Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or is that just what it wants Claude to think?
Ars Technica ↗
We have no proof that AI models suffer, but Anthropic acts like they might for training purposes.
AI BRIEFING · 2026-01-29
AI Briefing — January 29, 2026
The 10 most important AI stories of January 29, 2026, hand-curated from the day's coverage. Every story links to its primary source.
Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT
Hacker News ↗
Article URL:https://openai.com/index/retiring-gpt-4o-and-older-models/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46816539Points: 109# Comments: 144
Microsoft's $357 Billion Rout Is Worst Since Deepseek Hit Nvidia
Bloomberg Technology ↗
Microsoft Corp. shares got caught up in a selloff Thursday that wiped out $357 billion in value, second-largest for a single session in stock market history.
Apple's second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to 'silent speech'
The Verge ↗
Apple's biggest acquisition ever is still its $3 billion Beats buy in 2014, but now the second biggest deal is bringing in Q.ai, a four-year-old AI audio startup. Apple did not disclose the terms, but Financial Times reports that Apple is spending $2 billion on the company.
Perplexity Inks Microsoft AI Cloud Deal Amid Dispute With Amazon
Bloomberg Technology ↗
AI startup Perplexity inked a $750 million deal with Microsoft Corp. to use its Azure cloud service amid a legal feud with Perplexity’s longtime cloud partner, Amazon.com Inc.
Elon Musks SpaceX Said to Consider Merger With Tesla or xAI
Bloomberg Technology ↗
SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla Inc., as well as an alternative combination with artificial intelligence firm xAI, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign billionaire Elon Musk is weighing how to consolidate his empire.
Amazon in Talks to Invest $50 Billion in OpenAI, Expand Ties
Bloomberg Technology ↗
Amazon.com Inc. is in talks to invest as much as $50 billion in OpenAI and to expand the AI startup's existing deal for computing power.
Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsofts Copilot AI a lot
TechCrunch AI ↗
With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.
IBM Raises Over 7 Billion From Cross-Border Bond Offering
Bloomberg Technology ↗
International Business Machines Corp. raised nearly $7.5 billion in the corporate bond market, kicking off what is expected to be a flood of borrowing from the tech sector in 2026.
ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic
TechCrunch AI ↗
ServiceNow partners with Anthropic just a week after announcing a partnership with OpenAI as the company takes a multi-model approach.
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