From Venezuela to Minneapolis, the rapid rollout of deepfakes around major news events is stirring confusion and suspicion about real news.

AI once again dominated CES, where companies from around the world gathered to flaunt new technologies. It’s where tech giants like Nvidia, Samsung, and Amazon made their case for the role AI will play in how people live and work,

AI isn’t just bad at making clocks; it’s also bad at reading them. A 2025 study by technologist Alek Safar suggests that humans are 89.1 percent accurate at telling the time on analogue clocks while the top-rated AI is only 39.4 percent accurate.

The opportunity for everyday folks to enhance their lives and work with AI has never been greater, but it can take experimentation and persistence.

At CES 2026, AI is having some of its most significant impact on everyday, existing products, from TVs to PCs, smartphones to cars.

Vertiv is focused on strengthening its presence in international markets. The company is expanding its manufacturing capacity in Asia by building a new factory in Johor, Malaysia. Expected to become fully operational in the first quarter of 2026, this factory should shorten lead times for hyperscalers building AI-ready, high-density infrastructure.

O n Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies would prefer to keep hidden. Four popular large language models—OpenAI’s GPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok—have stored large portions of some of the books they’ve been trained on, and can reproduce long excerpts from those books.

Meta's Manus deal faces a probe from China's regulator. Analysts say it's about sending a message that China's AI talent isn't easy pickings.

Want to Buy Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks in 2026? These 2 Companies Could Net You Millions in Retirement. CEO Jensen Huang says he loves another AI beneficiary that's developing autonomous robots: Serve Robotics. Nvidia isn't the only AI name that can help investors reach financial independence over the long term.

Wheel-legs, robotic arms and outdoor autonomy point to a company moving beyond vacuums into intelligent robotics for everyday problem-solving.

You can think of Physical AI as the fusion of today’s generative AI and other foundation models with sensors, actuators and control systems, all operating within safety constraints and some understanding of how the real world works.