{"id":24574,"date":"2026-02-01T03:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=24574"},"modified":"2026-02-01T03:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:08:36","slug":"this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-january-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=24574","title":{"rendered":"This Week\u2019s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-blocks-60\">\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-artificial-intelligence\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/artificial-intelligence\/\">ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/logical-intelligence-yann-lecun-startup-chart-new-course-agi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>A Yann LeCun\u2013Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI<\/strong><\/a><em>Joel Khalili | Wired ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because the world\u2019s largest corporations pour tons of of billions of {dollars} into massive language fashions, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is making an attempt one thing totally different in pursuit of AI that may mimic the human mind. &#8230;The highway to AGI, Bodnia contends, begins with the layering of those various kinds of AI: LLMs will interface with people in pure language, EBMs will take up reasoning duties, whereas world fashions will assist robots take motion in 3D area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-artificial-intelligence-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/artificial-intelligence\/\">ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2026\/01\/google-project-genie-lets-you-create-interactive-worlds-from-a-photo-or-prompt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Google Project Genie Lets You Create Interactive Worlds From a Photo or Prompt<\/strong><\/a><em>Ryan Whitwam | Ars Technica<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;World fashions are precisely what they sound like\u2014an AI that generates a dynamic setting on the fly. &#8230;The system first generates a nonetheless picture, and from you could generate the world. That is what Google calls &#8216;world sketching.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-biotechnology\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/biotechnology\/\">Biotechnology<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/01\/27\/1131796\/the-first-human-test-of-a-rejuvenation-method-will-begin-shortly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The First Human Test of a Rejuvenation Method Will Begin &#8216;Shortly&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><em>Antonio Regalado | MIT Expertise Evaluate ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Life Biosciences] plans to attempt to deal with eye illness with a radical rejuvenation idea known as &#8216;reprogramming&#8217; that has lately attracted tons of of tens of millions in funding for Silicon Valley companies like Altos Labs, New Restrict, and Retro Biosciences, backed by lots of the greatest names in tech.\u00a0The method makes an attempt to revive cells to a more healthy state by broadly resetting their epigenetic controls\u2014switches on our genes that decide that are turned on and off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-future\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/future\/\">Future<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/profile-of-morgan-stanley-adam-jonas-robot-strategist-42ffcc6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Wall Street Star Betting His Reputation on Robots and Flying Cars<\/strong><\/a><em>Becky Peterson | The Wall Road Journal ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jonas will information the financial institution\u2019s shoppers on what he\u2019s calling the &#8216;Cambrian explosion of bots&#8217;\u2014a time within the not-so-distant-future by which absolutely autonomous autos, drones, humanoids and industrial robots develop massive sufficient in inhabitants to rival the human race. His concept is misleading in its simplicity: Something that may be automated might be automated, he says, even people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-space\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/space\/\">Space<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/exoplanets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mapping 6,000 Worlds: The New Era of Exoplanetary Data<\/strong><\/a><em>Eliza Strickland | IEEE Spectrum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Astronomers can now] examine planet sizes, lots, and compositions; observe how tightly planets orbit their stars; and measure the prevalence of various sorts of planetary techniques. These statistics enable astronomers to estimate how ceaselessly planets kind, and to start out making knowledgeable guesses about how usually situations come up that might assist life. The Drake Equation makes use of such estimates to sort out one in all humanity\u2019s most profound questions: Are we alone within the universe?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-future\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/future\/\">Future<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/01\/27\/1131780\/stratospheric-internet-take-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stratospheric Internet Could Finally Start Taking Off This Year<\/strong><\/a><em>Tereza Pultarova | MIT Expertise Evaluate ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right this moment, an estimated 2.2 billion individuals nonetheless have both restricted or no entry to the web, largely as a result of they reside in distant locations. However that quantity may drop this yr, due to exams of stratospheric airships, uncrewed plane, and different high-altitude platforms for web supply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-blocks-40\">\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-robotics\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/robotics\/\">Robotics<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/869994\/waymo-robotaxi-hits-child-school-santa-monica-nhtsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near a School, Causing Minor Injuries<\/strong><\/a><em>Andrew J. Hawkins | The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a weblog submit, Waymo stated its automobile was touring at 17mph when its autonomous system detected the kid after which &#8216;braked laborious,&#8217; lowering its pace to 6mph earlier than &#8216;contact was made.&#8217; The kid &#8216;stood up instantly, walked to the sidewalk,&#8217; and Waymo stated it known as 911. &#8216;The automobile moved to the facet of the highway, and stayed there till legislation enforcement cleared the automobile to go away the scene,&#8217; it stated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-artificial-intelligence-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/artificial-intelligence\/\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/ex-openai-researchers-startup-targets-1-billion-funding-develop-new-type-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ex-OpenAI Researcher\u2019s Startup Targets Up to $1 Billion in Funding to Develop a New Type of AI<\/strong><\/a><em>Stephanie Palazzolo and Wayne Ma | The Data ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Jerry] Tworek represents a small however rising group of AI researchers who\u00a0imagine the sphere wants an overhaul\u00a0as a result of as we speak\u2019s hottest mannequin improvement strategies appear unlikely to have the ability to develop superior AI that may obtain main breakthroughs in biology, medication and different fields whereas additionally managing to keep away from foolish errors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-robotics-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/category\/robotics\/\">Robotics<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theinformation.com\/briefings\/waymos-price-premium-lyft-uber-closing-report-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Waymo\u2019s Price Premium To Lyft and Uber Is Closing, Report Finds<\/strong><\/a><em>Anita Ramaswamy | The Data ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The typical value\u00a0to journey in Waymo\u2019s robotaxis has dropped by 3.6% since March to $19.69 per journey, in line with a brand new report by ride-hailing analytics agency Obi. 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