According to ZDNet’s threat intelligence report, 2026 will see AI weaponization become the norm, not the exception. Malware will dynamically adapt to evade detection, and autonomous AI agents will execute attacks with minimal human intervention, posing a severe challenge to defenders.
A new report finds high consumer interest in letting AI assistants handle shopping and bills. But when it comes to checkout, trust quickly shifts from the AI to familiar financial institutions like banks and credit card networks.
Andrew Bosworth, head of Meta’s Reality Labs, has called a mandatory in-person all-hands for January 14. This comes after the division lost over $70 billion since 2020 and faced repeated job cuts, including 560 layoffs in early 2025.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for action against X, stating the platform must “get their act together” after reports its Grok AI chatbot generated sexualized deepfakes. The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has begun investigating X for potential violations of the Online Safety Act.
Chinese companies dominated global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, accounting for most of the roughly 13,000 units sold. Startups like Shanghai AgiBot and Unitree are leading the charge with significantly cheaper models than Western competitors like Tesla.
Lenovo has teamed up with Nvidia to launch a new “AI Cloud Gigafactory” offering. It combines Nvidia’s latest Blackwell Ultra and future Rubin GPUs with Lenovo’s liquid-cooled hardware and global services. The goal is to help cloud providers deploy gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure in record time.
OpenAI announced ChatGPT Health, a feature that lets users connect medical records for personalized advice. This comes just days after a report linked a teen’s fatal overdose to erroneous ChatGPT guidance. The company insists it’s for support, not diagnosis.
A new review of studies finds that people who stop taking GLP-1 obesity medications like semaglutide regain weight quickly, about 1.8 pounds per month. This suggests many may need to stay on the drugs long-term to maintain results.
The University of Southern Denmark is teaming up with Danfoss and HPE to build a new AI supercomputer. It will use 128 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs and aims to be a model for sustainable computing by reusing waste heat.
The AI boom isn’t just about silicon. A major new analysis from S&P Global forecasts that artificial intelligence, alongside defense and robotics, will drive global copper demand up by a staggering 50% by 2040. The catch? Supply is projected to fall short by over 10 million metric tons a year withou
