AI News & Trends

Nvidia's Retail AI Report: 91% Increasing Budgets (Here's Exactly Where)

Nvidia's third annual State of AI in Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods survey reveals that 90% of retailers are increasing their AI budgets in 2026. Here's where the money is actually going—from intelligent inventory management to autonomous customer service, and what ROI retailers are expecting this year.

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January 9, 2026 155

CES 2026: What 'Physical AI' Really Means (And Why Tech Just Changed)

The consumer electronics industry just witnessed its defining moment. At CES 2026, "Physical AI" moved from research labs into living rooms, factories, and retail stores. Here's what happened, what it means for your future, and why the next decade belongs to machines that don't just think—they act.

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January 8, 2026 179

I Tested ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude on Emotional Intelligence: Honest Winner

Beyond spreadsheets and code. We put three leading AI chatbots through nine emotionally charged scenarios to see which one truly understands the human condition. The results reveal something unexpected: emotional intelligence in AI isn't binary—it's nuanced. Here's what we found.

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January 8, 2026 129

2026 AI Checkout: Will You Actually Buy From ChatGPT This Year?

The window shopping era of AI is ending. In 2026, AI agents like ChatGPT and Perplexity aren't just recommending products—they are buying them for you. We analyze the $50B shift toward "Agentic Commerce" and what it means for shoppers and retailers.

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January 7, 2026 154

India's AI Impact Summit 2026: The New Center of Gravity for AI

February 2026 marks a turning point. India's first-ever AI Impact Summit isn't just another conference. It's the moment India formally claims its seat at the global AI table—not as a consumer or support center, but as an architect of the future. Here's what you need to know.

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January 7, 2026 124

European Banks Cutting 200,000 Jobs in 2026: The AI Automation Wave Begins

The age of human-centric banking is ending faster than anyone predicted. Morgan Stanley's bombshell analysis reveals that European banks plan to eliminate 200,000+ jobs by 2030—a full 10% of their combined workforce—driven by a single force: artificial intelligence. But this isn't a distant threat. ABN Amro is already executing: 1,000 jobs gone in 2024, another 4,200 scheduled by 2028. This is the first documented, large-scale employment impact of agentic AI, and it signals what's coming across every knowledge industry.

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January 6, 2026 163

DeepSeek R1 Topped Every Benchmark: Why Western AI Companies Are Nervous

In January 2026, DeepSeek R1 released a bombshell: a reasoning model that matches or exceeds OpenAI's latest offerings on nearly every major benchmark—while costing roughly one percent to build. The implications are reshaping the entire AI landscape, forcing Western companies to rethink their strategies and raising uncomfortable questions about whether raw computational power is really the path to AI leadership.

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January 6, 2026 129

Google's 2026 AI Agent Trends Report: 5 Ways Agents Will Reshape Your Work

Google Cloud's just-released 2026 AI Agent Trends Report moves beyond hype to showcase tangible, documented ways AI agents are already reshaping how businesses operate. Here are the five transformations happening right now—backed by real case studies and measurable outcomes.

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January 5, 2026 286

Meta Just Bought Manus AI for $3B: What This Means for Work in 2026

On January 1st, 2026, Meta closed a deal that signals the end of the chatbot era and the beginning of something far more consequential: the autonomous agent era. Meta acquired Manus AI for $3 billion—a Singapore-based startup that reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue in just eight months, faster than any AI company in history. But this isn't just another tech acquisition. It's a declaration that AI is moving from helpful assistant to autonomous colleague.

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January 5, 2026 163

The 2026-2028 AI Prediction Nobody Wants To Hear (But Should)

The uncomfortable truth nobody wants to hear: 2028 might be the year when artificial intelligence stops being a tool and becomes something far more transformative. Major AI labs are predicting it privately, forecasters are converging on it publicly, and the evidence from 2025 is already staring us in the face.

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December 31, 2025 160

AI In India 2025: What Happened + What's Coming in 2026

While the world watched ChatGPT and Gemini headlines, India was building something quietly transformational. BharatGen got approved. Deepfake regulations moved from concept to draft law. AI hiring exploded. And if you're planning your career for 2026, you've never had better timing—or more opportunity.

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December 31, 2025 183

China's Open Models Won in 2025: How DeepSeek Changed The AI Game

While OpenAI played defense, Chinese open-source models quietly dominated 2025. DeepSeek V3.2 costs 1/100th of GPT-5. Discover how the shift from closed to open models happened, why developers switched, and what this means for AI costs going forward.

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December 30, 2025 202