MarketBeat’s artificial intelligence news hub for January 2026 curates a wide range of Associated Press reports and analyst columns that trace how artificial intelligence is spreading from workplace tools to global policy debates. A headline item is a new Gallup poll on how Americans are using artificial intelligence at work, which finds that American workers have adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years. The feed also spotlights how artificial intelligence has become a central talking point at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where U.S. President Donald Trump took center stage and overshadowed planned discussions on artificial intelligence and renewable energy.
Several entries focus on consumer and platform-level uses of artificial intelligence, along with mounting safety and privacy questions. Meta is temporarily halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, a move the company disclosed in a blog post as it reassesses youth safeguards. Google is rolling out an option for users to plug an artificial intelligence mode into their photos, email and other personal data so that its search engine can generate more personalized answers based on people’s interests, travel itineraries and photo libraries. The feed also points to a new Fannie Mae ad that uses Trump’s voice generated by artificial intelligence with his permission, illustrating the mainstreaming of synthetic media in financial marketing.
Regulation, legal disputes and infrastructure pressures around artificial intelligence are a recurring thread. One article preview notes that Malaysia will take legal action against Musk’s X and xAI over misuse of the Grok chatbot, while another highlights UK legal changes that aim to regulate artificial intelligence generated nude images and a related story on Grok being blocked from undressing images in places where it is illegal. The roundup further flags a lawsuit in which the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his artificial intelligence company over sexual deepfake images created by Grok. On the infrastructure side, Microsoft’s Brad Smith is calling on big tech firms to “pay our way” for artificial intelligence data centers as local opposition and grid concerns rise, and a piece on artificial intelligence needing power now notes that Bloom Energy and American Electric Power are positioned to help meet surging energy demand from data centers. The sector coverage is rounded out by investment-oriented pieces on why Apple chose Google to power the future of artificial intelligence, how Tesla’s unsupervised robotaxi launch reflects its artificial intelligence pivot, and why artificial intelligence money is moving from chips to storage, underscoring how the technology is reshaping both corporate strategy and capital flows.
