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Caterpillar Launches AI Assistant and Commits $25M to Innovation Prize
At CES 2026, Caterpillar unveiled CAT AI Assistance, unifying digital tools into a conversational platform, and expanded its Nvidia partnership for on-board AI and agentic systems. The company also committed $25 million over five years to a global innovation prize and previewed five autonomous construction machines.
CEO Joe Creed introduced these during his keynote.
New AI-Powered Hybrid Simulation Reveals Electron Behavior in Liquids
Berkeley Lab researchers developed a quantum-machine learning model simulating excess electrons in water, accurately predicting reactions with hydronium ions. This breakthrough matches experimental results and enables studies in energy, biology, and environmental science with reduced computational power.
The hybrid method uses quantum mechanics for electrons and ML for surrounding molecules.
Banks Plan Major AI Investments in Compliance and Risk for 2026
82% of banking compliance leaders expect over 25% AI investment growth, focusing on financial crime strategies, with generative AI split on spending increases. Agentic AI sees incremental adoption for autonomous actions under controls.
Research from Hawk and Chartis highlights shift from pilots to maturity.
2026 Biotech AI Report: Wins in Workflows, Challenges in Complex Science
Benchling reports high adoption of AI for literature review (76%), protein prediction (71%), and reporting (66%), but lower in generative design and biomarkers due to data issues. Planned growth targets workflow orchestration and multimodal models.
81% use AI in scientific cases, 92% in non-scientific.
Market Regime Detection AI Market to Reach $4.28B by 2029
The global AI market for regime detection grows from $1.84B in 2025 at 23.4% CAGR, driven by predictive analytics and portfolio optimization. Barchart partnered with SIGMA Financial AI in 2024 for enhanced analytics.
North America leads, Asia-Pacific grows fastest amid volatility from tariffs.
CES 2026: AI Moves into Physical World with Autonomous Factories
At CES, AI integrates with industry for autonomous factories and supply chains, highlighted by Nvidia's Alpamayo open-source model for autonomous cars. Jensen Huang emphasized AI understanding real-world dynamics for safer vehicles.
Demos show shift beyond chatbots to physical applications.
xAI Secures $5.4B Deal for Grok Training on NVIDIA GB200 GPUs
xAI received $5.4B funding led by Apollo Global Management's $3.5B for next-gen Grok training using NVIDIA GB200 GPUs. This massive investment boosts AI model development capabilities.
Deal fuels advanced AI infrastructure expansion.
AI Scientist Team Discovers New Drug for Blindness in 2.5 Months
An AI-driven team identified a candidate drug for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in just 25 months, accelerating scientific discovery. This showcases AI's potential in rapid drug development for vision loss.
Achievement highlights efficiency of AI in biotech research.
Website Personalization AI Market to Hit $6.62B by 2029
Global website AI personalization market grows from $2.57B in 2025 at 26.7% CAGR, driven by internet penetration and acquisitions like Webflow-Intellimize. Key players include Oracle and Adobe; Asia-Pacific fastest-growing.
Geopolitical tensions challenge supply chains.
Healthcare AI Predictions for 2026: Agentic AI and Workflow Automation
Experts predict agentic AI orchestrating supply chains, shared data ecosystems, and automation in post-acute care for lower workloads. AI fights intelligent malware; ambient documentation and predictive modeling advance.
Evolution from pilots to enterprise-wide use.
Neuralink Blindsight BCI Set for Human Testing in 2026
Neuralink's Blindsight implant for restoring vision in blind uses external camera and visual cortex connection, entering early human trials. Part of top tech trends including AI supercomputers like Meta’s Prometheus.
Innovations span AI, space, and biomedicine.