Meta (META) is preparing for one of its largest spending years ever as the company accelerates investment into AI and “Personal Superintelligence.” In the firm’s Q4 earnings report, Meta CFO Susan Li outlines a massive increase in infrastructure spending for AI development. “We anticipate 2026 capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, to be in the range of $115–135 billion, with year-over-year growth driven by increased investment to support our Meta Superintelligence Labs efforts and core business. Despite the meaningful step up in infrastructure investment, in 2026, we expect to deliver operating income that is above 2025 operating income.”…
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Tesla (TSLA) is disclosing a massive investment in Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI as the automaker pushes deeper into AI-driven products linked to the physical world. In its latest quarterly update report, Tesla confirms the xAI investment, which focuses on bringing artificial intelligence into real-world, physical applications across Tesla’s product lineup. “On January 16, 2026, Tesla entered into an agreement to invest approximately $2 billion to acquire shares of Series E Preferred Stock of xAI as part of their recent publicly-disclosed financing round. As set forth in Master Plan Part IV, Tesla is building products and services that bring AI…
A top AI leader with more than 1.6 million followers on LinkedIn says the most valuable hires in the AI age are not narrow specialists, but people who attempt to solve problems by leveraging large language models. In a new post on X, Allie K. Miller says she’s now hiring adaptable generalists, believing they are better positioned to operate in fast-moving environments. “My two most recent hires were generalists, not specialists. Here’s why I think that matters in the AI age, and the most important skill they can have. Their identity is not overly defined by tasks. The switch from…
Prominent cybersecurity firm McAfee says that AI-generated deepfakes are now an everyday threat, eroding people’s ability to tell what is real and helping scammers extract billions of dollars from Americans. For its 2026 State of the Scamniverse Report, McAfee commissioned a global survey of 7,592 adults from the United States, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan to gather real-world experience involving online scams. McAfee says deepfakes have entered routine digital life. On average, Americans now see three deepfakes per day, often blended seamlessly with authentic content rather than presented as obvious hoaxes. What once relied on visible…
Anthropic is closing in on one of the largest private fundraising rounds in tech history as investor demand for the Claude creator accelerates. Anthropic is poised to raise about $20 billion from venture capital firms and other investors, roughly double the amount it initially targeted earlier this month, in a deal that would value the company at approximately $350 billion, reports The Financial Times. Anthropic had originally been in talks to raise around $10 billion to fund its expansion plans, but the figure was later increased after investor interest reportedly reached five to six times the initial target, prompting the…
Google AI Plus is now available everywhere its AI plans are offered, launching in 35 new countries and territories, including the United States, and replacing what had previously been a more limited rollout tied to Google One plans. In a new update, the company says the new tier is designed to bundle access to its most advanced AI models and tools at a lower price point, targeting everyday productivity, research and creative use cases rather than enterprise customers. Google AI Plus includes access to Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro inside the Gemini app, along with AI filmmaking tools…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says the company expects to keep hiring software developers but plans to sharply slow the overall pace of workforce growth as artificial intelligence takes on more internal work. In its latest town hall meeting, Altman says OpenAI is now looking to take its foot off the gas pedal when it comes to hiring. According to Altman, AI has ascended to the point where companies that have adopted the technology can do more with less. “We’re going to keep hiring software developers, but we are for the first time, and I know every other company, every…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns that there’s a non-zero chance that model developers could give birth to a dangerous rogue AI model, highlighting that nobody fully knows how to control the technology. In a new NBC interview, Amodei admits that even leading AI labs do not have complete control over the systems they build, warning that uneven standards across the industry could allow dangerous models to slip through. “I think to be fair, none of us fully know how to control AI systems. I can’t tell you there’s a 100% chance that even the systems we build are perfectly reliable.…
CrowdStrike boss George Kurtz warns that North Korean spies are now using AI to quietly infiltrate US companies through remote hiring, allowing foreign operatives to gain legitimate access to corporate systems. In a new episode of the All-In Podcast at Davos, Kurtz warns that North Korean operatives are shifting from traditional cyber intrusion to identity-based compromise, where attackers pose as qualified job candidates and pass hiring screens to secure developer roles inside American firms. He notes that the activity is no longer isolated and has scaled into the hundreds, with companies unknowingly employing individuals who are not who they claim to…
Fundstrat head of research Tom Lee says the recent weakness in one stock sector is reflecting US policy pressure rather than deteriorating fundamentals. In a new CNBC interview, Lee says financials have been caught in the crosscurrents of Washington policy aimed at easing consumer costs, even as underlying business conditions remain strong. “I think the financials are being buffeted because the White House is choosing winners and losers. And right now, they want to reduce the burden on consumers by potentially capping credit card rates and maybe making it harder for institutional buying of homes. So I think this is…