Here are the latest breaking technology news and significant AI updates this week in January 2026:
This Week’s Top Tech News Recap
- OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Go globally, offering 10x more usage on GPT-5.2 Instant than on the free tier, with plans to test ads on both the free and Go tiers soon.
- Snapchat launched a 2016 Flashback experience that lets users revisit iconic Lenses, moments, and vibes from a decade ago.
- X said it open-sourced its recommendation algorithm, releasing code built on the same transformer architecture used by xAI’s Grok model.
- ServiceNow and OpenAI announced a multi-year strategic collaboration to integrate OpenAI frontier models into ServiceNow’s enterprise platform.
- Vavoza integrated IFTTT and Buffer to automate RSS-based content distribution, speeding delivery of business and marketing insights across social platforms.
- Elon Musk is seeking up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing his early backing generated gains he is now entitled to recover.
- TikTok announced new entertainment ad tools at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, deployed creators to cover the event, and hosted panels on film fandom.
- Anthropic released a new constitution for Claude, outlining the AI model’s values, behavior standards, and role in safe and ethical deployment.
- OpenAI detailed how PostgreSQL was scaled with a single primary and dozens of replicas to support 800 million ChatGPT users.
- Google DeepMind released D4RT, a unified AI model that reconstructs and tracks dynamic 4D scenes from monocular video input.
- Salesforce expanded MuleSoft Agent Fabric with automated discovery, giving enterprises a single control plane for managing AI agents across clouds.
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