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Davos Headlines Kristalina GeorgievaIMF40% of jobs "touched by AI," labor market "tsunami" Dario AmodeiAnthropicAI will replace all developers in 1 year, Nobel-level science in 2 years Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMindAGI has 50% chance within decade, current systems "nowhere near" human-level Satya NadellaMicrosoftEnergy costs, not model quality, will determine AI winners Donald TrumpU.S. President300GW nuclear capacity target by 2030 Jensen HuangNVIDIARobotics is "once-in-lifetime opportunity" for Europe Yuval Noah HarariPhilosopherWarning about AI manipulation potential Big Tech News OpenAI Consumer Device Confirmed for H2 2026 launch Likely screenless, possibly wearable Healthcare applications following Torch Health acquisition Thinking Machines Crisis Three co-founders left: Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, Sam Schoenholz All returned to OpenAI Murati fired Zoph citing "unethical conduct" $12B startup facing existential talent crisis Lightricks LTX-2 Launch Audio-to-video generation with ElevenLabs partnership Audio becomes control layer for video generation 4K/50fps output capability Open-source with complete training code API access launched January 27 Energy and Infrastructure Data center power: 55GW current → 84GW by 2028 (Goldman Sachs) Trump targeting 300GW new nuclear by 2030 Nadella: "Tokens are new commodity" Energy costs = AI competitive advantage Labor Market Data SourceFindingIMF40% of jobs touched by AIBCG AI Radar50% of CEOs believe jobs depend on AI successMcKinseyTwo-thirds haven't scaled AI enterprise-wideMicrosoft ResearchFinance, legal, software engineering most exposedGartner$1.5 trillion invested in AI in 2025 Product Launches ProductCompanyCapabilityLTX-2 Audio-to-VideoLightricks + ElevenLabsGenerate video from audio controlChat with PDFAdobe AcrobatPrompt-based PDF editing and summariesReal Talk + VideoMicrosoft CopilotHuman-like conversation, video generationClaude in ChromeAnthropicBrowser extension for in-page AI assistanceAuth0 for AI AgentsAuth0Identity management for AI agentsScroll AIScrollKnowledge base to AI expert conversion LTX-2 Technical Highlights Architecture: 14B parameter video stream 5B parameter audio stream Cross-attention for synchronization Single diffusion pass generation Capabilities: 4K/50fps output 10-20 second clips LoRA fine-tuning in under 1 hour Audio-first control paradigm Open Source: Complete training code released Architecture documentation Community fine-tuning enabled Key Takeaways for Leaders Workforce transformation is urgent (40% jobs affected) Energy strategy is AI strategy (tokens as commodity) AI startup ecosystem is volatile (talent wars) New form factors coming (OpenAI device H2 2026) Audio-video generation is production-ready (LTX-2) ROI pressure is real (2/3 failing to scale) AI safety includes manipulation risks (Harari warning) People Mentioned Kristalina Georgieva (IMF Managing Director) Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO) Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind CEO) Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO) Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO) Donald Trump (U.S. President) Mira Murati (Thinking Machines CEO, former OpenAI CTO) Chris Lehane (OpenAI Chief Global Affairs Officer) Yuval Noah Harari (Philosopher) Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, Sam Schoenholz (former Thinking Machines) Companies Mentioned OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta, Thinking Machines, Lightricks, ElevenLabs, Adobe, Auth0, Scroll AI, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Runway, Pika Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.