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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/

The AI news for January 1st, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Alibaba's new open Qwen image model is supposed to generate significantly more natural images. Source: https://the-decoder.de/alibabas-neues-offenes-qwen-bildmodell-soll-deutlich-natuerlichere-bilder-generieren/ Nvidia is apparently negotiating a multi-billion-dollar acquisition of the AI startup AI21 Labs. Source: https://the-decoder.de/nvidia-verhandelt-offenbar-ueber-milliarden-uebernahme-von-ki-start-up-ai21-labs/ China's new chip quota: factories must use domestically produced equipment for half of their equipment. Source: https://the-decoder.de/chinas-neue-chip-quote-fabriken-muessen-zur-haelfte-heimische-ausruestung-nutzen/ You can’t trust your eyes to tell you what’s real anymore, says the head of Instagram Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/852124/adam-mosseri-ai-images-video-instagram

The AI news for December 31st, 2025 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: The Federal Data Protection Commissioner publishes a guidance document on AI and data protection. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragte-veroeffentlicht-Handreichung-fuer-KI-und-Datenschutz-11126332.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Despite different data bases, AI systems converge on universal representations. Source: https://the-decoder.de/trotz-unterschiedlicher-datenbasis-ki-systeme-konvergieren-zu-universellen-darstellungen/ Meta acquires Chinese AI startup Manus AI for AI agents. Source: https://the-decoder.de/meta-uebernimmt-chinesisches-ki-start-up-manus-ai-fuer-ki-agenten/ VCs predict enterprises will spend more on AI in 2026 — through fewer vendors Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/30/vcs-predict-enterprises-will-spend-more-on-ai-in-2026-through-fewer-vendors/