The Petersburg Post

Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 - The World Economic Forum, in conjunction with Accenture, sheds light on AI use cases across the globe that are operating at scale to deliver improved business outcomes While the world debates the potential of AI, industry pioneers have already created advances, moving beyond mere experimentation into solutions. A new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) shows that AI is no longer just hype, but a measurable ...

Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 - Tesla Shares Rise As Musk Outlines AI Pivot—Model S And X Scrapped To Make Way For Optimus Robot —as CEO Elon Musk signaled a pivot to AI for the electric vehicle maker, saying it will end production of its S and X model cars and convert its manufacturing facilities to produce the company's humanoid robots called Optimus. In premarket trading early on Thursday, Tesla's shares rose $444.70, up more than ...

Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 - Dow on Thursday said  it is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker shifts its emphasis toward artificial intelligence and automation. The company anticipates incurring severance costs of about $600 million to $800 million, in addition to $500 million to $700 million in other one-time costs. Dow marks the latest corporation to announce significant job cuts, with Amazon on Wednesday ...

Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 - "We're now exploring updates to our controls to let sites specifically opt out of Search generative AI features," Google said on Wednesday in a blog post. Yet, the tech giant also warned that strict new controls could threaten its prized Search engine, which generates most of the company's profits. "Any new controls need to avoid breaking Search in a way that leads to a fragmented or confusing experience for ...

Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 - Google is turning Chrome into something closer to a digital copilot. In the next wave of Gemini updates rolling out, Google on Wednesday revealed a set of new AI-powered features coming directly to its browser, aimed at reducing the frustrations of exploring the internet each day. Built on Gemini 3 , the updates introduce an always-available side panel, deeper app integrations, creative image tools and a new ...