Musk Seeks One Hundred Nine Billion. Claude Cowork File Leak. DeepSeek Turns to Nvidia Chips. Musk Seeks Billions from OpenAI and Microsoft.

The AI news for January 18th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: Elon Musk demands 109 billion US dollars from OpenAI. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Elon-Musk-fordert-109-Milliarden-US-Dollar-von-OpenAI-11144834.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag Anthropics' new AI system 'Cowork' struggles shortly after launch with a known security vulnerability. Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropics-neues-ki-system-cowork-kaempft-kurz-nach-start-mit-bekannten-sicherheitsluecken/ Deepseek had to resort to NVIDIA chips for the new model. Source: https://the-decoder.de/deepseek-musste-bei-neuem-modell-auf-nvidia-chips-zurueckgreifen/ Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/17/musk-wants-up-to-134b-in-openai-lawsuit-despite-700b-fortune/