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OpenAI has signed a multi-year agreement with AI chipmaker Cerebras, worth over $10 billion, to deliver 750 megawatts of compute. The deal aims to provide faster outputs for OpenAI's customers, with Cerebras' systems expected to speed up responses that currently require more time to process.

Google's Gemini app has a new beta feature called Personal Intelligence, which allows the AI assistant to provide proactive responses by connecting across your Google ecosystem, including Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube history. This feature is off by default and only available to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the US, with plans to expand to more countries and the free tier.

Tesla will no longer sell its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software as a one-time purchase, instead offering it only as a monthly subscription. This change could impact Tesla's bottom line, CEO Elon Musk's pay package, and the company's ongoing legal issues related to its autonomous driving technology.

Google's Gemini AI has the best large language model, resources to improve it, and distribution to get people to use it, making it a strong competitor in the AI market. Gemini will power the next-generation Siri and has a new feature called Personal Intelligence that connects it to Google's vast ocean of user data.

Google's Gemini AI is getting a major upgrade with Personal Intelligence, allowing it to connect to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to provide more personalized answers. This feature is opt-in and requires user consent to access their data. Gemini can reason across the information from the user's Google account, providing more accurate and relevant responses.

Google's John Mueller and Danny Sullivan say that breaking content into smaller chunks for LLMs is not an effective long-term strategy for search ranking. Instead, creating content for humans is the best approach, as it ensures long-term search exposure.

Cursor introduced dynamic context discovery to minimize context size, reducing token usage by 46.9%. This approach uses files as the primary interface for LLM-based tools, allowing content to be stored and fetched dynamically.

Microsoft is urging tech rivals to cover datacentre expansion-related power costs to protect consumers. The company's vice-president and chair, Brad Smith, stated that it's unfair for consumers to foot the bill for rising energy costs caused by AI datacentre expansions. Microsoft is working with utility providers and public bodies to ensure its datacentres do not financially burden local communities.

Apple Creator Studio is a new subscription-based platform that offers professional tools for video, music, design, and presentations. It includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro, along with AI-powered features and premium content. The service is priced at $12.99 per month or $129 per year and is set to launch on January 28.

OpenAI's ChatGPT Health and Anthropic's Claude can connect to medical records and fitness data, providing personalized responses. While AI is good at diagnosis, it's unproven at finding meaningful trends in wellness data and not a substitute for a doctor's diagnosis. There are also concerns about data privacy and AI's tendency to people-please.

Bandcamp announced it's banning AI-generated music and audio from its platform, citing a desire to support human-created music and maintain fan confidence. The move comes as AI music generators become increasingly sophisticated, with some AI-created songs topping charts on Spotify and Billboard.

Skild AI, a robotics software maker, has raised a $1.4 billion Series C round, valuing the company at over $14 billion. The company builds general-purpose robotic software and foundation models that can be retrofitted to various robots and tasks without requiring extensive training.

Depthfirst, an AI security firm, has raised $40 million in a Series A round to develop its AI-native security platform, which helps companies protect themselves from AI-driven exploits and cyber threats. The company plans to use the funding to hire additional staff and expand its product and sales efforts.

Tesla will stop selling its Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature as a standalone package and instead offer it as a $99-a-month subscription. This shift in strategy comes as the company's sales continue to slip and its robotaxi strategy falters. The move is seen as a way for Tesla to increase its recurring revenue and add more subscribers to its FSD service.

Google is testing a new feature that integrates Gemini into Chrome for Android, allowing for agentic browser capabilities on mobile devices. Gemini is a codename for Google's AI technology, which provides contextual help such as summarizing pages and comparing information.

Agoda consolidated multiple data pipelines into a centralized Apache Spark-based platform, establishing a single source of truth for financial data and ensuring accuracy through a multi-layered quality framework.

Nvidia has released a new app update that includes DLSS 4.5, a second-generation Super Resolution transformer model designed to improve image quality and reduce artifacting. The update also includes Nvidia Surround settings and is available for all RTX GPU owners. Additionally, the update brings new 6x Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation modes for RTX 50-series GPUs, set to be available in spring 2026.

Moody's forecasts $3 trillion in investment for AI datacenter expansion by 2029, despite concerns over power grid constraints, construction bottlenecks, and lack of clear profits. Hyperscalers like Microsoft and Oracle are driving the investment, with capital spending expected to peak in 2029.

AI models are increasingly able to find zero-day bugs and other vulnerabilities, potentially giving hackers an upper hand. Experts say the tech industry may need to rethink how software is built to counter this threat. AI models like Sybil are using a mix of different AI models and proprietary technical tricks to scan computer systems for issues that hackers might exploit.

Cryptocurrency-related fraud losses reached a record $17bn in 2025, driven by impersonation tactics and AI tooling. Chainalysis reported a 1400% increase in impersonation scams, with individual scam payments surging 253% year-over-year. Law enforcement has made some progress, but the threat continues to evolve.