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AI Daily Briefing 2026/1/19

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Today’s Digest

Colossus 2 Supercomputer with 1GW operational, serving Grok training
VerseCrafter uses 3D Gaussian Trajectories to control 4D video generation
Sequoia says AGI is here; agents complete hiring in 31 minutes
Google engineer warns AI causes 9% drop in junior developer jobs
Open-source hot topics include nautilus_trader and langextract

Product & Feature Updates

1. Musk’s Colossus 2 Supercomputer Officially Operational. Musk’s Colossus 2 Supercomputer is officially up and running! This “city-level” computing factory in Memphis, the world’s first GW-scale supercomputing cluster, packs a whopping 1GW of power – that’s like a nuclear power plant! Musk let slip that it’ll hit 1.5GW by April, eventually targeting 2GW. A Full Report (AI News) spilled the beans: all that power is for Grok training, paving the way for the rumored 6-trillion-parameter Grok 5. Mind blown! 🤯

2. VerseCrafter Achieves Precise 4D Control. VerseCrafter achieves precise 4D control! Fudan University, teaming up with Tencent ARC Lab, just dropped the VerseCrafter Video World Model (AI News) . This bad boy can precisely control camera movements AND multiple object 3D trajectories all at once. It uses 3D Gaussian Trajectories to encode motion, combined with a frozen Wan2.1 backbone network, delivering seriously SOTA results. The crew also cooked up a massive VerseControl4D dataset with 35,000 training clips. Talk about a breakthrough! ✨

Cutting-Edge Research

1. Sequoia Partners Declare AGI Is Here. Sequoia Partners Pat Grady and Sonya Huang declare AGI is here! In an article, they just dropped a bombshell, defining AGI as “the ability to figure things out.” And guess what? Long-Cycle Agents (AI News) already have this superpower! They even gave an example: an agent totally aced an entire hiring process in a mere 31 minutes. If capabilities keep doubling every 7 months, they’re predicting agents could crank out an expert’s full day of work by 2028. Wild! 🤯
   
   

Industry Outlook & Social Impact

1. Google Engineer Raises 5 Harsh Questions. Google Engineer Addy Osmani throws down 5 brutal questions in an article diving into the Future of Software Engineering (AI News) . Harvard research reveals a grim truth: junior developer employment plunged by 9% after companies jumped on generative AI. Big tech’s fresh grad hiring has even been cut in half over three years. Osmani’s advice? Junior devs gotta prove “themselves + AI” can go head-to-head with a small team, while senior devs need to level up as system orchestrators. Food for thought! 🤔

2. US Residents May Face Blackouts Due to Data Centers. US residents might be facing blackouts, all thanks to data centers! The Wall Street Journal (AI News) reports that grid operator PJM is predicting rolling power outages this summer. Why? Data center demand is skyrocketing by 4.8% annually, and new power plants just can’t keep pace. Big players like Amazon and Google are fuming, slamming proposed power restrictions as “discriminatory.” Meanwhile, xAI is already ahead of the game, having deployed 168 Tesla Megapacks to buffer its own power draw. Yikes! ⚡

Top Open Source Projects

1. nautilus_trader: A High-Performance Trading Platform. nautilus_trader: A high-performance trading platform. This event-driven Algorithmic Trading & Backtesting System (AI News) has already racked up ⭐17.3k stars. It’s a sweet spot for quantitative trading developers. Go check it out! 📈

2. langextract: A Library for Structured Information Extraction. langextract: A library for structured information extraction. This open-source Python Library (AI News) from Google uses LLMs to pull structured data from messy, unstructured text. It even supports super precise source tracing and interactive visualization, boasting a cool ⭐21.8k stars. Super handy! ✨

3. VoxCPM: Tokenizer-Free Speech Synthesis. VoxCPM: Tokenizer-free speech synthesis. OpenBMB just dropped this Speech Generation Model (AI News) , which totally nails context-aware synthesis and realistic voice cloning. It’s got ⭐3.9k stars. Sounds awesome! 🎤

4. LEANN: RAG for Everything. LEANN: RAG for everything. You can run private Private RAG Applications (AI News) right on your personal devices, saving a massive 97% storage while being lightning fast and accurate. It’s already scored ⭐8.8k stars. Pretty sweet, right? 🚀

5. cupp: A User Password Profiling Tool. cupp: A user password profiling tool. This classic Password Dictionary Generator (AI News) is an absolute must-have for any security researcher worth their salt. It’s got ⭐5.4k stars. Essential toolkit stuff! 🔒

Social Media Shares

1. Baoyu Talks About the Dividends and Barriers of Skills. Baoyu talks about the dividends and barriers of Skills. In a Baoyu’s Tweet (AI News) , he breaks down three stages of AI development: Prompt → Context Engineering → Skills. He argues that Skills offer both short-term gains and long-term moats, but the real barrier is accumulated capability, not just the format itself. Deep stuff! 🧠

2. wwwgoubuli Anticipates the Separation of Knowledge and Ability. wwwgoubuli anticipates the separation of knowledge and ability. A Tweet (AI News) points out that the current coding frenzy is basically “rote memorization of code.” He’s hoping for a deeper split between knowledge and ability by 2026, maybe even kicking off with Deepseek. Game-changer? 🚀

3. Mickey Mai Analyzes Lovart’s Promotional Psychology. Mickey Mai analyzes Lovart’s promotional psychology. A Jike Post (AI News) dissects the psychology behind promotional pop-up designs: loss aversion, urgency, reciprocity, and the Von Restorff effect. It’s a total masterclass in commercialization, seriously! 🤯

4. Xiangyang Qiaomu Shares a Writing Style Extraction Method. Xiangyang Qiaomu shares a writing style extraction method. In a Tweet (AI News) , he spills the beans on how to extract DAN KOE’s writing style: copy multiple articles, let AI summarize them, then generate writing prompts, and keep testing and optimizing. Smart hack! ✍️

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