This is the City’s message for Davos January 19, 2026 The UK is committed to advancing shared priorities at the World Economic Forum, showcasing the City of London’s role as a leading global financial centre through key policy initiatives, leadership in green finance and AI, and significant economic contributions to the country, says Chris Hayward As 2026 gets underway, geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty continue [...]
AI-Powered Creator Monetisation Platform, Fanvue, Hits $100m Run Rate and Raises $22m Series A Investment – as Leading Global Creators Rush to Join the Platform January 19, 2026 Fanvue, the AI-powered creator monetisation platform with a $100m-plus run rate, has announced a $22m Series A investment round. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260112458975/en/ Fanvue has bet big on AI-powered tools changing the face of an industry estimated to be worth over $500B by 2030. The platform, which recently [...]
ChatGPT to trial adverts for some users for the first time January 17, 2026 Online AI tool ChatGPT will begin to show users adverts for the first time, as it looks to recover from financial losses. Open AI, the bot’s developer, said it would start displaying adverts in the coming weeks based on what people ask ChatGPT as well as personal data the tool stores on users. Relevant ads [...]
Musk-Altman rift widens as judge approves court battle January 16, 2026 OpenAI and Microsoft have lost their final bid to avoid a courtroom battle with Elon Musk, with a US judge ruling that the Tesla and xAI founder can proceed to trial over claims that the start-up breached its original charitable mission. The case, set for a jury trial in late April at the District Court [...]
Big Tech wants to access your health records January 16, 2026 OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT Health this month is set to capitalise a behavioural pattern that has already taken hold. Millions of people use AI chatbots to make sense of symptoms, test results and medical jargon, often even before speaking to a qualified clinician. The difference is that now, as of just last week, the technology [...]
Sadiq Khan’s AI fearmongering will set London back January 16, 2026 Sadiq Khan's warnings about AI has made London look like a city anxious, rather than ambitious, about AI, and investors will take note.
HOLYWATER Raises Record $22 Million to Turn Microdramas into Mainstream Entertainment in the U.S. January 16, 2026 The financing marks the largest confirmed funding round in the emerging microdrama market outside of Asia, cementing HOLYWATER as the category leader among Western players in an $11 billion global market.
Cloudflare Strengthens Content Offering to AI Companies with Acquisition of Human Native January 16, 2026 Acquisition will help create a new business model for the Internet by transforming original content into high-quality, AI-ready data and facilitating transparent value exchange in the AI era
Rising Fraud Puts Half of UK Retailers at Risk of Closing or Scaling Back in 2026, New Research From payabl. Finds January 16, 2026 Rising fraud is putting significant pressure on UK retailers, with half of businesses at risk of closing or scaling back in the year ahead, new research finds. The research from leading European financial technology provider payabl.’s Fraud in Europe report shows that the impact of fraud on retailer operations, margins and customer trust has become [...]
Morningstar Launches First Pure-Play Generative AI Index January 16, 2026 New perpetual benchmark tracks the performance of pure-play private companies driving GenAI innovation across the corporate lifecycle.