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14 January 2026

IMF Urges AI Worker Support

The IMF has urged governments to increase support for workers, citing analysis that AI is negatively impacting wages and employment in specific sectors, introducing a new governmental obligation.

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13 January 2026

AI Healthcare Product Launches

OpenAI and Anthropic have launched new healthcare-focused AI products, increasing the operational burden on IT, procurement, and compliance teams to evaluate and integrate these specialized tools while ensuring data security and regulatory adherence.

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13 January 2026

ElevenLabs Voice AI Revenue Growth

Voice AI startup ElevenLabs reported reaching $330 million in Annual Recurring Revenue, demonstrating significant financial growth within five months. This rapid expansion highlights the increasing market adoption of advanced voice AI technologies.

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13 January 2026

Microsoft Data Centre Energy Pledge

Microsoft has publicly committed to addressing the electricity demand of its data centres, acknowledging political pressure over AI's energy consumption and introducing new financial and operational obligations for managing environmental costs.

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13 January 2026

Salesforce Slackbot AI Agent

Salesforce has launched an AI agent version of Slackbot, enabling users to execute tasks across various enterprise applications directly from Slack. This development introduces a new operational dependency and increases the oversight burden for IT security and compliance teams regarding cross-platform actions.

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13 January 2026

Deepgram Funding, Startup Acquisition

Deepgram has secured $130 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation and simultaneously acquired a Y Combinator-backed AI startup. This move significantly expands Deepgram's capital and operational footprint, introducing new integration and oversight requirements.

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13 January 2026

Brazil WhatsApp API Policy Suspension

Brazil's competition watchdog ordered Meta to suspend its WhatsApp policy banning third-party AI chatbots from its business API, temporarily removing Meta's control over external AI integrations and initiating an anti-competition investigation.

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13 January 2026

Converge Bio Secures Series A

AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio has successfully raised $25 million in Series A funding, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and supported by executives from Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz, significantly boosting its financial resources.

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13 January 2026

DeepSeek AI Global Adoption

Microsoft research indicates rapid global adoption of DeepSeek's AI technology, particularly in Africa, signifying a shift in AI solution prevalence outside Western markets. This introduces new operational dependencies and challenges existing due diligence processes for AI integration.

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13 January 2026

Amazon Acquires Bee AI Wearable

Amazon's acquisition of the AI wearable Bee introduces a new hardware component into its ecosystem, creating new operational dependencies and increasing oversight burdens for various internal functions.

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