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• Ranked: 8 Things You Should Never Paste Into an AI Chatbot

  27-01-2026 21:37 via eweek.com
  Pasting something into a chatbot feels casual, almost disposable. It’s the digital equivalent of thinking out loud. But that muscle memory is exactly the problem. In a rush to get an answer, people drop sensitive data, work docs, and personal details they’d never post publicly, even though the risk profile is a lot closer than it feels.Below are the top eight things you should never paste into an AI chatbot, ranked from easy-to-overlook mistakes to the most dangerous exposu
  
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• What Is Clawdbot? The Viral Self-Hosted AI Assistant Taking Over X

  27-01-2026 19:36 via eweek.com
  An open-source AI assistant called “Clawdbot” exploded across X this weekend, so naturally, we had to investigate.Not to be confused with “Claude”, Clawdbot is a self-hosted agent that runs on your computer, texts you through WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord, remembers everything, and can build itself new capabilities on the fly. For a quick TL;DR, Harper Carroll explains Clawdbot well here.Unlike cloud-locked ChatGPT or Claude, Clawdbot lives on your hardware (or a $5 AWS insta
  
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• Apple’s Google-Powered Siri Overhaul Set for February Debut

  27-01-2026 17:26 via eweek.com
  Apple is finally getting ready to show us what a smart Siri actually looks like.According to the latest Power On newsletter from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is less than a month away from debuting a revamped Siri powered by Google’s Gemini. The announcement is expected in the second half of February, with the features likely arriving in the iOS 26.4 beta shortly after.Users will finally get features like Personal Context, which lets Siri reference previous conversations, and on-sc
  
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• Why Apple Considered an AI Home Screen for the iPhone

  27-01-2026 15:34 via eweek.com
  Apple flirted with letting AI reshuffle your iPhone apps. In the end, it was decided that muscle memory mattered more.The tech giant briefly considered using AI to change how the iPhone Home Screen works, including dynamically rearranging apps based on user behavior. The proposal surfaced internally but was ultimately shut down by Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, according to The Information.The idea was part of broader internal discussions about pushing AI deeper into Apple’
  
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• Nvidia Makes $2B CoreWeave Investment for AI Factories Buildout

  27-01-2026 12:52 via eweek.com
  AI factories are on the agenda as Nvidia has made a $2 billion investment in CoreWeave.
  The chip giant purchased CoreWeave’s Class A common stock at $87.20 per share, building on their previous $6.3 billion investment from four months ago that secured a 6.6% stake.
  The partnership aims to construct more than 5 gigawatts of AI factories by 2030. This means computing infrastructure that could reshape how AI systems are built and operated on a global scale.
  Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of Nv
  
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• AI Robot Brings Emotional Care to Pets

  27-01-2026 12:02 via eweek.com
  Leaving pets home alone has always come with a little guilt. Cameras can show what they’re doing, and smart feeders can ensure they’re fed, but neither really answers the question that many owners worry about the most: how their pets are actually feeling. Your pet’s new best friend might be a robot. At CES 2026, Tuya Smart introduced Aura, an AI-powered companion robot designed to provide cats and dogs with interaction and emotional stimulation during long periods of
  
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• Google Cloud’s Gaming Chief Thinks AI Is the Iron Man Suit for Devs

  27-01-2026 10:23 via eweek.com
  Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration… an Iron Man analogy.
  Jack Buser, the global director for games at Google Cloud, compared equipping game developers with AI to giving them Iron Man’s suit—and warned that studios refusing to embrace this tech revolution might not survive.
  “It’s like the Iron Man suit of armor, right? It’s still you inside the suit of armor, but you’re suddenly able to do things that you couldn’t do before,” Buser
  
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• AI-Powered CCTV Deployed in Fight Against Illegal Dumping

  27-01-2026 09:46 via eweek.com
  Smile, Northamptonshire litterbugs, you’re on camera.UK-based West Northamptonshire Council is turning to AI in an effort to crack down on fly-tipping, the illegal dumping of waste, across the region. A new AI-powered CCTV camera tower will rotate between locations through January 2027, providing authorities with flexible surveillance coverage while helping identify offenders. The initiative marks a significant step in how local authorities are using technology to enforce the law and prote
  
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