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Allianz partners with Anthropic to scale AI in insurance
Allianz and Anthropic announce a global partnership to integrate Claude AI models into insurance workflows, focusing on security and compliance.
Jan 9, 2026AI PCs aren’t selling, and Microsoft’s PC partners are scrambling
Microsoft has gone all-in with its plans to turn the Windows PC into an AI-powered 'agentic OS.' But at least one PC maker says consumers aren't buying the Copilot hype.
Jan 9, 2026Oil Isn’t the Only Commodity at Play in the U.S. Ouster of Mamdani
While oil gets the attention, the U.S. has plenty of it, perhaps too much. What it doesn’t have are the critical minerals essential to America’s artificial intelligence push.
Jan 9, 20263 Questions: How AI could optimize the power grid
MIT researchers are working on AI tools to optimize the power grid, which could improve efficiency, increase resilience to extreme weather, and enable the integration of more renewable energy.
Jan 9, 2026China’s AI chip dragons’ firepower is mostly mythical
The three newly listed makers of semiconductors are lossmaking, and none has sales worth more than a tenth of their bigger rival
Jan 9, 2026Walmart Connect takes a play out of the Amazon playbook to make agentic AI the next battleground in retail media
The next retail media war is between Walmart Connect's Sparky and Amazon's Rufus, driven by agentic AI and first-party data.
Jan 9, 2026Future starts to sharpen its AI search visibility playbook
Future is boosting AI search citations and mentions with a tool called Future Optic, and offering the product to branded content clients.
Jan 9, 2026Inside the brand and agency scramble for first-party data in the AI era
Brands are moving faster to own first-party data as AI and privacy changes alter the digital advertising landscape.
Jan 9, 2026Color-Changing Material That Mimics Octopus Skin Could Be Used for Robotics
Learn more about the polymer film that can change color and texture when electron beams are applied.
Jan 9, 2026Amazon’s AI is shopping on your behalf where it’s not supposed to — and retailers aren’t happy
Small retailers revolt against Amazon's Buy for Me AI experiment
Jan 9, 2026Siemens and Nvidia outline a radical realignment of manufacturing at CES
With AI as a new “operating system” and the Digital Twin Composer, the partners to merge the real and digital worlds into an industrial metaverse.
Jan 9, 2026Hollywood Unions Pencil in Bargaining Dates as AI and Health Funding Issues Loom
The Hollywood unions are expected to begin bargaining in February on three new contracts for the first time since the 2023 strikes.
Jan 9, 2026Elon Musk’s xAI to build $20 billion data center in Mississippi
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, plans to spend $20 billion on a data center in Southaven, Mississippi. Gov.
Jan 9, 2026The Economics of Transformative AI
Anton Korinek is an economist at UVA and the Brookings Institution who focuses on the macroeconomics of AI. This is a lightly edited transcript of a…
Jan 9, 2026UK Prime Minister says ‘we will take action’ on Grok’s disgusting deepfakes
X could face a ban in the UK.
Jan 9, 2026AI Bubble Dashboard
A practical framework to analyze whether AI is in a bubble. Monitor five key gauges measuring economic strain, industry strain, revenue growth, valuation heat, and funding quality.
Jan 9, 2026Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather
MIT research scientist Judah Cohen is using machine learning and Arctic climate indicators to improve subseasonal weather forecasting. His model won first place in the 2025 AI WeatherQuest subseasonal forecasting competition, held by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
Jan 9, 2026Google Adding an AI Inbox, AI Overviews to Gmail. Does Anybody Want This?
Google is dropping the paywall on some if its Gmail AI features, including 'Help Me Write.' But it'll soon be harder to avoid Gemini inside your inbox.
Jan 9, 2026Sony Patents AI That Plays Video Games for You If You Get Stuck
Japanese tech giant Sony is looking to let an AI navigate PlayStation games on the human player's behalf.
Jan 9, 2026How will the United States and China power the AI race?
How will rising energy demand shape geopolitical competition between the United States and China?
Jan 9, 2026Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
Jan 9, 2026OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Healthcare with US hospitals
OpenAI introduces “OpenAI for Healthcare,” offering secure, HIPAA-compliant AI solutions tailored for hospitals and healthcare systems at scale.
Jan 9, 2026‘Worst in Show’ CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells
The promise of artificial intelligence was front and center at this year's CES gadget show. But spicing up a simple machine like a refrigerator with unnecessary AI was also a surefire way to win the…
Jan 9, 2026High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers
SK Hynix and Micron are also riding high on the AI industry's demand for RAM.