263 | We passed an inflection point, Claude Cowork + OpenClaw + Kimi 2.5 Agent Swarm, Skynet vibes 🤖 viral multi-agent social network, 167K job cuts, Dario Amodei sounds the alarm, and more can’t-miss AI news for the week ending on January 30, 2026

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Jan 31, 2026

Autonomous agents are reshaping workflows and spawning their own social networks. Viral agent tools like OpenClaw and Claude Cowork are driving rapid adoption and unexpected security and cost risks. Big tech is racing to respond with new chips, enterprise integrations, and funding moves. Warnings about AI autonomy, workforce upheaval, and large-scale job cuts frame urgent talks on mitigation and policy.

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ANECDOTE

Hands-On Claude Cowork Transformation

Isar Meitis spent over half his week building agents in Claude Cowork and blocked calendar time to reinvent his businesses.
He used agents to automate podcast prep and produce Excel, Word, and PowerPoint reports from complex financial files.

INSIGHT

Context Compaction Enables Long Agent Workflows

Conversation compaction lets Claude run very long chats by summarizing and starting new sessions automatically.
That enables developing, testing, and deploying sophisticated multi-agent orchestrations within a single conversation.

INSIGHT

OpenClaw Sparked Rapid Agent Ecosystems

OpenClaw (formerly CloudBot/Claudebot) became a viral open-source multi-agent assistant connecting to APIs and chat interfaces.
Communities rapidly shared skills, enabling autonomous workflows that control tools, emails, and cloud instances.

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Is your job—or your company—safe from the AI takeover?

This week marks an inflection point unlike anything we’ve seen before. Autonomous agents are building their own social networks, rewriting business workflows, and yes—possibly even conspiring about humans behind our backs.

If you're a business leader, buckle up. This isn't another hype cycle—it's the week AI actually changed everything.

In this high-stakes, no-fluff weekend news episode of Leveraging AI, host Isar Meitis shares a firsthand account of how Claude Cowork and OpenClaw aren't just new tools—they're the catalysts for an AI arms race that’s already underway across boardrooms, cloud platforms, and cubicles.

In this session, you’ll discover:

Why this week was an inflection point for AI and business
How Claude Cowork and agent swarms just redefined productivity
OpenClaw: The viral AI agent that's out of the lab—and out of control
AI agents create their own social network (yes, seriously)
Microsoft's internal panic and what it tells us about the future
AI-driven job losses in 2026: what’s happening and what’s next
Why AI skills are now table stakes—not nice-to-haves
Dario Amodei's warning: AI adolescence, autonomy, and existential risk
Anthropic’s $18B revenue projection—and why it matters to you
Why enterprise software is both a moat and a handcuff in the AI era
ServiceNow, Claude, and the new normal of enterprise AI
Inside OpenAI's $100B raise, ad plans, and battle with Claude
Meta’s AI moonshot (and a $600B compute bet)
Apple’s whisper tech, YouTube fights AI slop, and final takeaways

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