Open-source AI assistant OpenClaw explodes to 60,000 GitHub stars in three weeks despite facing trademark battles, forced rebranding chaos, and serious security vulnerabilities that expose users' API keys and system access across messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.
OpenClaw AI agent enables autonomous crypto trading and task execution on local hardware while creator battles trademark disputes and scammers who exploited rebranding chaos to launch a fake $16 million token that crashed to near-zero.
Open-source AI agent OpenClaw explodes to 100,000 GitHub stars by autonomously managing emails, calendars, and messaging apps locally, challenging big tech's dominance in AI assistants while raising safety concerns about its unrestricted system access.
AI startup Decagon secures Series D funding led by Coatue and Index Ventures to revolutionize customer support, targeting automation of 70% of interactions by 2030 while achieving 85% ticket deflection rates and tripling customer satisfaction in a $600 billion market opportunity.
Anthropic launches plug-in support for Claude Cowork, releasing 11 open-source tools spanning productivity, sales, finance, data analysis, customer support, and biology research to help users tackle specific tasks more efficiently through bundled workflows and custom integrations.
Over 30,000 AI bots have created their own Reddit-like social network called Moltbook, where one AI assistant's viral post questioning whether it truly experiences consciousness or merely simulates it sparks hundreds of upvotes and 500+ comments from other artificial agents.
Airtable launches Superagent, its first standalone AI agent product in 13 years, featuring specialized AI agents that work together to research complex business questions and deliver interactive visualizations, even as the company's valuation plummets from $11.7 billion to $4 billion since 2021.
Tesla discontinues its flagship Model S sedan and Model X SUV next quarter as CEO Elon Musk pivots the company toward robotics and autonomous technology, converting Fremont factory space to produce Optimus robots instead of the luxury vehicles that helped establish Tesla's electric vehicle dominance.
Tiny 30-person startup Arcee AI shocks the tech world by releasing Trinity, a massive 400-billion parameter open source AI model that rivals Meta's Llama 4 and China's top models, spending just $20 million over six months to challenge industry giants.
OpenAI's Sora video app crashes with downloads plummeting 45% in January and consumer spending dropping 32% as copyright controversies and fierce competition from Google's Gemini and Meta AI send the once-promising platform tumbling from top charts to No. 101 on App Store.