AI News Roundup – December 26, 2025
How Oracle became a ‘poster child’ for AI bubble fears
Oracle faces significant market volatility as investors weigh its massive infrastructure debt against the uncertainty of long-term AI returns
yahoo!finance
Dec 26, 2025
They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can’t find a job
Computer science graduates from elite universities face a devalued job market as AI automation reduces the demand for entry-level coding roles
arizona daily star
Dec 26, 2025
Shanghai to double down on open-source projects amid push for AI, chip self-sufficiency
Shanghai launches an aggressive roadmap to support 200 open-source projects by 2027 to achieve semiconductor and AI software sovereignty
south china morning post
Dec 26, 2025
AI boom adds more than half a trillion dollars to wealth of US tech barons in 2025
The AI surge adds $500 billion to the collective wealth of tech billionaires in 2025, with Elon Musk’s net worth reaching a record $645 billion
theguardian
Dec 26, 2025
The Inference War: Nvidia’s $20 Billion Strategic Strike on Groq Signals a New Era for AI
Nvidia enters a $20 billion deal to license Groq’s ultra-fast inference IP and hire its top talent to dominate the real-time AI processing market
financialcontent
Dec 25, 2025
AI overestimates how smart people are, according to economists
New research indicates AI models struggle to predict human behavior in economic games because they incorrectly assume humans act with perfect rationality
techxplore
Dec 24, 2025
How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them
Technical analysis reveals that AI coding agents rely on data compression and multi-agent systems to combat ‘context rot’ during complex tasks
arstechnica
Dec 24, 2025
AlphaFold Changed Science. After 5 Years, It’s Still Evolving
Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold project targets the ‘moonshot’ goal of simulating a whole human cell following its recent Nobel Prize-winning success
wired
Dec 24, 2025
Tech groups shift US$120 billion of AI data centre debt off balance sheets
Hyperscalers move $120 billion in debt to special purpose vehicles to fund massive data center builds without affecting corporate credit ratings
financial post
Dec 24, 2025
Alphabet Stock Crowned as 2025’s Big Tech Winner. How Did That Happen?
Alphabet outpaces Nvidia as 2025’s top tech stock with a 61% gain driven by the success of Gemini 3 and proprietary TPU infrastructure
tradingview
Dec 22, 2025
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