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The AI news for January 6th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: MIT scientists investigate memorization risk in the age of clinical AI Source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-scientists-investigate-memorization-risk-clinical-ai-0105 Nvidia wants to be the Android of generalist robotics. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-wants-to-be-the-android-of-generalist-robotics/ Falcon H1R 7B: New reasoning AI model beats larger competitors in benchmarks. Source: https://the-decoder.de/falcon-h1r-7b-neues-reasoning-ki-modell-schlaegt-in-benchmarks-groessere-konkurrenz/ Alibaba's PANDA system finds tumors that doctors overlook. Source: https://the-decoder.de/alibabas-panda-system-findet-tumore-die-aerzte-uebersehen/

The AI news for January 5th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Missing Link: Invisible Revolution — how the federal government floods the administration with AI. Source: https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Missing-Link-Unsichtbare-Revolution-wie-der-Bund-die-Verwaltung-mit-KI-flutet-11127439.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Against AI cheating: NYU professor replaces written tests with oral AI examinations. Source: https://the-decoder.de/gegen-ki-schummelei-nyu-professor-ersetzt-schriftliche-tests-durch-muendliche-ki-pruefungen/ Anthropic co-founder on AI progress: The exponential curve continues until it no longer does so. Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropic-mitgruenderin-ueber-ki-fortschritt-die-exponentialkurve-haelt-an-bis-sie-es-nicht-mehr-tut/ French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/04/french-and-malaysian-authorities-are-investigating-grok-for-generating-sexualized-deepfakes/

The AI news for January 4th, 2026\n\nHere are the details of the day's selected top stories:\n\nNo more traffic offenses — do we need the Greek solution?\nSource: https://www.heise.de/-11127230?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag\n\nByteDance gives AI video models a memory for longer stories.\nSource: https://the-decoder.de/bytedance-gibt-ki-videomodellen-ein-gedaechtnis-fuer-laengere-geschichten/\n\nLeCun faces Meta departure: Meta has fiddled with the Llama-4 benchmarks and the AI department is in crisis.\nSource: https://the-decoder.de/lecun-vor-meta-abschied-meta-hat-llama-4-benchmarks-frisiert-und-die-ki-abteilung-steckt-in-der-krise/\n\nGoogle engineer: Claude Code generated in one hour what Google spent a year building.\nSource: https://the-decoder.de/google-ingenieurin-claude-code-erzeugte-in-einer-stunde-woran-google-ein-jahr-baute/

The AI news for January 3rd, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: OpenAI bets on audio AI — new hardware on the horizon. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/OpenAI-setzt-auf-Audio-KI-neue-Hardware-im-Blick-11127261.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag The 'Science Context Protocol' is intended to boost research with AI. Source: https://the-decoder.de/das-science-context-protocol-soll-forschung-mit-ki-befluegeln/ India orders Musk’s X to fix Grok over ‘obscene’ AI content Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/india-orders-musks-x-to-fix-grok-over-obscene-ai-content/ How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor’s CEO Source: https://techcrunch.com/podcast/how-ai-is-reshaping-work-and-who-gets-to-do-it-according-to-mercors-ceo/

The AI news for January 2nd, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: AI agents could in the future gain experience in LLM-generated world models. Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-agenten-koennten-kuenftig-in-llm-generierten-weltmodellen-erfahrung-sammeln/ European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/european-banks-plan-to-cut-200000-jobs-as-ai-takes-hold/ OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/openai-bets-big-on-audio-as-silicon-valley-declares-war-on-screens/ Moonshot AI raises $500 million and increases its valuation to $4.3 billion. Source: https://the-decoder.de/moonshot-ai-sammelt-500-millionen-dollar-ein-und-steigert-bewertung-auf-43-milliarden/