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These are the daily tech headlines for Monday, January 5, 2026. I'm Jen Kutter. OpenAI shared a report with Axios claiming over 40 million Americans use ChatGPT for health information and that globally more than 5% of ChatGPT messages focus on healthcare. The AI gets asked to explain medical bills, catch any overcharges, generate appeals for insurance denials and to self diagnose health issues as well as manage existing care. Axios notes ChatGPT can give potentially dangerous and incorrect advice, particularly around mental health, with several states passing laws banning absent services from offering mental health treatments and that OpenAI is currently facing lawsuits over harms responses have caused the latest Canary and Dev Channel versions of Microsoft Edge are updating the design to be more in line with Microsoft's Copilot. The context menus, new tab page and other elements in the browser resemble the look of the Copilot app, with the design changes appearing whether or not Copilot mode is enabled. These changes are not currently on all installations of Canary or Dev, with Windows Central reporting the preview is likely rolling out in waves. In 2025, Volkswagen told Autocar to expect the return of physical buttons in its vehicles, with design chief Andreas Mint saying we will never ever make this mistake anymore. And honestly, it's a car, it's not a phone. Volkswagen now demonstrated the new ID Polo EV with physical buttons on the steering wheel and center console and under the approximately 13 inch infotainment screen. The infotainment unit continues to feature buttons on the touchscreen. The ID Polo will launch in European markets later this year, but there are no plans to bring the car to the United States. At CES 2026, SwitchBot presented the Oneira H1, an AI household robot with multiple cameras in the head, arms, hands and midsection and is capable of learning tasks. The articulated arms and hands have 22 degrees of freedom and can grasp, push, open and organize, and the Oneira H1 has wheels for mobility. A demo included filling a coffee machine, washing windows and loading the washing machine. There's no price yet, but Oneiro says pre orders will open soon. Over the past several days, France and Malaysia joined India in beginning investigations following xai's GROK posting generated non consensual pornographic images, including minors on the social platform X. India's IT Ministry issued an order to demand X respond or risk losing safe harbor protections. The French Digital Affairs Office reported the illegal content to the prosecutor's office to obtain its immediate removal, and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission stated it is presently investigating the online harms in X. According to a press release from Samsung At Cesar, the latest update to the Family Hub Smart Fridge line adds the ability to open and close the door through voice commands. Open the door and shut the fridge door. The door can also be opened by a tap on the door with the back or palm of a hand. Either way, the doors will open 90 degrees. The update also includes Google Gemini integration with AI vision to recognize what is going in and out of the fridge. Aiming to aid meal planning and reduce food waste, Xreal announced the Xreal S1 glasses and Neo Dock. Unlike the Pro version, the S1 glasses don't have the flatter lenses to reduce glare, but features a wider field of view at 52 vs 50 degrees and 1200p images vs 1080p. Brightness is also improved from 600 nits to 700. The S1 glasses are less expensive at $449 vs $499 and are available now. Also available now is the new Xreal Neo, a DisplayPort hub battery bank, eliminating the need to dock a Nintendo Switch or Switch 2 in order to use the glasses. The Xreal Neo is $99 and DoorDash banned a driver that faked deliveries using AI. Several customers in Austin, Texas reported the same DoorDash driver name accepted a drive, then immediately marked it as delivered, showing an AI generated image of a bag placed at the front door. A DoorDash spokesperson told TechCrunch the Dasher's account was removed and the customers reimbursed and we have zero tolerance for fraud and use a combination of technology and human review to detect and prevent bad actors from abusing our platform. For more discussion on the tech news of the day, subscribe to the Daily Tech news show@dailytechnewshow.com where you can also find the show notes and links to every headline.