The Petersburg Post

Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 - Google AI lets you explore any virtual world you can dream up instantly Google's just begun opening up access to an AI model I can actually get behind. This one lets you generate a virtual world of any kind and travel through it with a vehicle or character like in a video game – all with text prompts or images you upload. That could be a spaceship flying over an alien planet, a blimp over a European city set ...

Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 - Just hours before its after-the-bell Q4 earnings call Wednesday (Jan. 28), it was common to see a headline calling for Meta to defend and maybe even trim its artificial intelligence (AI) spending. "Meta to Report Q4 Earnings Amid AI Spending Concerns" was typical. But there was at least one person who didn't share those concerns and apparently didn't even get the post. "I think my answers to a lot of your questions ...