<p>🚀 <strong>Welcome to AI Unraveled (January 7th, 2026): Your strategic briefing on the business, technology, and policy reshaping artificial intelligence.</strong></p><p>Today's episode covers a massive capital injection for Elon Musk's AI ambitions, a controversial proposal from Nvidia's CEO about the future of labor, and growing tensions between AI giants and the businesses they rely on for data. Plus, we look at a new health AI breakthrough from Stanford and a cautionary tale about browser extensions.</p><p><strong>Strategic Pillars:</strong></p><p><strong>💰 Capital &amp; Valuation</strong></p><ul><li><strong>xAI's $20B War Chest:</strong> Elon Musk's xAI completes a massive Series E funding round, valuing the company at over <strong>$200 billion</strong>. Backed by Nvidia and Qatar, xAI solidifies its position as a top-tier competitor to OpenAI and Anthropic, with plans to expand its Memphis supercomputer to nearly 2 gigawatts.</li></ul><p><strong>🤖 Labor &amp; Economy</strong></p><ul><li><strong>"AI Immigrants":</strong> In a provocative statement at CES, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suggests AI-controlled robots will act as "AI immigrants," filling manufacturing jobs that humans no longer want. He predicts human-level robotic skills will arrive this year.</li></ul><p><strong>⚖️ Ethics, Law &amp; Policy</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Amazon vs. Retailers:</strong> Amazon faces backlash for using AI tools to scrape product data from small businesses on Shopify and Wix without consent to populate its own marketplace. The "opt-out" policy has sparked anger among merchants.</li><li><strong>China Reviews Meta:</strong> Beijing is scrutinizing Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus for potential export control violations, a move that could signal tighter restrictions on cross-border AI dealmaking.</li></ul><p><strong>🩺 Health &amp; Science</strong></p><ul><li><strong>SleepFM:</strong> Stanford researchers introduce a foundation model that can predict over 130 diseases—including dementia and heart attacks—from a single night's sleep data, potentially turning wearables into early warning systems.</li></ul><p><strong>💻 Security &amp; Tech</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Malware Alert:</strong> A cybersecurity firm found two Chrome extensions that stole chat data from <strong>900,000 users</strong>, exposing sensitive conversations with ChatGPT and DeepSeek. Listeners are urged to check their extensions immediately.</li><li><strong>OpenAI Ads:</strong> OpenAI prepares to test advertisements in ChatGPT to offset projected losses of $115 billion through 2029.</li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>xAI, Elon Musk, Nvidia, Jensen Huang, AI Immigrants, Amazon Scraping, SleepFM, Stanford AI, Chrome Extension Malware, Meta Manus Acquisition, OpenAI Ads, CES 2026, Grok, AI Unraveled</p><p></p><p><strong>Credits:</strong> This podcast is created and produced by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://linkedin.com/in/enoumen"><strong>Etienne Noumen</strong></a>, Senior Software Engineer and passionate Soccer dad from Canada.</p><p><strong>🚀 New Tool for Healthcare and Energy Leaders: Don't Read the Regulation. Listen to the Risk.</strong></p><p>Are you drowning in dense legal text? <strong>DjamgaMind</strong> is the new audio intelligence platform that turns 100-page healthcare or Energy mandates into 5-minute executive briefings. Whether you are navigating <strong>Bill C-27 (Canada)</strong> or the <strong>CMS-0057-F Interoperability Rule (USA)</strong>, our AI agents decode the liability so you don't have to. 👉 <strong>Start your specialized audio briefing today:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://djamgamind.com">https://djamgamind.com</a></p><p></p><p>📈 <strong>Hiring Now: AI/ML -Remote</strong></p><p><strong>👉 </strong>https://work.mercor.com/?referralCode=82d5f4e3-e1a3-4064-963f-c197bb2c8db1</p>