Global RAM shortage to persist until 2027, SK Hynix warns

DRAM prices have surged nearly 300% in three months, with 16Gb DDR5 chips rising from $6.84 in September to $27.20 by December 2025 as memory manufacturers prioritize high-bandwidth chips for AI data centers over conventional RAM for consumer electronics.

Apple is concentrating its iPhone 17 memory orders with Samsung, which will supply 60% to 70% of low-power DRAM compared to a previously balanced split with SK Hynix, as 12GB modules now cost $70 versus $30 at the beginning of 2025.

Industry analysts warn the shortage could persist until 2027 or 2028 when new fabrication plants come online, with SK Hynix telling analysts that memory deficits may last until late 2027 as chipmakers struggle to balance AI infrastructure demand against traditional electronics needs.

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Brin owns up to Glass mistakes while Google plans AI smart glasses

Google announced on December 8 that it will launch AI-powered smart glasses in 2026 through partnerships with Warby Parker, Samsung, and Gentle Monster, marking its return to the market a decade after discontinuing Google Glass.

The new glasses will feature Gemini AI assistant and come in two versions: screen-free audio glasses with speakers, microphones, and cameras, and display glasses with an in-lens screen for navigation and translation, with the audio version launching first.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin told Stanford students in late December he "jumped the gun" with the original Google Glass launch, admitting he thought he was "the next Steve Jobs" and commercialized the product too quickly before making it cost-effective and polished.

🏗 90.7 km: The Length of the Most Powerful Collider in History

In 2025, CERN confirmed the feasibility and technical viability of the Future Circular Collider (FCC), the successor to the Large Hadron Collider.

The 90.7 km ring would run beneath France and Switzerland at an average depth of 200 meters. The planned collision energy would reach up to 100 TeV, at least 6 times higher than the LHC. The main goals are ultra-precise studies of the Higgs boson and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.

The first phase is estimated at about $17 billion. For the first time in CERN's history, the project has attracted private capital. A consortium that includes funds linked to DST Global founder Yuri Milner and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has pledged $1 billion.

CERN's member states are expected to make a final decision around 2028. The FCC would not start operations before 2040.

OpenAI seeks safety chief for $555K amid exodus

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on December 27 that the company is hiring a Head of Preparedness to address emerging AI risks including mental health impacts and cybersecurity vulnerabilities as models rapidly advance.

The role will oversee OpenAI's preparedness framework across biological, cybersecurity, and AI self-improvement threats, coming after the company revealed over one million weekly ChatGPT users send messages indicating suicidal intent.

The hiring follows significant safety team departures and lawsuits against OpenAI linking chatbots to teenage suicides, with former researchers criticizing the company for prioritizing product development over safety.

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China releases draft rules to regulate human-like AI systems

China's cyberspace regulator released draft rules on December 27 requiring providers of human-like AI systems to monitor users for addiction and emotional dependency, with public consultation open until January 25.

The regulations mandate that users be notified they're interacting with AI at login and every two hours or when overdependence is detected, and require providers to intervene when users exhibit extreme emotions or addictive behavior.

The draft bans content endangering national security or spreading misinformation, and requires security assessments for services launching human-like AI features or reaching one million registered users.

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AI agents fail to meet 2025 workforce predictions

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicted in early 2025 that AI agents would join the workforce and materially change company output, but the technology has fallen dramatically short by year's end according to industry insiders.

Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI co-founder, said in October that AI agents are "cognitively lacking and it's just not working," estimating it will take about a decade to resolve current issues with intelligence, multimodal capabilities, and memory retention.

A Deloitte survey found only 11% of organizations currently use AI agents in production, with real-world testing revealing even basic tasks like clicking elements or selecting dropdown menus can take minutes or fail entirely.

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Reasoning models and coding agents reshape AI in 2025

Reasoning models that employ multi-step logical analysis before generating responses became the defining AI technology of 2025, with DeepSeek's R1 model released in January demonstrating how to build such capabilities and triggering rapid global adoption.

Autonomous coding agents evolved to handle complex software development tasks, enabling Amazon to save approximately 4,500 developer-years of work and $260 million annually while models like Claude Opus 4.5 completed more than 80 percent of coding challenges by year's end.

Data center construction and AI infrastructure investments accounted for up to 92 percent of U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025, with Microsoft committing $80 billion and Meta spending approximately $72 billion on global data center projects.

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Z.ai releases open-source coding model topping benchmarks

Z.ai released GLM-4.7, an open-source large language model, designed for real-world software development with enhanced code generation, multi-step reasoning, and tool-calling capabilities.

The model scored 87.4 on τ²-Bench and ranked first among open-source models in Code Arena's blind evaluation of over one million comparisons, with overall performance approaching Claude Sonnet 4.5.

The Beijing-based startup, which passed a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing hearing in mid-December and is expected to raise $300 million, affirmed its commitment to open-source development despite going public.

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Google fires Korea executives after failing to secure AI chip supplies

Google fired senior procurement executives in Korea after they failed to secure long-term supply agreements for high-bandwidth memory chips, with Microsoft and Meta also stationing purchasing teams in South Korea amid an intensifying AI chip shortage.

Only three companies worldwide—SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, and Micron —can produce advanced HBM and high-performance DRAM, and both Korean manufacturers have sold out their entire production capacity through 2026.

The crisis has prompted tech giants to relocate procurement roles from Silicon Valley to Asian manufacturing hubs and place open-ended orders "regardless of price," with industry sources warning that advanced production lines are running at full capacity and cannot meet all demands.

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😷 Up to 400 Million Face Long-COVID Brain Symptoms

A review published Monday in Nature Reviews Disease Primers highlights the massive global impact of long COVID on the brain. It estimates that 80 to 400 million people worldwide suffer from lasting neurological issues months or years after infection.

The study notes that symptoms often continue for at least three months. Common problems include memory loss, anxiety, depression, headaches, and sleep disturbances. The condition affects 5–20% of general cases and up to 50% of hospitalized patients.

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Trust Wallet Chrome extension hack tied to millions in losses

A compromised Trust Wallet Chrome extension update on December 24 drained wallets and fueled a parallel phishing spree.

Key highlights
- Extension version 2.68 was abused before a rapid fix to 2.69
- Estimated crypto losses run into millions
- Hidden code exfiltrated wallet data to an external endpoint
- Phishing sites (e.g., fix-trustwallet.com) targeted victims for seed phrases

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Trust Wallet confirms extension hack led to $7 million crypto theft

Several users of the Trust Wallet Chrome extension report having their cryptocurrency wallets drained after installing a compromised extension update released on December 24, prompting an urgent response from the company and warnings to affected users. Simultaneously…

Google's Gemini triples market share as ChatGPT's lead shrinks

Google's Gemini more than tripled its share of generative AI web traffic to 18.2% over the past year while ChatGPT's dominance plummeted from 87.2% to 68%, according to analytics firm Similarweb.

The 19-point market share loss prompted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to declare a "Code Red," fast-tracking the December 11 release of GPT-5.2 and delaying other initiatives like advertising and AI agents.

Analysts attribute Gemini's surge to its integration across Chrome, Android, Google Workspace, and Search, placing the AI directly in users' existing workflows rather than requiring a separate app, while Alphabet stock climbed over 60% year-to-date.

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X lets users edit anyone's images with AI, sparking artist backlash

X rolled out a feature on December 24, 2025, allowing any user to AI-edit images posted by others using its Grok chatbot, sparking outrage from artists who say there is no opt-out mechanism.

The feature lets users long-press public images to prompt edits that are posted as comments, with artist protection tools like Glaze and Nightshade proving ineffective against the AI alterations.

Artists including manga creator Boichi announced plans to stop posting work or migrate to rival platform Bluesky, while Elon Musk promoted the feature amid backlash, posting "Try Grok image edit."

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OpenAI plans ads in ChatGPT responses, reversing earlier stance

- OpenAI is developing ad formats for ChatGPT that could embed sponsored content directly into AI responses or display ads in sidebars, with a planned 2026 rollout targeting its 800 million weekly users.​

- The move reverses CEO Sam Altman's previous stance calling AI-powered advertising "dystopian," as the company faces mounting costs with $2.5 billion burned in early 2025 and infrastructure spending projected to exceed $17 billion in 2026.​

- Internal mockups show ads appearing alongside responses with clear disclosures, while the company explores using ChatGPT's memory function for personalized targeting based on users' conversation histories.

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❤️ World Record for Longest Remote Robotic Surgery Set

A surgeon in Kuwait successfully operated on a patient in Brazil, connecting two rooms across 12,035 km in near real‑time.

This achievement sets a new world record for the most significant distance between a doctor and a patient during a robotic operation.

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