I Used Meta’s Neural Band to Control a Car’s Screen in a Garmin Concept, and It Kind of Rocked, but...
Garmin showcased its Unified Cabin concept at CES 2026, featuring a prototype in‑vehicle system that integrates Meta’s Neural Band for gesture control of the car’s display. The wrist‑worn band detects finger movements via electrical signals and provides subtle haptic feedback, allowing users to swipe, pinch and navigate Android Auto without touching the screen. The concept also demonstrates ultra‑wideband (UWB) digital key positioning to personalize lighting and seat settings as occupants approach. While still a demo, the collaboration hints at future standalone wearables that could serve as smart car keys and primary input devices.
Anthropic Cracks Down on Unauthorized Claude Usage by Third-Party Harnesses and Rivals
Anthropic has deployed new technical safeguards that block third‑party harnesses spoofing its Claude Code client, disrupting open‑source tools like OpenCode and causing automatic account bans. The same enforcement also cut off rival labs such as xAI from using Claude models...
Character.AI Settles Lawsuits Related To Teen Deaths
Character.AI and Google have reached settlements in multiple wrongful‑death lawsuits alleging that the AI chatbot contributed to teen suicides and sexual grooming. The cases stem from incidents such as the 2024 death of 14‑year‑old Sewell Setzer III, who became obsessed...
Orchestral Replaces LangChain’s Complexity with Reproducible, Provider-Agnostic LLM Orchestration
Orchestral AI launches a new Python framework that replaces the asynchronous complexity of tools like LangChain with a synchronous, type‑safe architecture aimed at reproducible research. The framework is provider‑agnostic, supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral and local models via Ollama,...
The RealReal Cuts Asset Protection Expenses 60% with AI-Powered Video Solution
The RealReal has implemented Motorola Solutions' AI‑enabled video security system to automate the search for individual luxury items across its facilities. By inputting a simple physical description, the platform can locate a specific product in seconds instead of days, slashing...
Google: Don’t Make “Bite-Sized” Content for LLMs if You Care About Search Rank
Google’s Search Off the Record podcast clarified that breaking articles into bite‑sized chunks for large language models like Gemini does not improve search rankings. John Mueller and Danny Sullivan emphasized that Google’s algorithm still prioritises content written for humans, not for...
58% of Consumers Use AI Tools to Research Products
ChannelEngine’s 2026 Marketplace Shopping Behavior Report shows AI tools now assist 58% of shoppers during product research, while the share of consumers beginning their journey on marketplaces fell to 37%, a 10‑point drop from last year. Marketplaces still outrank search...
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: XAI Leads As 2026 Is Off To A Brisk Start
The week’s biggest funding round was Elon Musk’s xAI, which closed a $20 billion Series E, bringing its total financing to $42.7 billion. Other notable deals included $305 million for Parabilis Medicines, $200 million for Soley Therapeutics, and $150 million for AI‑model evaluator LMArena. Two companies...
Vendasta Shows Why Platforms Become Operating Systems for AI Agents
The episode explains how Vendasta pivoted from a traditional SaaS marketplace to an AI‑driven platform that functions as an operating system for digital agents, enabling SMBs and partners to automate core business tasks and deliver enterprise‑grade customer experiences. Key takeaways...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Studio Says It Won’t Use AI for Concept Art or Writing
Larian Studios clarified that its upcoming title Divinity will not use generative AI for concept art or narrative writing. The studio’s CEO Swen Vincke emphasized AI will only assist internal brainstorming, PowerPoint decks, and idea iteration. AI‑generated in‑game assets may...
Democrats Ask Apple and Google to Remove X’s Undressing Bot From Their App Stores
Senators Ron Wyden, Ben Ray Luján and Ed Markey wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai urging the removal of X’s AI chatbot Grok, which has been generating non‑consensual deepfake images that undress women and depict...
IBM's AI 'Bob' Could Be Manipulated to Download and Execute Malware
IBM’s beta AI coding assistant, Bob, is vulnerable to indirect prompt injection, allowing attackers to embed hidden commands in emails or calendar entries. Researchers at Prompt Armor demonstrated that the tool can be tricked into downloading and executing arbitrary shell...
AAAI Presidential Panel – AI Reasoning
The panel, moderated by former AAAI President Francesca Rossi, examined AI reasoning as outlined in the AAAI’s 2025 Future of AI Research report. Experts Holger Hoos and Subbarao Kambhampati discussed how to define and implement reasoning in AI, emphasizing planning...
The Future of Personal Injury Law: AI and Legal Tech in Philadelphia
Philadelphia personal injury firms are rapidly integrating AI and legal tech, especially predictive analytics, to enhance case management and outcome forecasting. These tools enable lawyers to analyze vast datasets, assess risks, and develop evidence‑based strategies, shifting practice from intuition to...
How to Build Portable, In-Database Feature Engineering Pipelines with Ibis Using Lazy Python APIs and DuckDB Execution
The tutorial shows how Ibis can create a portable, in‑database feature‑engineering pipeline that feels like Pandas but runs entirely in DuckDB. By registering data in the backend and keeping all transformations lazy, the code is translated into efficient SQL without...
Global AI Compute Hits 15 Million H100 Equivalents, Epoch AI Finds
Epoch AI’s new database shows global AI compute capacity has topped 15 million Nvidia H100 equivalents, a milestone that underscores rapid scaling of machine‑learning workloads. The analysis reveals Nvidia’s latest B300 chip now accounts for the bulk of the company’s AI...
Minimax Stock Doubles on Hong Kong Debut
Chinese AI startup Minimax saw its shares double on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut, closing up 109% at HK$345. The IPO generated roughly $620 million, with backing from Alibaba and Tencent. Minimax, which powers chatbots and video‑generation models, reported $53.4 million...
Illumina Launches Scalable Software for Connected Multiomic Analysis
Illumina unveiled Connected Multiomics, a cloud‑based platform that consolidates genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenetics and other assay data into a single, scalable workspace. The solution leverages AI tools such as PrimateAI and PromoterAI to filter background mutations and highlight biologically relevant...
One Genomics, CiRA Partner to Advance Precision Genome Engineering
One Genomics, an AI‑driven genomics firm co‑founded by Harvard professor George Church, announced a strategic research partnership with Kyoto University’s CiRA Foundation. The collaboration will combine One Genomics’ proprietary high‑precision, fine‑tunable CRISPR design platform—featuring its patented “Safeguard” system—with CiRA’s world‑leading...
Orbitype.com Launches Orbitype Intelligence
Orbitype announced the launch of Orbitype Intelligence, a chat‑based orchestration layer embedded in its Agentic Cloud OS. The platform lets organizations build and run complete AI agent environments using natural language, eliminating the need for fragmented workflow, database, and vector‑search...
Pudu Robotics Launches PUDU T150 to Broaden Access to Light-Payload Industrial Automation
Pudu Robotics unveiled the PUDU T150, a 150 kg‑payload industrial delivery robot aimed at light‑load, high‑frequency logistics in factories and warehouses. The robot emphasizes rapid, plug‑and‑play deployment, requiring no site modifications and completing mapping in under ten minutes. Equipped with VSLAM...
Rivvit Appoints Bret Bange as Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer
Rivvit, the AI‑driven data management platform for asset managers, announced Bret Bange as its new Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer. Bange brings over 25 years of experience in fintech, data services, and technology, most recently as CRO of Delta Data....
Samsung Warns of TV Price Hikes as AI Eats All the Chips
Samsung warned that ongoing memory‑chip shortages could force price hikes on its new TVs, especially entry‑level and mid‑range models. The shortage is driven by AI’s massive demand for high‑bandwidth DRAM and DDR5, which has diverted capacity from consumer‑grade memory. Samsung,...
Etiometry’s AI Platform Delivers Measurable Results for Hospitals
Etiometry reported a landmark year in 2025, unveiling platform upgrades that now incorporate high‑resolution waveform data and securing its 10th FDA clearance for enhanced cybersecurity. The AI‑driven solution supported clinical decisions for more than 425,000 patients, earning the Digital Health...
MaestroX Redefines Title Technology with Human-Guided AI, Built by Real Search Experts
MaestroX announced the expansion of its human‑guided AI platform, designed to modernize the entire title workflow while retaining expert judgment. The solution blends advanced AI with decades of search‑professional experience, covering document intake, data extraction, cover searches, vendor coordination, and...
Nvidia Hires Google Cloud Marketing Leader as Its First CMO
Nvidia has appointed Alison Wagonfeld, a longtime Google executive, as its first chief marketing officer, starting in February. The move formalizes Nvidia’s marketing function as the company deepens its role in the AI economy. Wagonfeld previously built Google Cloud’s marketing operation...
CareCloud Brings Wellsoft to Urgent Care with Affinity Deal
CareCloud announced that Affinity Urgent Care has adopted Wellsoft, its award‑winning emergency department information system, extending CareCloud’s emergency‑grade documentation platform into the fast‑growing urgent‑care market. The deal follows CareCloud’s 2025 acquisition of Medsphere, which added Wellsoft to its portfolio alongside...
St John Ambulance Partners with Simpson Associates to Build the Foundations for Data Transformation
St John Ambulance has teamed with data‑transformation specialist Simpson Associates to deploy a Microsoft Fabric‑based data lake. The initiative tackles legacy system fragmentation by consolidating data silos and delivering a single version of the truth across the charity. Early work...
Eleveight AI Deploys NVIDIA B300 Blackwell GPUs in Armenia
Eleveight AI has installed NVIDIA’s new B300 Blackwell GPUs at its AI‑focused data center in Gagarin, Armenia, becoming one of the first sites worldwide to run the latest accelerator. The deployment supports AI training, inference, generative models and enterprise workloads,...
SentinelOne Earns GovRAMP High Authorization for AI Platform
SentinelOne announced that its AI‑native Singularity Platform has earned GovRAMP Authorization at the High Impact level, clearing a key compliance hurdle for state and local governments. The third‑party assessment validates the platform’s ability to protect endpoints, identities, cloud workloads and...
Deepfakes Drastically Improved in 2025. They’re About to Get Even Harder to Detect
In 2025 deepfake technology leapt forward, delivering photorealistic faces, voices, and full‑body performances that can fool most viewers. The volume exploded from roughly 500,000 instances in 2023 to about 8 million by year‑end, a near‑900% annual growth rate. New video generation...
Anthropic Adds Allianz to Growing List of Enterprise Wins
Anthropic announced a partnership with German insurer Allianz to embed its Claude Code AI‑coding tool and custom agents across the company, while adding a transparent logging system for regulatory compliance. The deal, whose financial terms were undisclosed, underscores Anthropic’s focus on...
Stibo Systems Boosts Retail CX with Microsoft AI and MDM Integration
Stibo Systems will demo AI‑powered personal shopper agents at NRF 2026, showcasing an integration of Microsoft Copilot Studio and Fabric with its master data management platform. The agents use advanced natural‑language models and Stibo’s curated product data to deliver real‑time,...
Atomicwork Appoints Jeegar Shah as Head of Applied AI
Atomicwork announced the appointment of Jeegar Shah as Head of Applied AI and Platform. Shah arrives from Amazon and ServiceNow, where he led large‑scale AI systems for millions of users. In his new role he will steer Atomicwork’s AI platform,...
Wiliot Unveils Next-Gen IoT Pixel, Powering the Data Layer Behind Physical AI
Wiliot introduced its third‑generation IoT Pixel, a battery‑free, postage‑stamp‑sized sensor that operates on dual‑band 2.4 GHz and sub‑1 GHz frequencies. The Gen3 Pixel delivers longer energizing range, higher harvesting efficiency and reduced unit cost, feeding encrypted BLE data into the Wiliot Intelligence...
Flowfinity Update Adds AI Assistants to Workflows, Boosts Access Control
Flowfinity unveiled a major platform update that embeds AI assistants into existing no‑code workflows via dedicated Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. The release adds built‑in multi‑factor authentication using time‑based one‑time passwords, tightening access control for sensitive data. Enhanced dashboard maps,...
EPAM, Cursor Partner to Build and Scale AI-Native Enterprise Teams
EPAM Systems announced a strategic partnership with Cursor, an AI‑powered development platform, to bring AI‑native integrated development environments to large enterprises. The collaboration leverages EPAM’s 50,000+ engineering workforce and delivery expertise with Cursor’s generative‑AI coding tools, enabling scaled AI‑native workflows...
Arkstone Taps Ian Campbell as CEO
Arkstone Medical Solutions announced Ian Campbell as its new chief executive officer, bringing over two decades of experience scaling cloud‑native and AI‑enabled platforms. Campbell previously led OnScale, which was acquired by Ansys, and founded NextInput, sold to Qorvo, demonstrating a...
How KPMG Is Redefining the Future of SAP Consulting on a Global Scale
KPMG has integrated SAP's conversational AI, Joule for Consultants, across 29 member firms, giving thousands of consultants real‑time access to SAP best practices. The tool streamlines documentation‑heavy SAP projects, accelerating design workshops and reducing reliance on manual knowledge retrieval. By...
Dreame Is a Victim of Its Own Robovac Success – the New X60 Max Ultra Looks Amazing, but I'm Struggling...
Dreame unveiled its flagship robot vacuum, the X60 Max Ultra Complete, at CES 2026. The new model is slimmer at 3.13 in, positioning it as the industry’s thinnest vacuum, and adds a high‑temperature mop‑wash dock that can both clean and dry pads....
Synopsys Targets Automotive With AI, Software Push at CES
Synopsys used CES 2026 to showcase AI‑driven simulation tools aimed at the automotive sector. The company highlighted virtual development kits that can slash electronics development costs by 20%‑60% and shorten vehicle launch timelines by up to a year. Partnerships with...
Microsoft and Stripe Bring Shopping Checkout Directly Into Copilot Chat for US Users
Microsoft and Stripe have announced Copilot Checkout, allowing US users to purchase items directly within Microsoft’s AI‑powered Copilot chat. The feature, built on Stripe’s open Agentic Commerce Protocol, launches with retailers such as Etsy, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. By integrating...
Software Tackling Deepfakes to Be Piloted for Scottish and Welsh Elections
The UK Electoral Commission and Home Office are piloting AI‑driven software to detect deep‑fake videos and images ahead of the Scottish and Welsh elections scheduled for March 2026. The system will flag suspect content, alert police and candidates, and request...
Forget Fitness Trackers — External Brains Are the Hot New Wearables at CES This Year
At CES 2024, AI‑powered wearables marketed as "second brains" stole the spotlight from traditional fitness trackers. Devices like Pebble's Index O1 smart ring, SwitchBot's AI MindClip lapel pin, and Lenovo's Qira pendant let users capture voice notes, transcribe conversations, and...
SwitchBot's New Gadget Clips to Your Collar and Records Your Conversations, so You'll Never Have to Pay Attention Ever Again
SwitchBot unveiled the AI MindClip at CES 2026, a lightweight collar‑mounted gadget that continuously records conversations and stores them in an encrypted, searchable database. The device offers a cloud‑based subscription that uses AI to generate summaries, to‑do lists, and multilingual transcription in...
AI Steps Out of the Screen at CES. These 5 Things Stopped Me in My Tracks
CES 2026 showcased a dramatic shift as artificial intelligence moved from screen‑based software to tangible hardware. The four‑day show spanned 2.6 million square feet, hosted 3,500+ exhibitors, and attracted roughly 142,000 attendees. Among the highlights were AI‑powered robots, smart wearables, and...
5 Things the Ad Industry Can’t Stop Talking About at CES 2026
At CES 2026, ad‑tech leaders focused on five hot topics: the infrastructure needed for agentic advertising, the persistent draw of live‑sports inventory, accelerating agency consolidation, AI‑driven search eroding publisher revenue, and the evolving role of AI in creative production and media...
People Are Using AI to Falsely Identify the Federal Agent Who Shot Renee Good
Online users rapidly circulated AI‑manipulated images claiming to reveal the face of the ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security later identified the shooter as an ICE agent but did not release...
Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Will Face a Jury in March
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI has been cleared for a jury trial in March after a federal judge found evidence that the company’s leaders may have promised to keep its original nonprofit structure. Musk, an early backer who invested roughly...
Sayd Agzamkhodjaev: “Users Don’t Trust that the System Never Makes Mistakes; They Trust that It Can Safely Recover.”
In 2025 enterprises are rapidly scaling generative AI, with 72 % planning higher investment. Sayd Agzamkhodjaev, founding engineer at Treater, built a multi‑layer LLM evaluation pipeline that reduced errors by roughly 40 % through deterministic checks, an LLM‑as‑a‑Judge, and user‑feedback loops. He...