AI News for Dec 27, 2025

Welcome to 'The Automated Daily', your ultimate source for a streamlined and insightful daily news experience. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Invest Like the Pros with StockMVP - https://www.stock-mvp.com/?via=ron Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily Today's topics: -AI agents emailing strangers -Grok and alignment politics -AI bubble and shaky economics -CONTRACT.md to curb overengineering -Google AI overview defamation -Hollywood’s coming slop era -Can AI be conscious? -Loki Mode autonomous startup agents - https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/ - https://ibrahimcesar.cloud/blog/grok-and-the-naked-king/ - https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-ai-bubble-is-all-over-now-baby - https://www.discussdontcode.com/zettels/contract.md-the-naughty-list-for-ai-coding-agents - https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ashley-macisaac-ai-accusation-9.7026786 - https://www.theverge.com/ai-ar