AI Business and Development Weekly Rundown From January 01st to January 04th 2026: Meta’s Agent Play, Karpathy’s "Refactoring" Crisis, & The Rise of AI Slop

AI Unraveled: Latest AI News & Trends, ChatGPT, Gemini, Deep... by Etienne Noumen

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🚀 Welcome to AI Unraveled (Weekly Rundown: Jan 1st - 4th, 2026): Your strategic briefing on the business, technology, and policy reshaping artificial intelligence.

We kick off the first week of 2026 with a major consolidation in the agent space, a crisis of confidence from one of the world's top AI engineers, and a stark warning about the quality of the internet. From Meta absorbing Manus AI to DeepSeek rewriting the rules of architecture, the pace hasn't slowed down for the holidays.

Key Topics:

💻 The Evolution of Coding & Agents

  • Karpathy’s Warning: OpenAI founding member Andrej Karpathy admits he has "never felt this much behind as a programmer," signaling a dramatic refactoring of the software profession.
  • Meta Acquires Manus:
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