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Wearable AI, global legal battles, and rapid-fire model competition—discover how AI just got personal, political, and more powerful than ever.



In this episode of AI in 5, Dr. JR breaks down three explosive developments shaping how we live, work, and create with artificial intelligence. Meta’s acquisition of Limitless ushers in wearable “memory assistants,” raising big privacy questions. The EU challenges Google’s use of creator content to train AI models, spotlighting fairness and compensation. Meanwhile, major AI labs enter a high-stakes race to outperform each other, fueling innovation and ethical risks. From personal AI pendants to global policy battles, this short and witty update shows how AI is becoming more personal, more political, and way more competitive.

📚 Reference List (Used in Episode)

  • Reuters. (2025, December 5). Meta acquires AI-wearables startup Limitless. Reuters.
  • Reuters. (2025, December 9). EU launches antitrust probe into Google’s use of online content for AI purposes. Reuters.
  • Reuters. (2025, July 4). Google’s AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers. Reuters.
  • eMarketer. (2025, December 8). Meta acquires AI wearables startup Limitless to fuel device ambitions. Insider Intelligence/eMarketer.

📖 Additional Curated Sources for Further Learning

  • Brandom, R. (2024). How AI models use scraped content and what it means for creators. The Verge.
  • European Commission. (2024). Guidelines for regulating artificial intelligence in the EU. Publications Office of the European Union.
  • Hao, K. (2023). We need to talk about how good A.I. is getting. MIT Technology Review.
  • Singer, P. W. (2024). Burn-in: Artificial intelligence and the future of surveillance technologies. Brookings Institution Press.
  • Walsh, T. (2023). Machines behaving badly: The morality of AI. Springer Nature.

Additional Resource Categories

🔒 AI & Privacy

⚖️ Tech, Ethics & Law

📱 Wearable Tech Research


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