in Las Vegas this week.
Universal Music partners with Nvidia to create ‘responsible AI’ for music
Universal Music Group announced a deal Tuesday with AI chipmaker Nvidia, in hopes of reshaping music discovery and creating a “responsible AI” that artists can use while making music.
Chasing Sandisk and Micron May Be Hazardous to Your Portfolio
Traders are jumping over themselves to buy the riskiest, highest-beta AI momentum plays: commodity memory stocks.
Anthropic Said to Be in Talks to Raise Funding at a $350 Billion Valuation
The artificial intelligence start-up, which competes with OpenAI, is aiming to raise around $10 billion amid talk of a potential initial public offering.
Tech Stocks Are Stuck. It’s a Good Time to Buy.
Big Tech has been flat since October, held down by Wall Street’s AI worries. Now iis the time to be brave.
Passing the AI Torch: Empowering leaders across the organization to drive AI strategy
Scaling productivity and innovation across the business by moving AI responsibility from the server room to the boardroom and beyond.
Samsung says RAM costs will likely lead to price hikes soon
When do we get to the good part of the AI era?
AI Impact: What Does AI Miss When It Summarizes Us?
AI Impact explores AI’s limits in self-summary, alongside healthcare progress, enterprise agents and key moves shaping AI in 2025.
AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions
An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence.
Dell Admits That Customers Are Disgusted by PCs Stuffed With AI Features
Windows PC maker Dell admitted at this year’s CES that things have really gotten out of hand, agreeing that people don’t buy PCs for AI.
New Executive Order Signals Federal Preemption Strategy for State Laws on Artificial Intelligence
On December 11, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order that marked a significant shift in federal artificial intelligence (AI) policy. The “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial…
AI-Based Caries Detection Presents a $1.11 Billion Global Market Opportunity by 2029
The market is poised for rapid growth due to increased dental disease prevalence, a growing geriatric population, and a shift toward preventive dentistry Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Caries Detection Market Artificial...
Micron Stock Rises as AI Drives Surging Demand for Memory Chips
Micron received a series of price target hikes as analysts doubled down on shares of the memory chip maker.
Elon Musk wishes NVIDIA luck on self-driving, strangely silent on Hyundai’s humanoid robot
CES 2026 in Las Vegas has been dominated by two things: the next generation of AI compute and a sudden…
AI ‘godfather’ LeCun slights Meta’s superintelligence chief Wang
At the heart of the outburst — a rare occurrence at the upper echelons of the world’s most valuable companies — is a disagreement about the future of AI.
AI-generated Reddit post shows challenges in detecting fact from fiction
Social media users were duped with an apparently AI-generated, viral post claiming uncouth labor practices from an unnamed major food delivery company.
Utah becomes first US state to test AI prescriptions
The system will involve a health-tech startup, Doctronic, which uses AI to prescribe refills for patients with chronic conditions.
EU targets Musk’s Grok and TikTok over AI concerns
Europe is clamping down on AI-generated material on social media platforms that it says violates its laws.
How AI liability risks are challenging the insurance landscape
Digital risks insurers are wrestling with how or whether to fit AI-related incidents into their cyber coverage as the technology proliferates.
Why privacy teams are the missing link in AI governance
Fitch Ratings’ Azelya Tanriverdi writes AI governance is about designing the right decision-making mechanisms, clarifying accountability, understanding the data processing purpose, and making sure people are not harmed — efforts...
Market Regime Detection Artificial Intelligence (AI) Global Market analysis and Long-term Forecasts, 2019-2024, 2024-2029F, 2034F
Key market opportunities include rising demand for adaptive investment strategies, increased use of predictive analytics in asset management, greater focus on early market shift detection, integration in quantitative trading, and...
Dell admits consumers don’t care about AI PCs
Dell is now shifting it focus this year away from being ‘all about the AI PC.’
Terrified Investors Are Bracing for an AI Bubble “Reckoning”
Investors are already preparing for that type of major tech sell-off amid ongoing fears of a collapse of an AI bubble.