Athens AI Cameras Enforce Fines. StoryMem Preserves Visual Consistency. LeCun Exposes Meta Crisis. Claude Code Matches Google Work.

The AI news for January 4th, 2026\n\nHere are the details of the day's selected top stories:\n\nNo more traffic offenses — do we need the Greek solution?\nSource: https://www.heise.de/-11127230?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag\n\nByteDance gives AI video models a memory for longer stories.\nSource: https://the-decoder.de/bytedance-gibt-ki-videomodellen-ein-gedaechtnis-fuer-laengere-geschichten/\n\nLeCun faces Meta departure: Meta has fiddled with the Llama-4 benchmarks and the AI department is in crisis.\nSource: https://the-decoder.de/lecun-vor-meta-abschied-meta-hat-llama-4-benchmarks-frisiert-und-die-ki-abteilung-steckt-in-der-krise/\n\nGoogle engineer: Claude Code generated in one hour what Google spent a year building.\nSource: https://the-decoder.de/google-ingenieurin-claude-code-erzeugte-in-einer-stunde-woran-google-ein-jahr-baute/