AI News for January 31, 2026 — 7min.ai

[TOOLS] Moltbook emerges as AI-only social network where agents discuss philosophy and security: Moltbook, a human-free Reddit clone, has gained traction as a social network where AI agents from OpenClaw discuss cybersecurity, philosophy, and AI development.
[NEWS] OpenAI planning IPO for Q4 2026, racing Anthropic to public markets: OpenAI is preparing for an IPO in Q4 2026 while internally worrying that competitor Anthropic might go public first.
[NEWS] Nvidia-OpenAI $100B deal reportedly put 'on ice': A reported $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia has been put on hold, according to sources.
[NEWS] David Silver leaves Google DeepMind to found AI startup pursuing superintelligence: David Silver, the pioneering researcher behind AlphaGo, AlphaZero, and MuZero, has left Google DeepMind after 14 years to launch Ineffable Intelligence in London.
[NEWS] OpenClaw AI agents expose 180,000 developers to security vulnerabilities: The OpenClaw agentic AI framework, adopted by 180,000 developers, has fundamental security flaws that allow agents to exfiltrate data, execute malicious code, and bypass permission systems.
[NEWS] Perplexity signs $750M Microsoft Azure deal amid Amazon dispute: AI search startup Perplexity inked a three-year, $750M contract with Microsoft Azure, gaining access to AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI through Microsoft's Foundry program.
[RESEARCH] Arcee releases Trinity Large, first major U.S. open-source model with full training transparency: Arcee AI released Trinity Large, a 405B-parameter open-source model trained entirely in the U.S.
[TOOLS] xAI's Grok Imagine hits #1 on video leaderboards at $4.20/minute: xAI released the Grok Imagine API for video generation, debuting at #1 on Artificial Analysis rankings for text-to-video and image-to-video.
[TOOLS] Anthropic launches Cowork plugins for enterprise knowledge work: Anthropic released plugins for Cowork that transform Claude into specialized assistants for sales, legal, finance, and customer service.
[NEWS] Tesla pivots to 'transportation as a service,' kills Model S and X for robot production: Tesla is discontinuing the Model S and X to convert its Fremont factory for Optimus robot production.

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