Latest AI (Artificial Intelligence) News
AI takes center stage at CES with robotics, mobility, and sustainability
This yearâs CES puts **AI and robotics** at the heart of innovation, highlighting realâtime AI mobility tech and energyâefficient computing across sectors. The show underscores how AI is reshaping global productivity, capital expenditure, and consumer demand, signaling a new era where AI integration is a baseline for competitive products and services.
Global robotics market hits record as AI-driven autonomy surges
The International Federation of Robotics reports industrial robot installations reaching an allâtime high **market value of US$16.7 billion**, driven by AIâenabled autonomy. Trends include generative and agentic AI that let robots learn tasks, plan paths, and interact via natural language and vision, while regulators push for clearer ethical and liability frameworks.
AI sparks a data center âpower revolutionâ and specialized âAI factoriesâ
Industry experts say scaling AI workloads in 2026 will **test data center energy and sustainability limits**, pushing demand for higherâdensity, efficient compute. Traditional facilities are rapidly evolving into specialized âAI factoriesâ optimized for inference and agent workloads, with heterogeneous hardware and new security practices such as AI exposure management.
SleepFM: Multimodal AI forecasts risks for 130+ health conditions
Researchers have unveiled **SleepFM**, a multimodal AI trained on more than 585,000 hours of sleep data that can forecast risk for over 130 health conditions. By analyzing signals such as breathing, movement, and heart metrics, the model aims to enable earlier detection and personalized interventions in areas like cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders.
AI avalanche forces healthcare and surgery to reimagine care models
Surgical leaders describe AI as an **âavalancheâ for healthcare**, rapidly expanding from documentation to assistive diagnosis and AIâenabled robotic surgery. The American College of Surgeons emphasizes surgeon leadership and governance so AI strengthens decisionâmaking and patientâcentered care rather than merely speeding workflows or cutting costs.
From pilots to platforms: AI becomes core infrastructure in healthcare operations
Healthcare executives predict 2026 will see AI shift from pilots to **enterpriseâlevel adoption**, including ambient listening for clinical notes and AIâdriven prior authorizations. Agentic AI agents are expected to orchestrate supply chains and automate complex workflows in postâacute and longâterm care, contingent on robust data governance and clinician trust.
Autonomous AI handles prescription refills for 190 medications in Utah
A new Utah program has deployed **AI systems that autonomously manage prescription refills** for 190 common drugs without human intervention. The software verifies patient data, checks eligibility, and issues refills under regulatory constraints, illustrating how AI can reduce administrative load and improve access while raising questions about oversight and safety.
Website personalization AI market set for 26.7% annual growth to 2029
A new global market report projects **website personalization AI** will grow from about $2.57 billion in 2025 to $6.62 billion in 2029, a 26.7% CAGR. Growth is driven by rising internet penetration and strategic moves like Webflowâs acquisition of Intellimize to deepen AIâdriven optimization, with North America leading and AsiaâPacific as the fastestâgrowing region.
NSF ramps up funding to build a safer future for AI research
The U.S. National Science Foundation dedicated **$2 billion in fiscal 2025** to AIârelated R&D, reflecting AIâs status as a strategic national asset. Virginia Tech and partners highlight parallel efforts to secure AI research against espionage, misuse, and ethical lapses, aiming to embed safety and security practices into advanced AI work.
Few companies yet scale advanced âagentic AIâ despite broad AI adoption
McKinsey reports that while AI is now widely deployed, only a **minority of firms are scaling sophisticated agentic AI**âsystems that can plan and act autonomously in workflows. The analysis shows a performance gap emerging between basic users and leaders who embed agents into operations such as customer support, software engineering, and backâoffice automation.
Global debate grows over unchecked AI power and social risks
Al Jazeeraâs analysis notes that AI investment has surged so rapidly that in two recent quarters it **exceeded all U.S. consumer spending**, fueling an AI boom. At the same time, concerns about job losses, surveillance, and military uses are driving growing public resistance and calls for stronger regulation and accountability.