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It’s People All The Way Down
Nope, not turtles. Not AI surfaces. Not AI agents. Not multi-agent autonomous orchestration gobbledygook. Just people. Without a person at the end of the chain, it’s just machinery. (That is, unless the machinery breaks things in the real world and flights are grounded, bank transactions disappear, or cars start driving into each other.) That there […]
Jan 29, 2026AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment
Across Instagram and Facebook, AI-generated videos show people of color putting ICE agents in their place. Are they cathartic or just adding to a stew of misinformation?
Jan 29, 2026Big Tech results show investor demand for payoffs from heavy AI spending
Meta wowed Wall Street with improvements in ad targeting fueled by AI alongside huge investment. Microsoft had less to show for its billions spent
Jan 29, 2026Microsoft Reveals It’s the No. 2 Seller of AI Apps Behind OpenAI
Microsoft’s slightly-slowing growth in cloud server rentals cast a pall over its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, but the company had a salve to numb that sting: It’s generating significant revenue from AI software subscriptions.During its earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella revealed one of ...
Jan 29, 2026AI’s Impact On Engineering Jobs May Be Different Than Initial Projections
Workflows and the addition of new capabilities are happening much faster than with previous technologies, and new grads may be vital in that transition.
Jan 29, 2026How Precisely helps enterprises trust the data behind agentic AI
From copilots to autonomous Agents, organizations are starting to embed AI into every layer of decision-making. But they don’t trust the data that powers it. While 60% of organizations view AI as the top influence on their data strategy, only 12% say their data is truly AI-ready. And although 76% rank data-driven decision-making as a […]
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Jan 29, 2026RobCo nabs $100M to scale autonomous industrial robotics platform
RobCo nabs $100M to scale autonomous industrial robotics platform - SiliconANGLE
Jan 29, 2026Apple acquires secretive Q․ai startup for $2 billion
Apple has acquired an Israeli-based AI startup called Q.ai, according to a new report from the Financial Times. The report...
Jan 29, 202620VC x SaaStr This Week: The $5 Billion Exit That Felt Weird, Why Inference Costs Are the Final Nail for Mid Growth SaaS, and Andreessen’s 2/3 AI Domination
The latest from the 20VC x SaaStr collaboration with Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, and Rory O’Driscoll The TL;DR Brex sold for $5.15 billion—a heroic outcome by any rational standard, yet th…
Jan 29, 2026New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research
New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.
Jan 29, 2026Napster’s back — and its new AI-first app wants you to help create the music, not just listen to it
Just don’t tell Metallica
Jan 29, 2026😺 🎙️ We’re live NOW w/ Microsoft testing open models
Talking Fara-7B & hosting your own AI w/ Ece Kamar
Jan 29, 2026Which AI Stack Is Right For Customer Success Teams
Build a customer success AI stack that connects data, playbooks, agents, and workflows—so teams act faster, cut sprawl, and improve retention.
Jan 29, 2026Google drops Chrome auto browse for AI Pro and Ultra users
What's new? Chrome auto browse uses Gemini 3 for multi-step online tasks like vacation planning and shopping; opt in feature remembers past topics and gives full app control.
Jan 29, 2026Google prepares Jules to become always-on AI SWE Agent
Google Jules introduces a CI fixer and new integrations, including Stitch and Linear, aiming to automate deployment and improve development team collaboration.
Jan 29, 2026With ‘Auto Browse’ on Google Chrome, Gemini Can Search the Internet for You
Paid Google AI subscribers can ask Gemini to complete tasks, like shopping for party supplies or making an appointment.
Jan 29, 2026Apple buys Israeli start-up Q.AI as it races Meta and Google on AI devices
Deal worth close to $2bn for secretive group that creates technology that analyses facial expressions
Jan 29, 2026Mozilla is building an AI ‘rebel alliance’ to take on industry heavyweights OpenAI, Anthropic
Mozilla is looking to deploy its roughly $1.4 billion in reserves to support "mission driven" companies and nonprofits, and is particularly focused on AI.
Jan 29, 2026Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs
Here we go.
Jan 29, 2026An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account
AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had had with the company's stuffed animals.
Jan 29, 2026Into the Omniverse: Physical AI Open Models and Frameworks Advance Robots and Autonomous Systems
By providing access to critical infrastructure — from simulation frameworks to AI models — NVIDIA is enabling collaborative development that accelerates the path to safer, more capable autonomous systems.
Jan 29, 2026Labour’s gamble to turn AI threat into opportunity
Also in this week’s newsletter: Mahmood’s far-reaching police reforms
Jan 29, 2026Moltbot is a security nightmare: 5 reasons to avoid using the viral AI agent right now
Handing your computing tasks over to a cute AI crustacean might be tempting - but before you join the latest viral AI trend, consider these security risks.