DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, January 5, 2026
Update: 2026-01-05
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Welcome to the DX Today news desk where you get facts and no hype. Today is Monday, January 5, 2026. We are kicking off the new year with massive movements in the industry, as both Meta and Alphabet drop billions on strategic acquisitions to secure the future of autonomous agents and energy infrastructure.Today's Headlines:1. Meta Acquires Manus AI for $3 Billion2. Alphabet Buys Energy Startup Intersect for $4.75 Billion3. Google Cloud Forecasts the End of Corporate Chatbots4. TII Releases Falcon H1R 7B with Elite Reasoning5. DeepSeek Announces Major Training Stability Breakthrough6. Meta AI VP Jitendra Malik Resigns for Amazon Robotics7. Morgan Stanley Predicts 200,000 Banking Job Cuts8. Report: Enterprises Shifting to Private AI Infrastructure9. Samsung Debuts 'Companion to AI Living' at CES 202610. Johns Hopkins: AI May Not Need Massive Data11. GPU Maker Biren Technology Surges 76% in IPO12. 33% of Consumer Purchases to be AI-Driven by Late 2026That wraps up our briefing for today. As the industry shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents and wrestles with energy demands, we'll be here to track the signal through the noise. This is the DX Today news desk, where you get facts and no hype. Thanks for listening.
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