Wikipedia Cashes AI Checks to Survive Another Day – DTNS 5186

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Show Notes

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/wikipedia-will-share-content-with-ai-firms-in-new-licensing-deals/

Wikipedia turns 25 today but faces more threats than ever before

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/

https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/15/apple-will-pay-billions-for-gemini-after-openai-declined/

https://www.ft.com/content/8033b1bc-4ffe-47ed-baf0-5abea6a1322a

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/openai-seeks-us-based-suppliers-for-planned-robotics-ai-device-push

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/laptops/intel-says-laptop-makers-are-sitting-on-about-9-to-12-months-of-stock-and-it-might-be-the-key-to-surviving-the-ram-crunch

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/asus-has-stopped-producing-the-rtx-5070-ti-and-5060-ti-16gb-saying-theyve-reached-end-of-life-162012275.html

AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems 

https://www.engadget.com/ai/x-says-grok-will-no-longer-edit-images-of-real-people-into-bikinis-231430257.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/14/california-to-investigate-elon-musks-grok-over-sexualized-images-00728508

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/apple_google_pulled_into_grok/

https://www.techinasia.com/news/philippines-to-join-malaysia-indonesia-in-blocking-grok

https://www.androidauthority.com/chatgpt-translate-3632584/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/wine_11_arrives_faster_and/

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr3-beta-2-recents-menu-downgrade-3632589/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/pi_5_ai_hat_2/

Many Google Fast Pair devices need an update to patch exploits that allowed attackers to track you

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/taiwan-computer-chipmaker-tsmcs-to-expand-investment-as-profit-jumps-35/articleshow/126546979.cms

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/key-researchers-return-to-openai-from-former-cto-mira-muratis-thinking-labs/articleshow/126538667.cms

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/spotify-raises-premium-subscription-prices-in-us-to-13-month

https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-intelligence/china-drafting-purchase-rules-for-nvidia-h200-chips

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/us-government-to-take-25-cut-of-amd-nvidia-ai-sales-to-china/

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-forges-multibillion-dollar-computing-partnership-with-cerebras-746a20e4?

https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/amazon-is-buying-americas-first-new-copper-output-in-more-than-a-decade-516a0a1f