Google now owns an estimated two-thirds of the worldwide search engine market and 90 percent in the U.S.—but maybe not for long.
Category: TRENDS IN AI – Jan 13 2026
AI WILL REPLACE 200,000 EUROPEAN BANK WORKERS BY 2030
Over the next four years, European banks could replace as many as 200,000 employees—about 10 percent of their payrolls—as more people bank online and the banks close branches to cut costs, Morgan Stanley analysts have forecasted after interviewing executives at 35 institutions.
DEEPSEEK REPORTS AI TRAINING BREAKTHROUGH
In a newly published paper, Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has detailed a new approach to training AI models it calls “Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections.” The method allows training larger and larger AIs while reducing needed computer time and, therefore, energy consumption.
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM ENTERS THE CLOUD BUSINESS
Brookfield Corp., the parent of Brookfield Asset Management, is entering the AI cloud business and will lease time on data centers’ chips and servers to model developers.
CHINA REQUIRES 50-PERCENT DOMESTIC CONTENT IN AI HARDWARE
From now on, Chinese AI developers adding chips, data centers, or other related hardware must source at least half of those products from Chinese providers, according to a new rule from Beijing.
AI BRIEFS
Chinese officials have issued a draft regulation that tightens restrictions on AIs that would mimic human personalities and engage users in emotional relationships.





