A.I. Weekly Digest: The Latest Tech & Finance w/A.I.
1/08/2026 Samsung Makes $13.8 BILLION Because AI Needs Memory Samsung just TRIPLED their profits to $13.8 billion because AI models are hoarding memory chips like toilet paper in 2020. DRAM prices jumped 313% in Q4 alone. The AI boom created a hardware shortage so bad that your next phone might cost more than rent. Samsung says this lasts through 2026 sooo... good luck affording anything :) Google Settles First "My Chatbot Killed Someone" Lawsuits Google and Character.AI are settling lawsuits from families whose teens died by suicide after talking to AI chatbots - including a 14-year-old who had sexualized conversations with a Game of Thrones bot (I-) These are the FIRST major AI psychological harm settlements in the U.S. Turns out letting teens roleplay with Daenerys Targaryen unsupervised was... not the move?? Utah Says "Screw It, Let the Robots Write Prescriptions" Utah just became the first state to let AI prescribe meds WITHOUT HUMAN OVERSIGHT...