Lonely teenagers are beginning to fall in love with AI chatbots that offer them complete support and tailored responsiveness that raises new questions about long-term health issues linked to these relationships, according to a report in StudyFinds.

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
We have entered a new economic cycle, the likes of which we have not seen in recent history. Indeed, we had forecast that two of our Top Trends for 2025 would be the Trump Card and the Wild Card.

AN INFLATIONARY NIGHTMARE IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING—AND AS OF NOW, THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP IT
While everyone is as usual being directed to “look over here, do not look over there,” via the mainstream media outlets and the geo-political goings on, an inflationary tsunami—(LITERALLY on an unprecedented scale), is rapidly approaching.

U.S. DOMINANCE OF EQUITY MARKETS IS ENDING
The U.S. stock market’s global dominance will peak this year and then decline, Michael Hartnett, Bank of America’s chief global strategist, has warned.

USING AI, MINUS THE SURVEILLANCE: PRIVACY EXPERT GABRIEL CUSTODIET
I recently interviewed Gabriel Custodiet of The Watchman Privacy Podcast, and escapethetechnocracy.com.

ISRAEL CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY RAIDS ACROSS THE WEST BANK, DISPLACES AT LEAST 40,000 PALESTINIANS FROM CAMPS
It is essentially no news in the mainstream Western media that the Israeli military continues to carry out raids across the West Bank, displacing at least 40,000 Palestinians during their expulsion operations last week.

OCCUPY PEACE! TRUMP SAYS U.S. MILITARY BUDGET COULD BE CUT IN HALF
A key element of the Occupy Peace movement that Gerald Celente launched over a decade ago is for the U.S. to close its 800 military bases in some 70 countries and bring home the hundreds of thousands of its troops to secure the homeland.
Global Economy

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTER BIGGER
Drug colossus Novartis will pay as much as $3.075 billion to buy out private equity firm Blackstone’s majority share of Anthos Therapeutics.

SPECIAL REPORT: CHINA’S TECH SURGE
China’s tech stocks are surging in price in the wake of start-up DeepSeek’s announcement of its world-class artificial intelligence system developed at a fraction of the costs that Western developers have incurred to create theirs.

LUXURY GROUP KERING’S SALES DIVE
Kering, the luxury conglomerate that owns 21 luxury brands including Brioni, Cartier, and St. Laurent, posted fourth-quarter sales down 12 percent to €4.4 billion, year on year, sunk by weakness in Gucci, the division that accounts for half of its sales and two-thirds of its profits.
The Israel War

ISRAEL CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY RAIDS ACROSS THE WEST BANK, DISPLACES AT LEAST 40,000 PALESTINIANS FROM CAMPS
It is essentially no news in the mainstream Western media that the Israeli military continues to carry out raids across the West Bank, displacing at least 40,000 Palestinians during their expulsion operations last week.

LAND-STEAL: ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL KEEP TROOPS IN 5 LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON
Israel is in violation of another ceasefire agreement—this time with Hezbollah—and announced Monday that it will keep troops stationed at five locations throughout southern Lebanon past the agreed-upon withdrawal date of 18 February.

ANTI-SEMITE RABBIS? HUNDREDS OF RABBIS SIGN AD CONDEMNING GAZA’S ETHNIC CLEANSING
Hundreds of rabbis put their names on a full-page advertisement in The New York Times last week that was titled, “Jewish People Say NO to Ethnic Cleansing.”
AI

AI BRIEFS
Meta will jettison about 4,000 employees, or roughly 5 percent of its workforce, as the company devotes more focus to AI.

PARIS AI SUMMIT SHOWS INCREASING RESISTANCE TO REGULATION
At last week’s two-day Artificial Intelligence Action summit in Paris, something was missing that had been present at past gatherings in Britain and South Korea: extensive discussions of AI’s risks and how to mitigate them.

WHY AI MODELS GET DUMBER OVER TIME
AI models share another human trait: without constant maintenance, their mental faculties can deteriorate.
Hi-Tech Science

DISEASE-CARRYING MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX, THEN DIE
At Australia’s Macquarie University, researchers have found a way to poison female mosquitoes when they have sex.

INJECTABLE GEL GROWS BONE
Osteoporosis causes bones to weaken and turn brittle and more breakable. The condition occurs when the body loses bone mass faster than it can be replaced and becomes more likely as we age.

SWISS SCIENTISTS PERFECT A BETTER CHOCOLATE
Chocolate is made from cocoa beans that grow in pods surrounded by pulp, which are trash. But they’re really not, according to researchers at ETH, Switzerland’s technical university.