AI News Jan 22, 2026: Disinformation Swarms, Grok Scandal, & Google's Personal AI |

🚨 BREAKING: Today's AI news is explosive. From AI-powered disinformation attacks on democracy to Grok generating millions of sexualized images, plus Google's controversial Personal Intelligence feature. Here's everything you need to know.

📰 STORIES COVERED:

0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - Story 1: AI Disinformation Swarms Targeting Democracy (Wired)
3:20 - Story 2 & 4: Google's Personal Intelligence - Gmail & Photos Integration (Ars Technica, Google AI Blog)
6:15 - Story 3: OpenAI Scales PostgreSQL for 800M ChatGPT Users (OpenAI Blog)
8:30 - Story 5-7: Grok's Massive Sexualized Image Scandal (Mashable, Engadget, Ars Technica)
12:45 - Story 8: eBay Bans AI Shopping Agents (Ars Technica)
14:20 - Story 9: Google's Free SAT Prep with Gemini (Ars Technica)
15:45 - Story 10: Microsoft's VibeVoice-ASR for 60-Min Audio (MarkTechPost)
16:00 - Big Picture Analysis

🔗 SOURCES:
• Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-powere...
• Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/0...
• OpenAI Blog: https://openai.com/index/scaling-post...
• Google AI Blog: https://blog.google/products-and-plat...
• Mashable: https://mashable.com/article/grok-sex...
• Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/ai/grok-gene...
• MarkTechPost: https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/01/...

💬 DISCUSSION:
Which story do you think will matter most in 2 years?
The safety failures (Grok scandal)
The personalization push (Google Personal Intelligence)
The infrastructure breakthroughs (OpenAI, Microsoft)

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