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AI News January 19-23 2026: Weekly AI News
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- Jan 26, 2026
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Summary
Davos Headlines Kristalina GeorgievaIMF40% of jobs "touched by AI," labor market "tsunami" Dario AmodeiAnthropicAI will replace all developers in 1 year, Nobel-level science in 2 years Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMindAGI has 50% chance within decade, current systems "nowhere near" human-level Satya NadellaMicrosoftEnergy costs, not model quality, will determine AI winners Donald TrumpU.S. President300GW nuclear capacity target by 2030 Jensen HuangNVIDIARobotics is "once-in-lifetime opportunity" for Europe Yuval Noah HarariPhilosopherWarning about AI manipulation potential Big Tech News OpenAI Consumer Device Confirmed for H2 2026 launch Likely screenless, possibly wearable Healthcare applications following Torch Health acquisition Thinking Machines Crisis Three co-founders left: Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, Sam Schoenholz All returned to OpenAI Murati fired Zoph citing "unethical conduct" $12B startup facing existential talent crisis Lightricks LTX-2 Launch Audio-to-video generation with ElevenLabs partnership Audio becomes control layer for video generation 4K/50fps output capability Open-source with complete training code API access launched January 27 Energy and Infrastructure Data center power: 55GW current → 84GW by 2028 (Goldman Sachs) Trump targeting 300GW new nuclear by 2030 Nadella: "Tokens are new commodity" Energy costs = AI competitive advantage Labor Market Data SourceFindingIMF40% of jobs touched by AIBCG AI Radar50% of CEOs believe jobs depend on AI successMcKinseyTwo-thirds haven't scaled AI enterprise-wideMicrosoft ResearchFinance, legal, software engineering most exposedGartner$1.5 trillion invested in AI in 2025 Product Launches ProductCompanyCapabilityLTX-2 Audio-to-VideoLightricks + ElevenLabsGenerate video from audio controlChat with PDFAdobe AcrobatPromp…