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Elon Musk, wearing all black and in front of a blue background, presses his hands together.

Elon Musk makes the case for why his $2.2 trillion tech empire is the only way to save humanity as the only intelligent life in the universe

“If anyone would know if there are aliens among us, it would be me,” Musk said during the World Economic Forum on Thursday.

By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 22, 2026

Despite promises that AI will create more jobs, 1.2 million jobs were actually slashed last year—a grim throwback to losses from the 2008 financial crisis

The tech industry announced 155,000 job cuts in 2025, up 15% from the year before, as the sector implements AI “much more quickly than any other industry.”

By Emma BurleighJanuary 22, 2026

Donald Trump, CEO-in-Chief: How the president’s dealmaking instincts are shaking up business and the government

In his second term, President Trump has doubled down on his favorite tactics: one-on-one negotiations and unpredictability. He’s made big changes; will they endure?

By Geoff ColvinJanuary 22, 2026

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Inside Big Pharma and VC’s big bet on AI: You wouldn’t ‘want to fly an airplane designed by hand, but all of our drugs are designed like that’

Silicon Valley and Wall Street are pouring billions into AI drug discovery in a high-stakes bet to “solve” disease.

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 23, 2026

Demis Hassabis, and how AI just might wrangle our molecular universe

This week, Coins2Day published a magazine feature looking inside Demis Hassabis’s Isomorphic Labs.

By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 23, 2026

America could ‘lose the AI race’ because of too much ‘pessimism,’ White House AI czar David Sacks says

Trump’s technology czar worries AI dread will equate to a “self-inflicted injury.” He’s also against the California billionaires tax.

By Tristan BoveJanuary 22, 2026

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‘Wake up, AI is for real.’ IMF chief warns of an AI ‘tsunami’ coming for young people and entry-level jobs

Kristalina Georgieva is worried about Gen Z and the middle class: “This is moving so fast, and yet we don’t know how to make it safe [and] inclusive.”

By Tristan BoveJanuary 23, 2026

AI anxiety is so widespread that veteran Microsoft researchers are having panic attacks because they’re making themselves obsolete

“My 52-year-old body had one of those moments when I saw a future where I wasn’t involved,” Chris Brockett told Cade Metz for his book on AI.

By Patrick Barry and The ConversationJanuary 23, 2026

When AI meets healthcare, how should payers react?

It is not a stretch to imagine that the most important players in the payer industry in 2035 will be those who harness the power of AI fastest and best.

By Shubham SinghalJanuary 23, 2026

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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2026.

AI luminaries at Davos clash over how close human-level intelligence really is

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei says it’s coming soon. DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and former Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun think it’s a more distant prospect.

By Jeremy KahnJanuary 23, 2026

‘Visual elevator music’: Why generative AI, trained on centuries of human genius, produces intellectual Muzak

Generative AI was trained on centuries of human art and writing but produces mediocrity by design, a new study suggests.

By Ahmed Elgammal and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026

AI drug startup Insilico Medicine launches an AI ‘gym’ to help models like GPT and Qwen be good at science

With the “gym,” Insilico is now targeting other biotech and pharmaceutical companies, offering to train new AI models for them.

By Nicholas GordonJanuary 22, 2026