AI News for January 25, 2026 — 7min.ai
- [NEWS] New iOS apps jumped 60% in December as AI coding tools proliferate
- Data from Sensor Tower and Wells Fargo Securities shows new iOS app submissions surged 60% year-over-year in December 2025, with 24% growth across the full year.
- [NEWS] Google AI Overviews' 'confident authority' on health queries raises expert alarm
- A Guardian investigation into Google AI Overviews found the feature presents health information with "confident authority" that masks structural reliability problems.
- [NEWS] AI-generated British schoolgirl 'Amelia' becomes viral far-right meme using Grok
- An AI-generated character named "Amelia" — a purple-haired "goth girl" carrying a union flag — has become a viral far-right meme on X and Facebook.
- [OPINION] Tech CEOs clash at Davos over AI's future while pushing their own agendas
- The World Economic Forum in Davos transformed into a high-powered tech conference, with appearances by Tesla's Elon Musk, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Microsoft's Satya Nadella.
- [NEWS] Tesla expands Optimus robot training to Austin Gigafactory
- Tesla told workers it plans to begin collecting data to train its Optimus humanoid robot at its Austin Gigafactory, targeting a February start date.
- [RESEARCH] Australian journalism 'invisible' in Microsoft Copilot news summaries, research finds
- University of Sydney research found Australian journalism is largely absent from Microsoft Copilot's AI-generated news summaries, with only about one-fifth of responses linking to Australian sources.
- [OPINION] TechCrunch proposes 5-level scale for whether AI labs are actually trying to make money
- TechCrunch introduced a framework to evaluate AI foundation model companies' commercial ambitions, from Level 5 (already making millions daily) to Level 1 ("true wealth is when you love yourself").
- [NEWS] Amplitude goes 'AI native' with five acquisitions, tens of millions in spending
- Publicly traded analytics company Amplitude gave an inside look at its AI transformation, including five AI startup acquisitions since October 2024, hiring an AI-savvy engineering head, and spending "tens of millions" — potentially over $100 million.
- [OPINION] EY executive shares how he detects AI-generated work from employees
- EY's global chief innovation officer Joe Depa said he has a "high sensitivity" for detecting AI-generated work after overseeing the firm's AI integration strategy.
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