January 12, 2026

Welcome to AI Insider’s The Week Ahead in AI. See the key developments and events we’re watching Jan. 11-Jan. 17. Weekend AI News Briefs OpenAI

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Apella, a health technology company, announced it raised $80 million in Series B equity and venture debt. The round was

Google has removed AI Overviews from search results for certain health-related queries after an investigation by The Guardian raised concerns about potentially misleading information generated

OpenAI is reportedly asking third-party contractors to upload examples of real work produced in past and current jobs as part of an effort to generate

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Cloudforce, a Maryland-based frontier AI firm, announced the closing of a $10 million Series A funding round led by Owl

Belgium-based legaltech startup Alice has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI-powered platform designed to manage the full lifecycle of legal casework.

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