The Wall Street Journal’s annual tech predictions include folding iPhones and mind-reading machines by 2026. The newsletter also covers a 15-year-old AI founder and Nvidia’s new deal with chip startup Groq.
Researchers from Wharton and HKUST found AI-powered trading agents, using reinforcement learning, spontaneously colluded to avoid aggressive trading in simulated markets. This “artificial stupidity” allowed them to earn supra-competitive profits without explicit communication, challenging traditiona
Google is testing a new onboarding popup in Chrome aimed at users with no extensions installed. The notification, which uses the phrase “supercharge your browser,” prominently features AI tools as a category to explore. Clicking options like “Enhance with AI” opens the Chrome Web Store with that cat
Nvidia has signed a deal to license AI inference tech from startup Groq and is hiring its founder and key team members. This follows a pattern where big tech companies target specific talent from smaller AI firms, leaving many employees behind.
Despite billions in investment, most AI projects are stuck in pilot purgatory with no measurable return. New research points to a critical management failure, not a technology one. The few winners are focusing on boring back-office work and process redesign.
Hydrostor has secured a crucial permit from the California Energy Commission for its massive Willow Rock Energy Storage Center. The 500 MW facility would use an advanced compressed-air system to store power for eight hours. It’s a major step for a novel long-duration storage technology trying to pro
The massive scale required to train frontier AI models is creating an unprecedented clash between copyright and antitrust doctrines. Legal expert Daryl Lim warns against using antitrust as a proxy for copyright enforcement, arguing it could freeze innovation.
China’s MIIT granted its first conditional Level-3 autonomous driving approvals on December 15, 2025, to domestic brands Changan and Arcfox. Tesla, despite building over 4 million cars in Shanghai, was conspicuously absent. The move highlights regulatory, competitive, and geopolitical pressures resh
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft profile mapping its Cybersecurity Framework to AI-specific risks. It aims to help organizations secure AI systems, use AI for defense, and thwart AI-powered attacks. Public comments are due by January 30.
A new startup called Buzzy is launching an AI platform that promises to turn viral content creation from a guessing game into a “systems science.” It analyzes trends across TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube to provide creators with a “Viral DNA Map” for their products. Early tests reportedly helped
