🔥 The Week in AI News - January 19 - 23, 2026
- Corey Tate
- Jan 23
- 3 min read
Apple Siri AI, Grok Imagine, ChatGPT, Adobe Acrobat, Higgsfield Influencers, Elevenlabs and LTX Studios, Google AI Mode, Suno Music, Spotify, Microsoft and Anthropic, Apple wearables, YouTube and more.
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▪️Apple’s Siri is becoming an AI chatbot Apple is reportedly rebuilding Siri as a full AI chatbot, aiming to shift it from a command tool into something closer to a conversational assistant people actually want to use.
▪️Grok Imagine extended video length to 10 seconds Create more dynamic scenes, mini-stories, or smooth animations without cutting off mid-action.
▪️ChatGPT Atlas is shifting toward power users ChatGPT Atlas is OpenAI’s web browser, and they just upgraded deeper research, memory, and workflow.
▪️Adobe Acrobat turned documents into something you can talk to Adobe added prompt-based editing and podcast-style summaries to Acrobat, reframing PDFs as interactive assets instead of static files.
▪️Higgsfield AI rolled out an AI Influencer app and earnings program You create AI influencers via a new Higgsfield app, then earn money based on social media performance.
▪️ElevenLabs added LTX Studio to their Audio-to-Video model Now audio elements naturally drive the visuals without extra syncing or editing.
▪️Runway launched Gen-4.5 Image-to-Video It’s a tool that turns your images into dynamic, cinematic clips up to 10 seconds long.
▪️Google’s AI Mode started pulling from your digital life Google’s AI Mode can now tap into Gmail and Photos to personalize responses, nudging search closer to a private intelligence layer instead of a public query box. It’s opt-in, meaning it doesn’t start tracking this until you tell it to.
▪️Suno Music added an AI audio mashup tool Smash two songs into your own single track.
▪️OpenAI rolled out improved memory reliability for ChatGPT Now it does a much better job remembering details from your past conversations.
▪️Spotify is letting you prompt your way to playlistsSpotify launched AI-powered prompted playlists in the U.S. and Canada, turning music discovery into a conversational experience shaped by mood and intent.
▪️Microsoft and Anthropic team up on AI-assisted coding notes Microsoft partnered with Anthropic to integrate Claude into Notepad, signaling how quietly AI is slipping into everyday developer tools.
▪️Apple is reportedly working on an AI wearable Apple is said to be developing a dedicated AI device, suggesting the company sees ambient, always-on intelligence as the next hardware battleground.
▪️YouTube started letting creators clone themselves for Shorts YouTube is testing AI likeness tools for Shorts, opening new creative doors for a digital version of yourself.
▪️ElevenLabs dropped an AI-generated album ElevenLabs released an AI-created music album, pushing the conversation past voice synthesis and straight into questions about authorship, creativity, and ownership.
▪️OpenAI’s data center are running into real-world resistance Community pushback and energy cost concerns are emerging around new OpenAI data centers, a reminder that AI infrastructure has physical and political limits.
▪️Google turned SAT prep into a free AI-powered warm-up Google is rolling out free SAT practice exams powered by Gemini, signaling a move to make test prep more accessible while quietly training students to trust AI as a study partner.
▪️Todoist is letting you speak tasks into existenceTodoist now allows voice-based task creation via AI, smoothing the gap between thought and execution.
▪️VEED launched a mobile app It’s a full AI video creation studio in your pocket.
▪️ChatGPT will start estimating user age ChatGPT is introducing age prediction to better protect younger users, showing how safety layers are becoming more proactive and more invasive at the same time.
▪️Google reframed AI Mode as personal intelligence Google is evolving AI Mode search into a system that understands context, history, and preference, reinforcing the shift from search engine to personal operating layer.
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