On December 11, 2025, Grayscale's Bittensor Trust began trading on OTC Markets, marking its transition to an SEC-reporting entity via a voluntary Form 10-12G filing. The firm has now filed a Form S-1 to support public market access to TAO, offering U.S. investors the first publicly quoted exposure to Bittensor and its decentralized AI network. As of December 30, 2025, TAO traded at $219.92 with a market cap of 2.32 billion, reflecting growing interest in decentralized intelligence infrastructure.

From January 6 to 9, 2026, major companies including Nvidia, Samsung and Lenovo will present AI‑centric consumer devices at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Exhibits will range from smart glasses and wearables to humanoid robots and next‑generation TVs, as the industry attempts to overcome doubts about consumer appetite for AI hardware. The event will also feature robotics‑focused halls and potential new form‑factor smartphones, highlighting how tech firms aim to bring AI into everyday life.

As AI agents and large capital pools move on‑chain, Aleo policy chief Yaya Fanusie warned that radical transparency is becoming a security liability. In a recent interview, he cited research on AI probing DeFi, urged privacy‑by‑design via zero‑knowledge systems, and cautioned that institutional pilots may stall amid compliance and surveillance risks.

Visa and Mastercard are building payment rails that let AI agents search, compare, book, and pay within chat interfaces, a model positioned as agentic commerce. Company leaders say pilots with select users and merchants are live, and a Visa executive allegedly indicated commercial rollout could start as soon as Q1 2026 on platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini.

South Korean tech companies reiterated concerns on December 28, 2025 as the AI Basic Act nears its January 22 start. Firms say definitions for "high-impact AI" and content labeling remain vague, complicating compliance. A recent survey found only 2% of startups have concrete response plans, while the government intends to suspend fines for a year, a move industry players say won't resolve uncertainty.

Data center operators are installing aircraft-derived turbines and diesel generators to bypass long grid-connection waits. In December 2025, GE Vernova said orders for its aircraft-based units rose 33% in the first nine months of 2025, while Cummins delivered more than 39 GW and doubled capacity. BNP Paribas estimates Meta's Ohio behind-the-meter power at $175/MWh, roughly twice typical industrial rates.

China's internet regulator posted draft rules for human-like AI systems on Saturday, with public comments accepted until Jan. 25. Providers must disclose machine interaction at login and every two hours, warn users about overreliance, and complete security and ethics reviews. Services reaching 1 million registered users or 100,000 monthly active users must file additional reports with provincial regulators before launch.

At the Fortune Brainstorm AI conference in San Francisco on Friday, CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator argued that talk of a circular AI economy overlooks a real global squeeze on hardware, energy, and infrastructure. He said shortages now extend beyond chips to raw materials such as copper, while demand for AI compute from major technology firms remains strong despite stock volatility, debt concerns, and fears over secondary markets for used GPUs.