AI Reading for Friday January 17

Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm after complaints about boosting far right - FT

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Apple disables news summaries, adds disclaimer that other summaries like messages are beta - 9to5Mac

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The IT job market is still shrinking and you can keep blaming AI - The Register

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Maybe OpenAI is using GPT-5 internally to generate synthetic data to bootstrap training its next version. - The Algorithmic Bridge

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Another Chinese model, Step-2-16K, debuts at #7 in Chatbot Arena. Statistically tied with DeepSeek which beats everything but Google and OpenAI, but doesn't seem to be open source. Chatbot Arena

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Mira Murati's AI startup has poached about 10 researchers and engineers from big AI firms, including former OpenAI Head of Special Projects Jonathan Lachman - WIRED

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Can compliance AI in finance learn to decipher trader jargon? - WSJ

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BCI lets patients move and feel sense of touch in bionic limbs. - Interesting Engineering

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Microsoft's lessons learned in AI security, like fixing your leaky roof or cybersecurity vulnerabilities, will never be a fully solved problem, bad stuff and bad guys always find a new way. - The Register

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Microsoft hikes consumer Office prices to pay for AI features no one asked for - Bloomberg

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Is AI making us dumber? - Tech.co

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You can now fine-tune your own custom version of text-to-image AI model Flux with just 5 example images - VentureBeat

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Autonomous aircraft company building the world's best AI fighter pilot raises at $5b valuation - FT

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Suchir Balaji's mom tells Tucker Carlson that OpenAI killed her son. Musk says it's extremely concerning. Terminology he usually reserves for declining white birth rates so you know it's serious. - Mashable India

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FTC refers to the DOJ complaints about Snap AI that told kids how to hide signs of drug and alcohol use - CNBC

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The UK's AI Safety Institute - TIME

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Agents, robots, and company culture - ZDNET

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