According to Bloomberg Business, the global stock market is now worth over $150 trillion after a 50% surge in five years. Wall Street expects the S&P 500 to gain another 11% in 2026, but the AI boom fueling it is built on a mountain of debt and extreme market concentration.
*Science* is drawing a line on AI in research. While allowing tools for editing and reference gathering, it mandates disclosure for drafting text and bans AI-generated figures entirely. The journal is using AI itself to catch plagiarism and check for data sharing.
LG has detailed the specs for its new UltraGear evo gaming monitor lineup. The five models include several “world’s first” displays, all powered by proprietary AI upscaling technology. They’ll be shown at CES, with pricing still to come.
A woman in Japan recently married an AI-generated boyfriend, highlighting a growing trend of seeking emotional connection with artificial intelligence. This shift is fueled by a global loneliness crisis, but experts warn of profound risks to human relationships.
A ship is seized in Finland over damaged undersea cables, a critical infrastructure incident. Meanwhile, speculation swirls that Nvidia is on a multi-billion dollar shopping spree not for products, but for elite AI engineering talent.
The “cloud-first” mantra that dominated IT for a decade is being upended by AI. According to a new analysis, the economics and demands of AI workloads are pushing companies back toward a hybrid mix of cloud and on-premises computing.
Agentic AI is moving fast from concept to early tests in payments and banking. But a huge trust gap remains, as new protocols decide who controls the customer and the economics of future transactions.
Samsung is teaming up with South Korean AI firm Nota AI to supercharge the Exynos 2600 chip. Their Netspresso platform can reduce AI model sizes by 90%, enabling powerful on-device AI for the upcoming Galaxy S26 series. This partnership signals a major push for offline AI capabilities.
Major tech providers report a clear pivot in government AI strategy away from simple chatbots. The new goal for 2026 is “agentic AI” that can automate specific workflows, but legacy data is the biggest hurdle.
A new technical demo shows the AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 processor handling five AI models at once on its integrated NPU. This signals a major shift for power-efficient, low-latency AI in factories, retail, and smart cities.
