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AI Briefing Daily – Daily AI News in 5 Minutes
Are you interested in the most exciting developments in artificial intelligence, but don't want to read long articles or delve deeply into technical details? In our daily podcast you get the most important AI news of the last 24 hours - compact, understandable and in just 5 minutes!
Perfect for everyone who wants to keep their finger on the pulse of AI: whether at breakfast, on the way to work or in between. Find out everything about innovations, exciting applications and trends in the world of artificial intelligence.
A new episode every morning from 6:00 am.
Unique: Our podcast is 100% AI-generated - from research to production to upload.
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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/
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/
The AI news for December 30th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
39C3: Security researchers hijack AI coding assistants with prompt injection
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/39C3-Sicherheitsforscher-kapert-KI-Coding-Assistenten-mit-Prompt-Injection-11125630.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
Security researchers warn about browser extensions that secretly intercept AI chats.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/sicherheitsforscher-warnen-vor-browser-erweiterungen-die-heimlich-ki-chats-abgreifen/
Due to AI fraud: the world's largest accounting organization abolishes online exams.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/wegen-ki-betrug-weltgroesste-buchhaltungsorganisation-schafft-online-pruefungen-ab/
A team of researchers wants to end illogical AI babble with new 'Laws of Reasoning.'
Source: https://the-decoder.de/forscherteam-will-unlogische-ki-gruebelei-mit-neuen-laws-of-reasoning-beenden/
The AI news for December 29th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
39C3: 'Poverty kills' – why 'AI' cannot save the healthcare system.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/39C3-KI-Longevity-und-die-Illusion-vom-reparierbaren-Gesundheitssystem-11125463.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
Sam Altman's warning about 'superhuman persuasiveness' is catching up with the AI industry.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/sam-altmans-warnung-vor-uebermenschlicher-ueberzeugungskraft-holt-die-ki-branche-ein/
'Not smart': Microsoft CEO Nadella criticizes Copilot internally and intervenes in product development.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/nicht-smart-microsoft-ceo-nadella-kritisiert-copilot-intern-und-greift-in-die-produktentwicklung-ein/
OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/28/openai-is-looking-for-a-new-head-of-preparedness/
The AI news for December 28th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/850537/sam-altman-openai-head-of-preparedness
Chatterbox Turbo: Free audio model clones voices in a few seconds.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/chatterbox-turbo-kostenloses-audio-modell-klont-stimmen-in-wenigen-sekunden/
Metas Pixio learns through pixel reconstruction and surpasses more resource-intensive AI models.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/metas-pixio-lernt-durch-pixel-rekonstruktion-und-uebertrifft-aufwendigere-ki-modelle/
Fight against AI addiction: China publishes a draft regulation for virtual companions.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/kampf-gegen-ki-sucht-china-veroeffentlicht-regelentwurf-fuer-virtuelle-begleiter/
The AI news for December 27th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
AI-generated bioweapons bypass the safety systems of DNA manufacturers.
Source: https://www.heise.de/-10794581?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
Meta's new AI model SAM Audio lets users click on tones in videos.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/metas-neues-ki-modell-sam-audio-laesst-nutzer-toene-in-videos-anklicken/
Anthropic experiment fails: an AI kiosk seller orders a PlayStation 5, a live fish, and incurs a $1,000 loss.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropic-experiment-scheitert-ki-kiosk-verkaeufer-bestellt-playstation-5-lebenden-fisch-und-macht-1-000-dollar-verlust/
A new benchmark shows that LLMs still fail at real scientific research.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/neuer-benchmark-zeigt-llms-scheitern-noch-an-echter-wissenschaftlicher-forschung/
The AI news for December 26th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
NVIDIA: Signs deal with inference-chip startup.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Nvidia-Vertragsschluss-mit-Inferenz-Chip-Startup-11124836.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
Microsoft is catching wind of rumors about the Windows Rust port.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-faengt-Geruechte-zur-Windows-Rust-Portierung-ein-11124851.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
Long-standing AI obstacle ARC falls through the unstoppable optimization machinery.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/langjaehriges-ki-hindernis-arc-faellt-durch-die-unaufhaltsame-optimierungsmaschinerie/
The Australian financial regulator warns banks against the excessive use of AI in suspicious activity reports.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/australische-finanzaufsicht-warnt-banken-vor-uebermaessigem-ki-einsatz-bei-verdachtsmeldungen/
The AI news for December 25th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
Nvidia to license AI chip challenger Groq’s tech and hire its CEO
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-acquires-ai-chip-challenger-groq-for-20b-report-says/
Authors sue six AI giants over book piracy.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/autoren-verklagen-sechs-ki-giganten-wegen-buchpiraterie/
Waymo is testing Gemini as an in-car AI assistant in its robotaxis
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/waymo-is-testing-gemini-as-an-in-car-ai-assistant-in-its-robotaxis/
Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/italy-tells-meta-to-suspend-its-policy-that-bans-rival-ai-chatbots-from-whatsapp/
The AI news for December 24th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
The AI coding model GLM-4.7 remembers trains of thought across long dialogues.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-coding-modell-glm-4-7-merkt-sich-gedankengaenge-ueber-lange-dialoge/
Voice cloning from three seconds of audio: Qwen releases new TTS models.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/stimmen-klonen-aus-drei-sekunden-audio-qwen-veroeffentlicht-neue-tts-modelle/
OpenAI resists prompt injections that threaten the 'agentic Web'.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-wehrt-sich-gegen-prompt-injections-die-das-agentische-web-bedrohen/
How AI broke the smart home in 2025
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/845958/ai-smart-home-broken
The AI news for December 23rd, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/22/openai-says-ai-browsers-may-always-be-vulnerable-to-prompt-injection-attacks/
Chipwrecked
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/845831/ai-chips-data-center-power-water
Nick Clegg and Yann LeCun: Start-up for Advanced Machine Intelligence
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Nick-Clegg-und-Yann-LeCun-Start-up-fuer-Advanced-Machine-Intelligence-11122511.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
GPT-5 allegedly solves an open math problem without human help.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/gpt-5-loest-angeblich-offenes-mathe-problem-ohne-menschliche-hilfe/
The AI news for December 22nd, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
Nvidia will use NitroGen to create universal AI agents for all worlds.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/nvidia-will-mit-nitrogen-universelle-ki-agenten-fuer-alle-welten-erschaffen/
Anthropic's AI model solves tasks with a time horizon of almost five hours.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-modell-von-anthropic-loest-aufgaben-mit-fast-fuenf-stunden-zeithorizont/
Alibaba's new AI model makes static images editable after the fact.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/neues-ki-modell-von-alibaba-macht-statische-bilder-nachtraeglich-editierbar/
Semi-open AI models from China are displacing the US competition.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/halb-offene-ki-modelle-aus-china-verdraengen-die-us-konkurrenz/
The AI news for December 21st, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
The era of biocomputers is dawning – with human brain cells.
Source: https://www.heise.de/-11121193?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
AI labeling in advertising causes click-through rates to drop by a third.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/studie-zu-visueller-ki-in-der-werbung-generieren-schlaegt-modifizieren/
An open Google standard should enable AI agents to quickly generate user interfaces.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/offener-google-standard-soll-ki-agenten-schnell-nutzeroberflaechen-generieren-lassen/
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/20/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-signs-raise-act-to-regulate-ai-safety/
The AI news for December 20th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
FunctionGemma: Google's local mini-AI controls apps and games by voice.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/functiongemma-googles-lokale-mini-ki-steuert-apps-und-spiele-per-sprache/
OpenAI positions GPT-5.2-Codex as a tool for cyber defense.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-positioniert-gpt-5-2-codex-als-werkzeug-fuer-die-cyberabwehr/
Europol imagines robot crime waves in 2035
Source: https://www.theverge.com/report/847956/robot-crime-wave-europe-police-prediction
Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/848365/google-scraper-lawsuit-serpapi
The AI news for December 19th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
You can now verify Google AI-generated videos in the Gemini app.
Source: https://blog.google/technology/ai/verify-google-ai-videos-gemini-app/
Anthropic publishes Agent Skills as an open standard for AI platforms.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropic-veroeffentlicht-agent-skills-als-offenen-standard-fuer-ki-plattformen/
Guided learning lets “untrainable” neural networks realize their potential
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/guided-learning-lets-untrainable-neural-networks-realize-their-potential-1218
GPT-5.2 dominates OpenAI's new science test, but fails at complex research tasks.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/gpt-5-2-dominiert-openais-neuen-wissenschafts-test-scheitert-aber-an-komplexen-forschungsaufgaben/
The AI news for December 18th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
No, the military did not overthrow the government in France.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Fake-News-ueber-Staatsstreich-Praesident-Macron-zuernt-Facebook-11118958.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3: Hybrid Mamba models for autonomous AI agents.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/nvidia-veroeffentlicht-nemotron-3-hybride-mamba-modelle-fuer-autonome-ki-agenten/
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/845831/ai-chips-data-center-power-water
Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/adobe-hit-with-proposed-class-action-accused-of-misusing-authors-work-in-ai-training/
The AI news for December 17th, 2025
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
Confrontation with Reality: New AI Benchmark OfficeQA
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Konfrontation-mit-der-Realitaet-Neuer-KI-Benchmark-OfficeQA-11117132.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
Robot, make me a chair
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/robot-makes-chair-1216
Why figures on the water consumption of data centers are often misleading.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Warum-Zahlen-zum-Wasserverbrauch-von-Rechenzentren-oft-irrefuehrend-sind-11116970.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
VS Code disables IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/VS-Code-deaktiviert-IntelliCode-zugunsten-des-kostenpflichtigen-Copilot-11115668.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
AI News Daily - Your Daily AI Briefing in 5 Minutes
AI Briefing Daily – Daily AI News in 5 Minutes
Are you interested in the most exciting developments in artificial intelligence, but don't want to read long articles or delve deeply into technical details? In our daily podcast you get the most important AI news of the last 24 hours - compact, understandable and in just 5 minutes!
Perfect for everyone who wants to keep their finger on the pulse of AI: whether at breakfast, on the way to work or in between. Find out everything about innovations, exciting applications and trends in the world of artificial intelligence.
A new episode every morning from 6:00 am.
Unique: Our podcast is 100% AI-generated - from research to production to upload.
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We make it possible! Write to us: podcast@pickert.de
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