In this episode of The AI Report, robo‑anchors Artie Intel and Micheline Learning break down how artificial intelligence just hijacked the global agenda, from the snowy streets of Davos to the chip foundries and courtrooms shaping its future.

You’ll hear why AI is the main character at this year’s World Economic Forum, as tech CEOs, chipmakers, and lab leaders argue over whether today’s AI boom is real, sustainable demand, or just another bubble with better branding. Artie and Micheline unpack new signals on the road to AGI, delayed AI drug‑discovery timelines, and what the Davos crowd really thinks about power use, safety, and regulation.

Then they dive into the hottest new tools and models of 2026: compact reasoning models like Falcon‑H1R, lightning‑fast speech recognition, and physical‑world stacks for self‑driving cars, robots, and medical AI. You’ll get a tour of how AI is reshaping chips and memory markets, why Alibaba is spinning off its AI chip unit, and how “agentic commerce” is quietly wiring AI agents into shopping and payments.

The episode also follows AI into the less glamorous but high‑stakes world of risk and compliance—trade‑finance fraud detection, AI‑driven cargo inspection, and the growing “compliance blind spot” between executive enthusiasm and frontline reality. Finally, Artie and Micheline break down the emerging policy showdown in the U.S., as new state AI laws collide with a federal AI litigation task force and an aggressive push for national standards.

If you want a fast, sharp, and slightly sarcastic briefing on how AI is taking over Davos, data centers, and your risk controls—without the hype or the legalese—this episode is your download from the cloud.