This Week in Tech 1067

Claude isn’t just the hottest name in AI right now—it's quietly ushering in a wave of ultra-personalized, vibe-coded software that could transform how we build and use tech in 2026. Find out why coders and normies alike are obsessed and what’s coming next.

• Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files
• Behind the Curtain: The AI future has arrived
• Our Algorithmic Grey-Beige World
• Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune
• Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
• I asked Grok's AI to undress me after X's new limits. It's still easy on the app.
• Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes
• Instagram says it fixed the issue that sent password reset emails
• Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals
• French Court Orders Popular VPNs to Block More Pirate Sites, Despite Opposition
• Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia's New Social Media Ban
• TikTok has quietly launched a new micro drama app called PineDrama as the category picks up steam in the US
• Creator income inequality is rising as top influencers rake in big paydays from brands
• Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
• Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump's proposed cuts
• Pentagon Device Linked To Havana Syndrome
• Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it
• Amazon is buying copper harvested by bacteria for its data centers
• ‘Are You Dead?’ is now the top paid App Store app in China
• Danish dev delights kid by turning floppy drive into easy TV remote
• Cinemark will fill almost anything with popcorn this weekend—but there’s a catch
• Happy Birthday, Wikipedia: We need you now more than ever
• Pluralistic: The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification (17 Jan 2026)

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Links

• Contagious Claude Code bug Anthropic ignored promptly spreads to Cowork
• Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files
• Behind the Curtain: The AI future has arrived
• Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
• I asked Grok's AI to undress me after X's new limits. It's still easy on the app.
• X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t
• Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes
• Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune
• Instagram says it fixed the issue that sent password reset emails
• Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals
• French Court Orders Popular VPNs to Block More Pirate Sites, Despite Opposition
• Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia's New Social Media Ban
• Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump's proposed cuts
• Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
• Creator income inequality is rising as top influencers rake in big paydays from brands
• TikTok has quietly launched a new micro drama app called PineDrama as the category picks up steam in the US
• Pentagon Device Linked To Havana Syndrome
• Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it
• Amazon is buying copper harvested by bacteria for its data centers
• ‘Are You Dead?’ is now the top paid App Store app in China
• Danish dev delights kid by turning floppy drive into easy TV remote
• Cinemark will fill almost anything with popcorn this weekend—but there’s a catch
• Happy Birthday, Wikipedia: We need you now more than ever
• Pluralistic: The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification (17 Jan 2026)
• Our Algorithmic Grey-Beige World