Meta halts global rollout of Ray-Ban smart glasses due to high US demand and supply constraints, limiting availability to the US market. Priced at $799, the AR eyewear features AI, camera, and audio, but faces privacy concerns and regulatory scrutiny, especially in Europe. No new international launch timeline is set.

Vibe launches Vibe Bot, an AI-powered meeting device that records discussions, generates action items, and integrates with collaboration tools to combat meeting fatigue and information loss in hybrid work environments.

Loona's DeskMate is an AI desktop assistant and charging hub with animated eyes, using your iPhone for processing. It offers USB-C/A ports, wireless charging, and smart collaboration features, launching via crowdfunding in March at under $300.

Boston Dynamics launches Atlas robot, first deployed by Hyundai at RMAC in 2026. The 1.9m electric robot lifts 30kg, operates in extreme temps, and self-swaps batteries in 3 minutes. Trained via VR and motion capture with Google DeepMind and Toyota Research Institute, Atlas targets heavy industrial tasks, offering ROI within two years while retaining human oversight.

AMD unveiled AI accelerators, Ryzen AI 400/Max chips at CES 2026; MI500 series previewed for 2027. New mobile and gaming chips target laptops, handhelds, and Copilot+ PCs, with expanded embedded solutions.

Clipto, an AI-native multimodal OS developer, surpasses $250M valuation after new funding. Its on-device AI platform enables secure, private media management, offering instant search, transcription, and translation across text, audio, and video for creators and professionals.

Intel unveils Panther Lake-based platform for handheld gaming, featuring dedicated chips on 18A process, marking a strategic push into the AMD-dominated portable market. Details coming later in 2026.

xAI raises $20B in Series E, boosting Colossus supercomputer to over 1M H100-equivalent GPUs; funds will expand AI infrastructure, power new data centers, and launch Grok-5 and enterprise products.

Qualcomm unveils Dragonwing IQ10, a 350 TOPS AI chip for humanoid robots with NPU, GPU, and 18-core CPU, alongside new Snapdragon X2 Plus laptop processors and two other AI chips at CES.

Foxconn reports record Q4 2025 revenue of $82.7B, up 22% YoY, driven by surging AI data center and cloud infrastructure demand, surpassing forecasts. Strong growth in high-performance servers, strategic partnerships with Apple and NVIDIA, and the Stargate Ohio data center project boost its AI ecosystem role. Launched FoxBrain LLM for smart manufacturing optimization.

ContractPodAI rebrands as Leah, evolving from contract management to enterprise-wide AI automation. The Leah Agentic AI platform now offers an operating system for intelligent agents, covering contract lifecycle management, legal operations, and cross-functional coordination, enabling proactive decision-making across legal, finance, and procurement.

Plaud launches NotePin S, a wearable AI recorder with key moment tagging, and a bot-free desktop app for secure, seamless meeting capture across platforms, supporting 112 languages and major compliance standards.

NVIDIA unveiled its Rubin computing architecture at CES, marking a major AI hardware breakthrough. Set for full production, Rubin offers 3.5x faster training and 5x faster inference than Blackwell, with 8x improved efficiency. Named after astronomer Vera Rubin, it features advanced GPUs, CPUs, and storage tech, targeting deployment across leading cloud providers and supercomputers amid surging global AI infrastructure demand.

Nvidia unveils 6+ open-source AI models for autonomous systems, including Alpamayo 1 for self-driving cars, Cosmos series for simulation and robotics, and Nemotron models for speech and RAG. Launched at CES, they're paired with tools like AlpaSim and Isaac Lab-Arena, plus the new Jetson T4000 module based on Blackwell architecture, delivering 1,200 TFLOPS at $1,999 (1k units).

Google introduces Gemini AI to Google TV, enabling voice-controlled navigation, personalized content discovery, visual search, and AI-enhanced photo/video experiences on select TCL TVs and future devices.

Amazon launches Alexa+, an AI-powered upgrade expanding to web and mobile via Alexa.com, offering enhanced smart home integration, personalized household management, and third-party service connectivity, with over 10M early users showing increased engagement.

Over 5% of global ChatGPT messages involve health topics, with 40 million Americans using it daily for medical queries, driven by limited access to care. OpenAI processes nearly 2M insurance-related questions weekly, amid expiring subsidies. Risks remain due to AI hallucinations and use of less capable models, especially in voice chats—concerns unaddressed in recent promotional materials.

OpenAI senior researcher Jerry Tworek departs after nearly seven years, having led key projects including GPT-4, ChatGPT, and reasoning models o1 and o3. He aims to pursue research paths challenging within OpenAI’s current product-focused direction under CEO Sam Altman. His next role remains undisclosed.

Google TV's Gemini AI gets a major upgrade with Nano Banana and Veo for AI-generated images, videos, and dynamic slideshows. Enhanced visual responses, live data, and voice-controlled brightness or volume adjustments debut on select TCL models before wider rollout.

LG's CLOiD home robot, unveiled at CES, aims to enable a "zero-chore household" with advanced mobility, dual 7-DOF arms, and seamless integration with LG's ThinQ ecosystem, performing tasks from laundry folding to meal prep.