Thursday, January 29, 2026
TL;DR
Today’s briefing covers 454 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: The next chapter for AI in the EU; We Got Claude to Build CUDA Kernels and teach open models!; Google AI Plus is now available everywhere our AI plans are available, including the U.S..
Top Stories
The next chapter for AI in the EU
OpenAI
OpenAI launches the EU Economic Blueprint 2.0 with new data, partnerships, and initiatives to accelerate AI adoption, skills, and growth across Europe.
We Got Claude to Build CUDA Kernels and teach open models!
HuggingFace
Google AI Plus is now available everywhere our AI plans are available, including the U.S.
Google AI
We’re launching Google AI Plus in 35 new countries and territories including the US, making it available everywhere Google AI plans are available.
Tesla to invest $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI
TechCrunch AI
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.
ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips
Wired AI
ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.
Research Corner
Industry Updates
- EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grant - OpenAI
News & Analysis
- Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom (Wired AI)
- Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media (The Verge AI)
- Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 (TechCrunch AI)
- Mark Zuckerberg says a future without smart glasses is ‘hard to imagine’ (TechCrunch AI)
- Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI (Ars Technica AI)
- Elon Musk teases a new image-labeling system for X… we think? (TechCrunch AI)
- ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic (TechCrunch AI)
- The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Here’s What That Means (Wired AI)
Deep Dive: Today’s AI Landscape
Synthesized from multiple research sources
No major AI breakthroughs or launches were announced specifically on January 29, 2026, based on available reports up to early that week. Recent announcements from mid-to-late January 2026 focus on compute expansions, model upgrades, and enterprise deployments, with predictions emphasizing agentic AI and evaluation frameworks for the year ahead.[1][2][5]
Key Recent Announcements (January 2026)
- OpenAI-Cerebras Compute Deal: OpenAI signed a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar agreement for ~750MW of AI compute capacity, targeting low-latency inference services rolling out through 2028 to prioritize speed as a market advantage.[1]
- Google Gemini Upgrades: Gemini 3 Flash became the default for Google Search with faster multimodal queries; new features include SynthID video veri
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This newsletter is automatically generated by PAI using RSS aggregation and AI research tools. Sources include arXiv, HuggingFace, OpenAI, Google AI, MIT News, VentureBeat, and more.
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