Dr. JR recaps the wildest AI news of the week and looks ahead to a bizarre 2026.

Stories & Predictions:

• Hallucinating E-Noses: AI sensors catching "ghost scents." (Ref: Univ. of Portsmouth/Lancaster Univ.)
• Mirumi the Staring Robot: The clip-on robot for your bag. (Ref: Yukai Engineering).
• AI Acoustic Leakage: Reconstructing speech through concrete. (Ref: Unshielded cable research, 2025).
• Med-Gemini: 91.1% accuracy on USMLE-style questions. (Ref: Google Research).
• Whale Alphabets: Decoding sperm whale phonetics. (Ref: Project CETI).
• Vibe Coding: The shift toward natural language app generation. (Ref: Industry trends 2026).
• The MrBeast "Bot" Theory: Cultural shifts in AI-generated content recognition. (Ref: Trending AI discourse).

Tech Snacks:

• Agentic Workflows: Iterative AI loops.
• Shadow AI: Secret workplace automation.
• Spatial Intelligence: Teaching robots 3D depth.

Stats:

• 91.1%: Med-Gemini’s accuracy.
• 75%+: Office workers using "Shadow AI" tools.

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