Daily Robot News

January 17, 2026

Summary

AI Hardware Wars

Apple-Google deal sidelines ChatGPT on iPhone, TSMC reports record $16B profit from AI chip surge, SK hynix drops $13B on massive HBM memory plant

Energy & Climate

New York Governor Hochul wants 8GW nuclear fleet expansion, UK offshore wind beats gas prices by 40%, China and India cut coal power for first time since 1970s

Tesla Transitions

Tesla loses EV race but stock soars on robotaxi dreams, Musk kills one-time FSD purchases for subscription-only model starting February, BMW teases quad-motor electric M3 for 2027

In Other News

X stops Grok from undressing real people images, SpaceX preps first Starship launch from Cape Canaveral, Belgian startup Aikido Security hits unicorn status

Big companies team up to make AI trustworthy

Apple and Google team up to push ChatGPT off your iPhone

Computer brains CRACK advanced math

Countries racing to put computers in space

Tesla still winning

Caterpillar teams up to build self-driving bulldozers

New York doubles down nuclear

Robotaxis EVERYWHERE Except NYC

Robot learns talking

Grok AI STOPS making fake naked pictures after outrage

Meta building massive power plants for their computer brains

Chip maker TSMC made record profits thanks to AI demand

SK Hynix dropping $13 billion on massive memory chip plant as AI companies scramble for supplies

BMW claims their electric M3 will blow away anything they've made before

Britain just locked in wind power that costs 40% less than natural gas

Scientists found a way to make super-thin material that could print BETTER electronics

Hospitals quietly using connected data to save lives

Tesla's dropping the one-time purchase option for their self-driving car software, making it subscription only

This year ranks as one of the three hottest ever recorded while ocean temperatures keep climbing

Missiles got faster

NVIDIA brings better graphics to all gaming cards

Bendy screens just got way better

Judge blocks Trump energy cuts

Pentagon gives Grok classified access

China and India burned less coal last year than they have since the 1970s

Belgian security company just hit the billion-dollar mark and nobody saw it coming

Microsoft finally pulls the plug on that old Windows after 18 years

SpaceX slowly building launch pad for first Florida rocket test

Big computer warehouses power everything we love but nobody wants them nearby

New computer chip runs 3.5 times faster than the old top-of-the-line model

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