**🎉 Today’s Tech & AI News Digest 🎉**
🤖 Boston Dynamics partners with Google DeepMind to advance humanoid robots
Boston Dynamics unveiled major upgrades to its Atlas humanoid robot, including a DeepMind partnership to power more human-like reasoning and plans to deploy Atlas in Hyundai car factories by 2028.
🚀 Nvidia unveils new AI models and Rubin chip architecture at CES
Nvidia introduced its Rubin AI chip architecture alongside Alpamayo open AI models aimed at enabling autonomous vehicles and robots to reason about complex real-world situations.
🚗 Global lidar industry reshapes after Luminar bankruptcy
As U.S. lidar maker Luminar enters bankruptcy and faces internal legal turmoil, China’s Hesai moves to double production to dominate the global lidar sensor market.
💬 Amazon expands Alexa Plus across web, apps, and smart devices
Amazon launched Alexa+ on the web via Alexa.com and is rolling it into revamped apps and new smart devices, including Bosch’s AI-powered coffee machines.
📜 Why AI agents failed to meaningfully join the workforce in 2025
Despite bold predictions from OpenAI leaders, AI agents largely fell short of autonomous workplace impact in 2025 due to integration, reliability, and organizational barriers.
https://calnewport.com/why-didnt-ai-join-the-workforce-in-2025/
🔍 OpenAI faces scrutiny over handling deceased users’ ChatGPT data
A lawsuit tied to a murder-suicide case alleges OpenAI selectively withholds user chat logs after death, intensifying debate over AI data rights and transparency.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-refuses-to-say-where-chatgpt-logs-go-when-users-die/
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