🔥 Story of the Week: Meta acquires AI startup Manus for $2B, a move that brings in revenue-generating AI agents and national security scrutiny.
⭐️ Must Reads: NHS AI tool cuts wait times in 50 hospitals, Geoffrey Hinton warns of major job replacements in 2026, YouTube Shorts flooded with AI slop and AI relationships begin to reshape human connection.
🧰 Technology: New study reveals LLMs fail at basic multiplication, OpenAI's hardware project may be an AI pen and AI-generated faces can now fool even expert human recognizers.
📊 Business: Auto industry pivots to AI software at CES 2026, Nvidia's $5B Intel investment already shows a $2.5B gain and Instagram chief warns AI content will dominate.
📝 Policy: China proposes world's strictest AI chatbot rules, Japan quadruples its AI spending and Vitalik Buterin praises Grok for keeping X honest.
⚡ Startups: SoftBank finalizes its $40B OpenAI investment, AI boom has created over 50 new billionaires in 2025 and Nvidia in talks to acquire AI21 Labs for its talent.
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