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Robots are really advancing because they’re learning to think for themselves—and they’re close to figuring out door handles, execs say

“What has now changed,” Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak told Fortune, “is that these models or these robots can now can learn from data.”

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 6, 2026
Amazon is cutting checks to millions of customers as part of a $2.5 billion FTC settlement. Here’s who qualifies and how to get paid
By Sydney LakeJanuary 6, 2026
Ray Dalio says AI is in ‘the early stages of a bubble,’ so watch out for 2026
By Tristan BoveJanuary 6, 2026
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Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot draws global backlash for generating sexualized images of women and children without consent
By Kelvin Chan and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
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Want AI agents to work better? Improve the way they retrieve information, Databricks says
By Jeremy KahnJanuary 6, 2026
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A year ago, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said the ‘ChatGPT moment’ for robotics was around the corner. Now he says it’s ‘nearly here.’ But is it?

Huang says advances in models, simulation, and compute have pushed robotics to a long-awaited inflection point — but turning platforms into real-world machines remains the hard part.

By Sharon GoldmanJanuary 6, 2026
Elon Musk ex Ashley St. Clair says she’s considering legal action after xAI produced fake sexualized images of her

Women who found explicit images of themselves online generated by the Grok AI chatbot say they feel violated and dehumanized.

By Beatrice NolanJanuary 6, 2026
After Nvidia’s Groq deal, meet the other AI chip startups that may be in play—and one looking to disrupt them all

Nvidia’s $20 billion Groq deal signals that AI inference—not training—will be the big focus going forward, lifting a crop of chip and software startups while reigniting debate over how long Nvidia’s dominance can last.

By Sharon GoldmanJanuary 5, 2026
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Crystal Ball: How IPOs and dealmaking will shake out in 2026

Term Sheet readers sounded off on how they think the state of exits in the private markets will evolve through 2026.

By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 6, 2026
Crystal Ball: Will the AI bubble burst or balloon in 2026?

For the first installment of the Term Sheet 2026 Crystal Ball, we look at what readers say about one of the most pressing questions of our time: What will become of the AI bubble?

By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 5, 2026
Meet Sweden, the unicorn factory chasing America in the AI race

Stockholm has the highest number of unicorns per capita of any city in the world outside of Silicon Valley.

By Oscar TäckströmJanuary 3, 2026
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The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees

Struggling Gen Z and millennial grads should consider turning their back on their degrees and retraining to become hospitality and trade workers, Randstad’s CEO warns.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 6, 2026
Beyond the CES hype: why home robots need the self-driving car playbook

Today’s robots invite both passive and active observers into our homes and leave our data exposed to bad actors. The bar is high.

By Jason CorsoJanuary 6, 2026
Why Wall Street permabull Tom Lee thinks we’re in the third great labor shortage era—and AI is an innovation like frozen food

“We entered the third epoch, or era of labor shortage, which started in 2018 and it’s going to last to 2035,” Fundstrat’s Tom Lee predicted—a boon for AI.

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 5, 2026
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Why one of the world’s most qualified chief design officers calls Samsung his ‘dream job’

Samsung has turned to an outsider—Mauro Porcini—and asked him use his approach to design to help the Korean company keep ahead of its competitors. 

By Nicholas GordonJanuary 6, 2026
Air traffic still runs on floppy discs in places, so the FAA just picked 2 companies for a $26 billion radar overhaul

The FAA has been spending most of its $3 billion equipment budget just maintaining the fragile old system.

By Josh Funk and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
Trump Mobile has been accepting $100 deposits for a golden phone but the prototype is nowhere to be seen as CES kicks off

Trump Mobile initially hailed T1 as a device that would be “proudly designed and built in the United States for customers who expect the best.”

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
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You probably use the same password for 30 different websites. It’s time for a passkey. 

Many companies think of passkeys as just a security upgrade, but they’re really a crucial user experience initiative.

By Rishi BhargavaJanuary 3, 2026
Betty Boop and Blondie join Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain

“It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. “It’s just the sheer familiarity of all this culture.”

By Andrew Dalton and The Associated PressJanuary 2, 2026
Feds are hunting teenage hacking groups like ‘Scattered Spider’ who have targeted $1 trillion worth of the Fortune 500 since 2022

Rogue teens have attacked some 120 companies—including Nike, Chick-fil-A, Instacart, and News Corporation—often posing as IT staff.

By Amanda GerutJanuary 1, 2026
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Big TechElon Musk promised a ‘major rebound’ for Tesla in 2025. Instead it fell behind its biggest rival from China
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