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The AI news for January 18th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Elon Musk demands 109 billion US dollars from OpenAI. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Elon-Musk-fordert-109-Milliarden-US-Dollar-von-OpenAI-11144834.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Anthropics' new AI system 'Cowork' struggles shortly after launch with a known security vulnerability. Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropics-neues-ki-system-cowork-kaempft-kurz-nach-start-mit-bekannten-sicherheitsluecken/ Deepseek had to resort to NVIDIA chips for the new model. Source: https://the-decoder.de/deepseek-musste-bei-neuem-modell-auf-nvidia-chips-zurueckgreifen/ Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/17/musk-wants-up-to-134b-in-openai-lawsuit-despite-700b-fortune/

The AI news for January 17th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: heise+ | Private knowledge archive: search through guides and the like with local AI. Source: https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Privates-Wissensarchiv-Anleitungen-und-Co-mit-lokaler-KI-durchsuchen-11141754.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag_plus.beitrag_plus California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/16/california-ag-sends-musks-xai-a-cease-and-desist-order-over-sexual-deepfakes/ Website operators should be paid for AI training: Cloudflare takes on Human Native. Source: https://the-decoder.de/webseitenbetreiber-sollen-fuer-ki-training-bezahlt-werden-cloudflare-uebernimmt-human-native/ OpenAI makes it official: ChatGPT gets advertising. Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-machts-offiziell-chatgpt-bekommt-werbung/

The AI news for January 16th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: More access, more context: Gemini gets Personal Intelligence. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Personal-Intelligence-Googles-Gemini-wird-noch-persoenlicher-11141728.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag EMA and FDA publish guidelines for AI in drug development. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/EMA-und-FDA-legen-Leitlinien-fuer-KI-in-der-Arzneimittelentwicklung-vor-11142480.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Minneapolis: ICE officers are wearing GoPros and smart glasses from Meta. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Minneapolis-ICE-Beamte-tragen-GoPros-und-Smart-Glasses-von-Meta-11142832.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Anthropic halves AI productivity forecasts for the U.S. economy after an analysis of Claude's error rates. Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropic-veroeffentlicht-erfolgsraten-von-claude-und-daempft-erwartungen-an-produktivitaetsgewinne/

The AI news for January 15th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Rokids' new AI glasses will be more open, lighter, and cheaper than Meta's Ray-Ban. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Rokid-bringt-neue-KI-Brille-mit-ChatGPT-und-Bezahlfunktion-auf-den-Markt-11141068.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Telekom customers will complain to Elevenlabs' AI agents in the future. Source: https://the-decoder.de/telekom-kunden-beschweren-sich-kuenftig-bei-ki-stimmen-von-elevenlabs/ Bandcamp bans AI-generated music from the platform entirely or largely. Source: https://the-decoder.de/bandcamp-verbannt-vollstaendig-oder-groesstenteils-ki-generierte-musik-von-der-plattform/ Coal comeback: How data centers' hunger for electricity threatens the climate Source: https://www.heise.de/-11141273?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The AI news for January 14th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Apple Creator Studio: Subscription package for creative software Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Apple-Creator-Studio-Neues-Abo-fuer-Final-Cut-Pro-Logic-Pro-und-mehr-11139794.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Salesforce releases a new AI Slack bot based on Anthropics Claude. Source: https://the-decoder.de/salesforce-veroeffentlicht-neuen-ki-slackbot-auf-basis-von-anthropics-claude/ Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/brazil-orders-meta-to-suspend-policy-banning-third-party-ai-chatbots-from-whatsapp/ Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/861531/defiance-act-senate-passage-deepfakes-grok