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– Our lessons from scaling AIE and LS
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Scaling Without Slop: Latent Space Expands AI News Coverage
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Tech giants restructure while space and biotech advance
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Top stories in tech today: – Amazon’s second layoff wave is coming
– Lab‑grown skin steps up after ski‑resort fire
– Musk taps top banks for SpaceX’s IPO
– Blue Origin's satellite megaconstellation
– Quick hits on other tech news Read more: https://
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Copyright Transfer Laws: Unequal Legal Treatment for AI Creators
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Except you can't broadly transfer your Copyrights to unknown applications in many jurisdictions (EU+US). The creators would win in court if it wasn't a two-tier legal system: good rules for big publishers, bad ones for individuals.
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Top AI Stories: Thinking Machines Crisis and Google’s Strategic Hires
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Top stories in AI today: – Inside Thinking Machines meltdown
– Google brings on Hume’s CEO, engineers – Learn any subject with NotebookLM podcasts
– Runway: 90% can't spot AI-generated videos
– 4 new AI tools, community workflows, and more Read more: https://
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Suspicious X Legal Department verification linked to Kimi Moonshot
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Elon Musk Predicts AGI Surpassing All Humanity by 2030
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🤯 C'est maintenant au tour d'Elon Musk de déclarer :
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 23 janvier 2026
« Nous pourrions avoir une IA plus intelligente que n’importe quel humain d’ici la fin de cette année, et au plus tard l’an prochain. Puis, probablement vers 2030 ou 2031, l’IA sera plus intelligente que l’humanité tout… https://t.co/emhHbOyyzG pic.twitter.com/zNlVVM4QqCIt's now Elon Musk's turn to declare:
« We could have an AI smarter than any human by the end of this year, and at the latest next year. Then, probably around 2030 or 2031, AI will be smarter than all of humanity, collectively. » All the big bosses and big companies are -
Open Models Accelerate Agentic and Physical AI Development
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Open models are accelerating development and deployment across agentic AI, physical AI, and a growing range of industries.
— NVIDIA AI (@NVIDIAAI) 22 janvier 2026
✨ “We have billions of dollars of supercomputers in operation, so we can develop our open models,” said NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang in a recent keynote. “That… pic.twitter.com/KmWWlnsBwtOpen models are accelerating development and deployment across agentic AI, physical AI, and a growing range of industries. “We have billions of dollars of supercomputers in operation, so we can develop our open models,” said NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang in a recent keynote. “That
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Google launches AI Mode Personal Intelligence linking Gmail and Photos to Search
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Google started rolling out Personal Intelligence in AI Mode for US users.
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 22 janvier 2026
"We’re rolling out the ability to connect Search to your Gmail and Google Photos as a Labs feature for AI Pro & Ultra subs. Eligible subscribers will automatically have access to the feature" https://t.co/7teCNsUmLb pic.twitter.com/1wORn2YYlYGoogle started rolling out Personal Intelligence in AI Mode for US users. "We’re rolling out the ability to connect Search to your Gmail and Google Photos as a Labs feature for AI Pro & Ultra subs. Eligible subscribers will automatically have access to the feature"
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Databricks Named Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports
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Databricks has been named a Leader in two 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ reports for Cloud Database Management Systems and for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms! We believe this recognition highlights the strength of our open platform and new capabilities like Lakebase
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US Leads Global AI Race as China India Compete Investment Talent
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AI has become a mirror of national technological ambition: the US leads, with China and India close behind. Investment, talent, and governance are reshaping the global balance of power. infographic by @VisualCap via @antgrasso #AILeadership