What Are The Real Questions Leaders Will Be Asking At Davos 2026?

As Davos 2026 convenes, the most important debates focus on deeper tensions around AI trust, geopolitics, growth, jobs and planetary limits.

How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes

Apple Picks Gemini For Siri, More Meta VR Cuts, Higgsfield AI Snares $130 Million, Xreal Grabs $100 Million

Apple selects Google’s Gemini for Siri as Meta cuts Reality Labs, Higgsfield raises $130 Million, and Xreal secures $100 Million ahead of its Android XR Aura smartglasses launch.

What the nation’s strongest AI regulations change in 2026, according to legal experts

A lawyer and safety researcher tell us what to expect from the US's most binding AI legislation to date.

Mother of Elon Musk’s son sues his xAI over AI-deepfake images

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued Musk’s xAI on Wednesday, alleging that the company’s AI chatbot Grok generated sexually explicit deepfake images of her without her consent.

AI journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp

The startup claims its AI platform can help optimize editorial processes and research.

Predictive AI Bridges the Security Response Gap in Automated Attacks

According to the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Risk in 2026 outlook, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to be the most consequential factor shaping

René Morkos: Makes Artificial Intelligence Work for Contractors for an Industrialized Future

René Morkos is a second-generation civil engineer who has worked on underwater pipeline construction, automation engineering on a $350-million gas refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi and as a project manager in Afghanistan.

Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing

The AI chatbot stripped her down without consent, she says.

Global AI Boom Squeezes Consumer Tech Memory Supply

The expansion of generative artificial intelligence is exerting pressure beyond data centers and cloud providers. It is beginning to alter the economics

Cerebras Poses an Alternative to Nvidia With $10B OpenAI Deal

Cerebras signed a deal with OpenAI to deliver 750 megawatts of Cerebras wafer-scale systems to OpenAI.

VA watchdog issues warning on AI use by medical staff

Two AI chat tools, including Microsoft Copilot, are in use at the VA but have not been reviewed by patient safety offices.

McKinsey starts testing job candidates with AI assistant

If the new pilot program is successful, it could become a new standard for the company.

Fight AI: 5 Ways to “Humanize” Your Professional Work in 2026 |

In an era of AI perfection, your biggest asset is reality. Here is how to make your portfolio more authentic. For the last decade, professional photography was an arms race for perfection. We wanted

AI’s New Math: More Power, Less Compute

The historical link between capability and operating expense in artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to fracture. Previously, as AI models get

Inside OpenAI’s Raid on Thinking Machines Lab

OpenAI is planning to bring over more researchers from Thinking Machines Lab after nabbing two cofounders, a source familiar with the situation says. Plus, the latest efforts to automate jobs with AI.

After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal to Get Paid By Them

Wikipedia has signed licensing deals with a host of major AI companies in a bid to recoup the costs of being pillaged by data scrapers.

What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it

Elon Musk's AI assistant, Grok, is facing scrutiny from governments worldwide.

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

The creators behind the chart-topping song believe their creative process has been misunderstood.

Cerebras AI Lands A Whale As It Prepares To Go Public

OpenAI Needs to up its game as Google ramps up Gemini3 models and new TPUs. They may have found the answer in Cerebras.

OpenAI Prepares to Add Data Centers, Robotics and Consumer Devices

OpenAI is reportedly lining up suppliers to support a major product expansion over the next few years. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has put

Apple’s ‘Siri 2.0’ is almost here, but it’s only the start of AI overhaul

Apple Intelligence launched in 2024, but 2026 looks to be a far more important year for the AI platform—starting with ‘Siri 2.0’ this spring.

BlackRock Says AI Partnership Raises $12.5 Billion Toward $30 Billion Goal

BlackRock has raised $12.5 billion in its artificial intelligence partnership with Microsoft, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Jan. 15), citing commentary

AI video startup, Higgsfield, founded by ex-Snap exec, lands $1.3B valuation

Higgsfield says its on a $200 million annual revenue run rate. So it opened its previous Series A round back up and sold another $80 million in shares.