Banks Bet on AI, EU Probes Google, India’s $23B Push & Micron’s Exit

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Tech 4 Thought
Banks Bet on AI, EU Probes Google, India’s $23B Push & Micron’s Exit
Jan 06, 2026
Sahib, Chris, Jacob, and Aidan

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Last episode, we covered Microsoft’s unified AI vision, Bezos’s return, the first fully autonomous cyber attack, and Gemini 3.
This week: Wall Street says AI = productivity (and likely job cuts), Microsoft unveils $23B in new AI investments with a big India focus, the EU opens an antitrust probe into Google’s AI search, U.S. teens are basically living in chatbots—and Micron bows out of consumer storage.

📚 Topics Covered

Banks & AI: productivity gains now, staffing impacts next (JPMorgan, Wells, Citi, PNC, BofA)

$23B Microsoft investment: India front-and-center for infra, skilling, and enterprise AI

EU vs. Google AI Search: antitrust probe into AI Overviews / AI-mode distribution

Teen usage snapshot: ~3 in 10 U.S. teens use AI chatbots daily; safety UX matters

Chips watch: Micron reportedly exits consumer storage to chase AI memory margins

Research Watch: human-AI hybrid teams beat fully autonomous agents on complex work

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