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January 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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3/ Add devices like Loona’s DeskMate, which turns a phone into a rotating AI assistant and charger, and the pattern is clear.
- Desk AI is getting smaller, cheaper, and more practical.
Less spectacle, more presence.
- Desk AI is getting smaller, cheaper, and more practical.
Less spectacle, more presence.
January 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
3/ Add devices like Loona’s DeskMate, which turns a phone into a rotating AI assistant and charger, and the pattern is clear.
- Desk AI is getting smaller, cheaper, and more practical.
Less spectacle, more presence.
- Desk AI is getting smaller, cheaper, and more practical.
Less spectacle, more presence.
2/ Vibe Bot takes a more work-first approach.
- Part smart webcam, part voice assistant, part AI note-taker, it tracks speakers, records meetings, transcribes, and generates summaries you can query later.
- The focus is reducing friction, not adding novelty.
- Part smart webcam, part voice assistant, part AI note-taker, it tracks speakers, records meetings, transcribes, and generates summaries you can query later.
- The focus is reducing friction, not adding novelty.
January 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
2/ Vibe Bot takes a more work-first approach.
- Part smart webcam, part voice assistant, part AI note-taker, it tracks speakers, records meetings, transcribes, and generates summaries you can query later.
- The focus is reducing friction, not adding novelty.
- Part smart webcam, part voice assistant, part AI note-taker, it tracks speakers, records meetings, transcribes, and generates summaries you can query later.
- The focus is reducing friction, not adding novelty.
1/ Razer’s Project Ava shows the direction.
- A 5.5-inch holographic assistant that sits on your desk, watches your screen, and responds in real time with help and guidance.
- It’s meant to be visible and reactive, not hidden in a background app.
- A 5.5-inch holographic assistant that sits on your desk, watches your screen, and responds in real time with help and guidance.
- It’s meant to be visible and reactive, not hidden in a background app.
January 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
1/ Razer’s Project Ava shows the direction.
- A 5.5-inch holographic assistant that sits on your desk, watches your screen, and responds in real time with help and guidance.
- It’s meant to be visible and reactive, not hidden in a background app.
- A 5.5-inch holographic assistant that sits on your desk, watches your screen, and responds in real time with help and guidance.
- It’s meant to be visible and reactive, not hidden in a background app.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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3/ The usage data explains the push.
- Alexa+ users are having twice the conversations, making three times more purchases, and requesting recipes five times more often.
- Alexa+ users are having twice the conversations, making three times more purchases, and requesting recipes five times more often.
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
3/ The usage data explains the push.
- Alexa+ users are having twice the conversations, making three times more purchases, and requesting recipes five times more often.
- Alexa+ users are having twice the conversations, making three times more purchases, and requesting recipes five times more often.
2/ More importantly, Alexa is built to act, not just answer.
- It can shop, manage calendars, upload documents, control smart homes, and make reservations through partners like - Expedia, Yelp, Uber, and OpenTable.
Chat turns directly into real-world execution.
- It can shop, manage calendars, upload documents, control smart homes, and make reservations through partners like - Expedia, Yelp, Uber, and OpenTable.
Chat turns directly into real-world execution.
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
2/ More importantly, Alexa is built to act, not just answer.
- It can shop, manage calendars, upload documents, control smart homes, and make reservations through partners like - Expedia, Yelp, Uber, and OpenTable.
Chat turns directly into real-world execution.
- It can shop, manage calendars, upload documents, control smart homes, and make reservations through partners like - Expedia, Yelp, Uber, and OpenTable.
Chat turns directly into real-world execution.
1/ Alexa is now truly cross-surface.
- Conversations, preferences, and tasks persist across desktop, phone, and home devices.
- You can start something on your laptop and continue it later on your phone or speaker without resetting context.
- Conversations, preferences, and tasks persist across desktop, phone, and home devices.
- You can start something on your laptop and continue it later on your phone or speaker without resetting context.
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
1/ Alexa is now truly cross-surface.
- Conversations, preferences, and tasks persist across desktop, phone, and home devices.
- You can start something on your laptop and continue it later on your phone or speaker without resetting context.
- Conversations, preferences, and tasks persist across desktop, phone, and home devices.
- You can start something on your laptop and continue it later on your phone or speaker without resetting context.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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3/ And yes, it pays.
Channels like India’s Bandar Apna Dost crossed 2B views with estimated annual earnings over $4M.
As long as watch time and engagement win, AI slop isn’t fringe content. It’s an economically rewarded strategy built into the system.
Channels like India’s Bandar Apna Dost crossed 2B views with estimated annual earnings over $4M.
As long as watch time and engagement win, AI slop isn’t fringe content. It’s an economically rewarded strategy built into the system.
December 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
3/ And yes, it pays.
Channels like India’s Bandar Apna Dost crossed 2B views with estimated annual earnings over $4M.
As long as watch time and engagement win, AI slop isn’t fringe content. It’s an economically rewarded strategy built into the system.
Channels like India’s Bandar Apna Dost crossed 2B views with estimated annual earnings over $4M.
As long as watch time and engagement win, AI slop isn’t fringe content. It’s an economically rewarded strategy built into the system.
2/ What’s more concerning is how early it appears.
On a brand new YouTube account, 21 percent of the first 500 recommended Shorts were AI slop.
That means low-quality AI content reaches users almost immediately, before taste signals even form.
On a brand new YouTube account, 21 percent of the first 500 recommended Shorts were AI slop.
That means low-quality AI content reaches users almost immediately, before taste signals even form.
December 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
2/ What’s more concerning is how early it appears.
On a brand new YouTube account, 21 percent of the first 500 recommended Shorts were AI slop.
That means low-quality AI content reaches users almost immediately, before taste signals even form.
On a brand new YouTube account, 21 percent of the first 500 recommended Shorts were AI slop.
That means low-quality AI content reaches users almost immediately, before taste signals even form.
1/ The scale is already massive.
South Korea leads with 8.45B views, Pakistan follows at 5.34B, and the U.S. sits at 3.39B.
Spain tops subscriber counts, showing that slop spreads differently by region, but spreads everywhere.
South Korea leads with 8.45B views, Pakistan follows at 5.34B, and the U.S. sits at 3.39B.
Spain tops subscriber counts, showing that slop spreads differently by region, but spreads everywhere.
December 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
1/ The scale is already massive.
South Korea leads with 8.45B views, Pakistan follows at 5.34B, and the U.S. sits at 3.39B.
Spain tops subscriber counts, showing that slop spreads differently by region, but spreads everywhere.
South Korea leads with 8.45B views, Pakistan follows at 5.34B, and the U.S. sits at 3.39B.
Spain tops subscriber counts, showing that slop spreads differently by region, but spreads everywhere.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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3/ The pattern is bigger than games.
- Interaction is becoming infrastructure.
- Platforms are turning play into a creative format for humans and a learning environment for machines, shaping how content is made and how AI learns to behave.
- Interaction is becoming infrastructure.
- Platforms are turning play into a creative format for humans and a learning environment for machines, shaping how content is made and how AI learns to behave.
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
3/ The pattern is bigger than games.
- Interaction is becoming infrastructure.
- Platforms are turning play into a creative format for humans and a learning environment for machines, shaping how content is made and how AI learns to behave.
- Interaction is becoming infrastructure.
- Platforms are turning play into a creative format for humans and a learning environment for machines, shaping how content is made and how AI learns to behave.
2/ On the AI side, NVIDIA is treating gameplay as training data.
- NitroGen learns from 40,000 hours of gameplay video with controller overlays, extracting actions with high accuracy.
- NitroGen learns from 40,000 hours of gameplay video with controller overlays, extracting actions with high accuracy.
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
2/ On the AI side, NVIDIA is treating gameplay as training data.
- NitroGen learns from 40,000 hours of gameplay video with controller overlays, extracting actions with high accuracy.
- NitroGen learns from 40,000 hours of gameplay video with controller overlays, extracting actions with high accuracy.
1/ On the creator side, YouTube is making games easier to build than videos used to be.
- Its Gemini 3–powered Playables Builder lets creators generate simple games from text, images, or video, no coding required.
- Its Gemini 3–powered Playables Builder lets creators generate simple games from text, images, or video, no coding required.
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
1/ On the creator side, YouTube is making games easier to build than videos used to be.
- Its Gemini 3–powered Playables Builder lets creators generate simple games from text, images, or video, no coding required.
- Its Gemini 3–powered Playables Builder lets creators generate simple games from text, images, or video, no coding required.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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3/ The pattern is bigger than games.
- Interaction is becoming infrastructure.
- Platforms are turning play into a creative format for humans and a learning environment for machines, shaping how content is made and how AI learns to behave.
- Interaction is becoming infrastructure.
- Platforms are turning play into a creative format for humans and a learning environment for machines, shaping how content is made and how AI learns to behave.
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
3/ The pattern is bigger than games.
- Interaction is becoming infrastructure.
- Platforms are turning play into a creative format for humans and a learning environment for machines, shaping how content is made and how AI learns to behave.
- Interaction is becoming infrastructure.
- Platforms are turning play into a creative format for humans and a learning environment for machines, shaping how content is made and how AI learns to behave.
2/ On the AI side, NVIDIA is treating gameplay as training data.
- NitroGen learns from 40,000 hours of gameplay video with controller overlays, extracting actions with high accuracy.
- The model generalizes across genres and even unseen games, showing strong transfer after fine-tuning.
- NitroGen learns from 40,000 hours of gameplay video with controller overlays, extracting actions with high accuracy.
- The model generalizes across genres and even unseen games, showing strong transfer after fine-tuning.
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
2/ On the AI side, NVIDIA is treating gameplay as training data.
- NitroGen learns from 40,000 hours of gameplay video with controller overlays, extracting actions with high accuracy.
- The model generalizes across genres and even unseen games, showing strong transfer after fine-tuning.
- NitroGen learns from 40,000 hours of gameplay video with controller overlays, extracting actions with high accuracy.
- The model generalizes across genres and even unseen games, showing strong transfer after fine-tuning.
1/ On the creator side, YouTube is making games easier to build than videos used to be.
- Its Gemini 3–powered Playables Builder lets creators generate simple games from text, images, or video, no coding required.
- Its Gemini 3–powered Playables Builder lets creators generate simple games from text, images, or video, no coding required.
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
1/ On the creator side, YouTube is making games easier to build than videos used to be.
- Its Gemini 3–powered Playables Builder lets creators generate simple games from text, images, or video, no coding required.
- Its Gemini 3–powered Playables Builder lets creators generate simple games from text, images, or video, no coding required.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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