263 | We passed an inflection point, Claude Cowork + OpenClaw + Kimi 2.5 Agent Swarm, Skynet vibes 🤖 viral multi-agent social network, 167K job cuts, Dario Amodei sounds the alarm, and more can’t-miss AI news for the week ending on January 30, 2026

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Is your job—or your company—safe from the AI takeover?

This week marks an inflection point unlike anything we’ve seen before. Autonomous agents are building their own social networks, rewriting business workflows, and yes—possibly even conspiring about humans behind our backs.

If you're a business leader, buckle up. This isn't another hype cycle—it's the week AI actually changed everything.

In this high-stakes, no-fluff weekend news episode of Leveraging AI, host Isar Meitis shares a firsthand account of how Claude Cowork and OpenClaw aren't just new tools—they're the catalysts for an AI arms race that’s already underway across boardrooms, cloud platforms, and cubicles.

In this session, you’ll discover:

• Why this week was an inflection point for AI and business
• How Claude Cowork and agent swarms just redefined productivity
• OpenClaw: The viral AI agent that's out of the lab—and out of control
• AI agents create their own social network (yes, seriously)
• Microsoft's internal panic and what it tells us about the future
• AI-driven job losses in 2026: what’s happening and what’s next
• Why AI skills are now table stakes—not nice-to-haves
• Dario Amodei's warning: AI adolescence, autonomy, and existential risk
• Anthropic’s $18B revenue projection—and why it matters to you
• Why enterprise software is both a moat and a handcuff in the AI era
• ServiceNow, Claude, and the new normal of enterprise AI
• Inside OpenAI's $100B raise, ad plans, and battle with Claude
• Meta’s AI moonshot (and a $600B compute bet)
• Apple’s whisper tech, YouTube fights AI slop, and final takeaways

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