Leveraging AI 261 | Davos goes AGI: 1–2 years vs 5, energy = GDP, ChatGPT adds ads, Elon v. OpenAI explodes, Anthropic’s 12× surge—plus more AI news for the week ending on January 23, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026 From heated AGI timeline debates to billion‑dollar business maneuvers and legal fireworks, this conversation roams through Davos drama, corporate power plays, and regulatory tangles. Topics include AI’s impact on national economics and energy, big shifts in revenue and product strategies, rapid model growth across major companies, and worrying trends in deepfakes and ethics.
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Geopolitics Blocks A Coordinated Slowdown
- Leading AI figures want a slowdown but fear geopolitical competition, especially from China, prevents cooperation.
- Dario and Demis both agreed they'd slow down if global rivals would too.
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- Invest in training and processes so employees and leaders can harness models for real results.
Free Users Drive Ads And New Tiers
- Free users generate heavy inference costs and force providers to explore ads and lower-priced tiers.
- OpenAI plans an $8 'Go' tier and ad tests while promising answer independence and conversation privacy.