The $2 Billion Escape Plan That Beijing Didn't See Coming
Meta's $2B Manus deal triggered reviews by three Chinese agencies. The 'China shedding' playbook for AI startups faces its first test.
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OpenAI Rolls Out Age Detection for ChatGPT Before Adult Mode Launch
OpenAI's ChatGPT now predicts user age through behavioral signals before "adult mode" launch. Privacy experts warn about accuracy and surveillance.
Humans&: The $4.5 Billion Bet Against the Robot Takeover
Anthropic and xAI refugees raised $480M at a $4.5B valuation for a startup that rejects autonomous AI. Humans& bets the future isn't bots working alone. It's bots helping people work together.
Anthropic CEO Compares China Chip Sales to Nuclear Proliferation
Anthropic CEO compares Nvidia H200 sales to China to nuclear proliferation. DeepMind's Hassabis says Chinese labs trail by six months.
The Philosophy PhD Who Says Philosophy Is Dead
Palantir CEO Alex Karp, a philosophy PhD, told Davos that AI will destroy humanities jobs while elevating vocational workers. His conclusion: mass immigration becomes economically unnecessary. The self-described progressive runs a company that sells surveillance tools to ICE.
Google Wants the Buy Button. Amazon Is Suing to Keep It. Consumers Don't Trust Either.
Google wants checkout inside Gemini. Amazon is suing to stop AI agents. Consumers trust neither. The 72-point gap between AI usage and purchase comfort reveals a platform war being waged without the consent of the people being fought over.
Europe Aims at Silicon Valley. The IMF Sees 2001.
San Francisco | January 20, 2026 Trump's Greenland tariffs just made the EU reach for its "economic nuclear
Anthropic Finds the Off-Switch for AI Personality Drift
Anthropic researchers mapped how chatbots drift from helpful assistants to mystics and enablers. Their fix cuts harmful responses by 60% without touching normal behavior. The finding exposes a structure that exists before safety training even begins.
Europe's Trade Bazooka. Silicon Valley Holds Its Breath.
Trump's Greenland tariffs have Europe openly discussing its "trade bazooka," a weapon that could ban U.S. tech firms from 450 million consumers overnight. For Silicon Valley, this isn't about bourbon and motorcycles anymore.
The Global Economy Is Running on One Engine. The IMF Just Noticed.
The IMF just raised its global growth forecast to 3.3%. It also explained why that number depends almost entirely on AI investment continuing, and what happens if the productivity gains never arrive. The fund's own model shows the upgrade could vanish twice over.
10 AI Tools That Actually Ship: The Standouts from Late 2025
While OpenAI and Anthropic chase AGI, a wave of specialized AI tools hit the market solving problems the big labs ignored. Ten standouts from late 2025 reveal where the real value is being built: integrations, workflows, and trust.
Musk Sues for Control. Pham Builds for Clarity.
Musk sues OpenAI for $134 billion on a $38 million donation. Trial starts April 27. Meanwhile, a solo developer built the AI memory layer that Big Tech keeps promising but never ships. Control vs. clarity. Both bets land this spring.
The Memory Problem Nobody Solved Until Now
A Spotify engineer built a memory layer for Claude Code that treats your half-finished Obsidian organization as signal, not failure. Now he's racing platform giants to define how AI remembers.