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AWS signs a two-year supply deal with Rio Tinto to access its Arizona copper mine, the US' first new source in 10+ years, as AI data centers create huge demand (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-15 AI

Berlin-based Parloa, which develops AI customer service agents for Booking.com and others, raised $350M at a $3B valuation, taking its total raised to $560M+ (t.co)
2026-1-15 Germany AI

Self-help gurus like Tony Robbins, Gabby Bernstein, and Matthew Hussey are charging up to $99 per month to access AI chatbots that promise personalized advice (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-15 AI chatbot

South Korea dropped Naver's and NCSoft's teams from its competition to develop its first sovereign AI model, as LG's, SK Telecom's, and Upstage's teams advanced (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 Korea AI

Chinese chipmaker SpacemiT, whose RISC-V-based K1 chip is used in industrial systems, robotics, edge computing, and AI devices, raised an ~$86M Series B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 China AI Robot

Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI In Its Content or Designs (games.slashdot.org)
2026-1-15 AI

Scientists say that AI has become a powerful and rapidly improving research tool, and that whether it is generating ideas on its own is, for now, a moot point (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-15 AI

Blockchain-based lender Figure unveils the On-Chain Public Equity Network to issue, trade, and lend stocks natively on a blockchain, not as tokenized replicas (www.theblock.co)
2026-1-15 Blockchain Equity

TSMC reports Q4 net profit up 35% YoY to a record ~$16B, handily beating estimates, as it benefited from surging demand for AI chips (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-15 AI 4Q

Alibaba links Qwen to its online shopping and travel services, including Taobao, Alipay, Fliggy, and Amap, aiming to build a one-stop AI app for its 100M users (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 Alibaba AI Alipay

Project Eleven, which builds tools to prepare blockchains for post-quantum threats, raised a $20M Series A led by Castle Island at a $120M post-money valuation (www.theblock.co)
2026-1-15 Quantum

US Approves Sale of Nvidia's Advanced AI Chips To China (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-15 China AI Nvidia

Bandcamp Bans AI Music (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-15 AI

Novee, which utilizes proprietary AI models to perform automated penetration testing, emerges from stealth with a $43M Series A and an $8.5M seed (www.axios.com)
2026-1-15 AI

2026 may be the year of the mega IPO, as sources say Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX took early steps to go public, setting up a watershed moment for the AI boom (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-15 IPO AI SpaceX

Pittsburgh-based Skild AI, which makes robotics foundation models, raised a $1.4B Series C at a $14B+ valuation, up from ~$4.5B in June 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 AI Robot

McKinsey Asks Graduates To Use AI Chatbot in Recruitment Process (slashdot.org)
2026-1-15 AI chatbot

How Ireland, an early data center winner, has missed out on much of the AI boom due to creaking infrastructure and a strained electricity grid stopping projects (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 AI Ireland

Depthfirst, which provides AI-native tools for codebase scanning, credential exposure protection, and more, raised a $40M Series A led by Accel Partners (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-15 AI

Matthew McConaughey Trademarks Himself To Fight AI Misuse (slashdot.org)
2026-1-15 AI

Pittsburgh-based Skild AI, which makes robotics foundation models, raised a $1.4B Series C at a $14B valuation, up from $4.5B after raising $300M in June 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 AI Robot

Airbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led generative AI and the Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to integrate AI in its app (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 AI Airbnb Apple

Sources: McKinsey pilots an overhaul in how it recruits its next generation, asking candidates to use its AI tool Lilli to analyze a case study during a test (t.co)
2026-1-14 AI

How Ireland, an early data center winner, missed out on much of the current AI boom, hampered by creaking infrastructure and a strained electricity grid (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 AI Ireland

Ahead of WEF 2026, the IMF urges governments to step up support for young workers displaced by AI, arguing candidates could use AI “rather than compete with it” (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14 AI IMF

US Big Tech companies have been on an energy-related hiring spree; Workforce.AI says Microsoft has hired 570+ people with energy-related expertise since 2022 (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-14 Microsoft Energy AI

In South Korea's competition to develop an indigenous AI model, three of the five finalists used foreign open-source code, which they argue is practical (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-14 Korea AI

An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14 Interview AI

Q&A with Reid Hoffman on wanting Silicon Valley to speak out against the Trump administration, AI regulation, the role of AI in art and creativity, and more (www.wired.com)
2026-1-14 Trump AI

WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with its AI-based flat-fee risk management model, raised a $42M Series B led by Sequoia and Khosla (www.axios.com)
2026-1-14 AI Insurance

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