January 18, 2026 | 10 Big AI News: California vs xAI Deepfakes, Musk $134B Lawsuit & More!

Welcome back to Nullmicgo Channel! Today is January 18, 2026.

This episode covers ten major AI news stories, including California's cease and desist to xAI over explicit deepfakes, Elon Musk's $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, the global trust crisis driven by deepfakes, Flux 2 Small enabling AI image generation on consumer GPUs, agentic AI frameworks and tutorials, reverse engineering tools, and a hit documentary inside Google DeepMind.

⏰ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:30 Story 1: California AG vs xAI (Deepfake Cease & Desist)
04:15 Story 2: Elon Musk $134B Lawsuit Against OpenAI/Microsoft
07:00 Story 3: Global Deepfake Trust Crisis
09:30 Story 4: Flux 2 Small - AI on Consumer GPUs
12:00 Story 5: Bruce Schneier on Corporate Capture of Knowledge
14:30 Story 6: Self-Evaluating Agentic AI Tutorial
17:00 Story 7: Gollem - Go Framework for Agentic AI
19:00 Story 8: Reverse Engineering Binary Formats with AI
21:00 Story 9: Vertical SaaS and AI Impact
22:30 Story 10: Google DeepMind Documentary Hit Movie
24:00 Summary: Regulation, Trust Crisis, and AI Tools


📰 NEWS SOURCES & ORIGINAL LINKS



California AG sends cease and desist to xAI over Grok's explicit deepfakes
https://www.engadget.com/ai/californi...

Elon Musk is looking for a $134 billion payout from OpenAI and Microsoft
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/elo...

AI and Corporate Capture of Knowledge
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

Flux 2 Small, from BFL: AI image generation on consumer GPUs
https://the-decoder.com/flux-2-small-...

How to Build a Self-Evaluating Agentic AI System with LlamaIndex and OpenAI...
https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/01/...

Global trust crisis deepfakes AI
https://techfusiondaily.com/global-tr...

Has AI removed the appeal of vertical SaaS?
https://www.elliotcsmith.com/has-ai-r...

Reverse Engineering Binary File Formats with AI
https://blog.kiney.de/en/blog/binaerd...

A Hit Movie Set Deep Inside an AI Lab
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-de...

Show HN: Gollem – Go framework for agentic AI app with MCP and built-in tools
https://github.com/m-mizutani/gollem




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