New research confirms the flood of low-quality AI content on YouTube is massive. The study found that more than one in five videos in a fresh Shorts feed is AI-generated, with certain countries showing huge subscriber counts for these channels.
According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, experts score the U.S. lead in the AI race against China at 24-18. The game hinges on advanced chips and powerful chatbots, with recent policy moves shifting the momentum.
Microsoft and NVIDIA used the 2025 Ignite conference to showcase a deep integration of their AI stacks. Key announcements included Blackwell GPUs on Azure, Omniverse libraries, and a link between NVIDIA’s NeMo and Microsoft Agent 365. The push is clearly towards making advanced, agentic AI a practic
Samsung aims to be the first to natively integrate Google Photos into its televisions. The plan involves three new AI-powered experiences rolling out throughout 2026, starting with a “Memories” feature exclusive to Samsung TVs for six months.
The ALMA radio telescope array is now fully equipped for the first time. German institutes have delivered 145 specialized amplifiers for its Band 2 receiver, enabling new studies of cold cosmic gas and complex organic molecules.
The year 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the AI field, born at the 1956 Dartmouth conference. According to futurists, the coming year will see AI move from chatbots into physical robots and critical areas like medicine.
Scientists have used human cells containing 35 million base pairs of plant DNA to test a long-standing debate. The result? The supposedly “random” plant DNA was almost as active as human DNA, suggesting most genomic activity is just noise.
Samsung’s latest software update for the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic appears to be causing serious problems. Users are reporting that the One UI 8 Watch update may be bricking their wearables, making them unusable.
China is drafting what experts call the world’s first regulations targeting “human-like interactive AI services.” The rules aim to prevent AI from influencing human emotions in ways that could lead to self-harm or suicide.
A proposed California ballot measure would tax residents worth over $1 billion a one-time 5% levy on their total assets. Tech founders are warning it would force fire sales, crush startups, and trigger a mass exodus of capital and talent from the state.
