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The AI news for January 24th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Meta pauses teen access to AI characters ahead of new version
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/meta-pauses-teen-access-to-ai-characters-ahead-of-new-version/

AI and security: Zero-day exploits by AI are already a reality.
Source: https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/KI-und-Security-Zero-Day-Exploits-durch-KI-sind-bereits-Realitaet-11151838.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

White House releases AI-manipulated recording of a detained activist.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Weisses-Haus-verbreitet-KI-manipulierte-Aufnahme-von-festgenommener-Aktivistin-11151370.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Employees use time saved with AI to correct AI results.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Angestellte-nutzen-mit-KI-gesparte-Zeit-um-KI-Ergebnisse-zu-korrigieren-11152462.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The AI news for January 23rd, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Analyses: Two to three million sexualized deepfakes generated by Grok.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Analysen-Zwei-bis-drei-Millionen-sexualisierte-Deepfakes-von-Grok-generiert-11150776.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/former-sequoia-partners-new-startup-uses-ai-to-negotiate-your-calendar-for-you/

Google’s AI Mode can now tap into your Gmail and Photos to provide tailored responses.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/googles-ai-mode-can-now-tap-into-your-gmail-and-photos-to-provide-tailored-responses/

Sen. Markey questions OpenAI about ‘deceptive advertising’ in ChatGPT
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/865854/senator-ed-markey-ai-companies-chatbots-advertising

The AI news for January 22nd, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

OpenAI seeks partners: Advertising will already be integrated into ChatGPT as early as February.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/OpenAI-sucht-Werbetreibende-Anzeigen-schon-ab-Februar-11149259.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Sage brings AI assistant into SME software.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Sage-Operations-KI-Assistent-fuer-Fertigung-und-Handel-11149183.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

OpenAI introduces AI-powered age estimation.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/OpenAI-fuehrt-KI-gestuetzte-Altersschaetzung-ein-11148775.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/adobe-acrobat-now-lets-you-edit-files-using-prompts-generate-podcast-summaries/

The AI news for January 21st, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

OpenAI introduces automatic age recognition for youth protection in ChatGPT.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-fuehrt-automatische-alterserkennung-fuer-jugendschutz-in-chatgpt-ein/

Nvidia: Court documents reveal correspondence regarding a pirated dataset.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Nvidia-Gerichtsdokumente-enthuellen-Korrespondenz-um-Raubkopie-Datensatz-11148103.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The CEOs of DeepMind and Anthropic expect AI impacts on entry-level jobs and internships in 2026.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/deepmind-und-anthropic-ceos-erwarten-2026-ki-auswirkungen-auf-einstiegsjobs-und-praktika/

Four years of war, millions of hours of drone footage: Ukraine shares data for AI training
Source: https://the-decoder.de/vier-jahre-krieg-millionen-stunden-drohnenmaterial-ukraine-teilt-daten-fuer-ki-training/

The AI news for January 20th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Europe's 174-billion gap: Do private investors have to save the digital networks?
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Europas-174-Milliarden-Luecke-Muessen-Privatinvestoren-die-Digitalnetze-retten-11146701.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Former OpenAI Policy Chief Founds Institute for Independent AI Safety Audits.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ehemaliger-openai-policy-chef-gruendet-institut-fuer-unabhaengige-ki-sicherheitspruefungen/

TranslateGemma: Google makes AI model for translation available.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/TranslateGemma-Google-gibt-KI-Modell-fuer-Uebersetzung-frei-11145551.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Rogue agents and shadow AI: Why VCs are betting big on AI security
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/rogue-agents-and-shadow-ai-why-vcs-are-betting-big-on-ai-security/

The AI news for January 19th, 2026

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Privacy ends where speaking begins.
Source: https://www.heise.de/-11145260?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Snaps SnapGen++ generates high-resolution AI images in under two seconds directly on the iPhone.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/snaps-snapgen-generiert-hochaufloesende-ki-bilder-in-unter-zwei-sekunden-direkt-auf-dem-iphone/

Google improves AI Overviews in search with Gemini 3 Pro for complex queries.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/google-verbessert-ai-overviews-in-der-suche-mit-gemini-3-pro-fuer-komplexe-anfragen/

Superintelligence? As if—it's just clever marketing!
Source: https://www.heise.de/-11139254?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The AI news for January 18th, 2026

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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