Social•Jan 21, 2026
AI Learns Transferable Skills Through Simple Video Games
can you learn generalizable skills playing video games? can AI? great article from @antimlabs on their experiments training AI by having them play flappy birds, snake, and more.
By Yohei Nakajima
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Alignment, Not Accuracy, Determines AI System Success
A system can be incredibly accurate and still be wrong for your goals. Because correctness that matters isn’t a mathematical property - it’s a purpose property. If you define the system’s purpose poorly, it will confidently produce the wrong thing at scale. That’s...
By Cassie Kozyrkov
Social•Jan 21, 2026
OHB SE Lifts 3‑year Outlook, Targets €2B
.@OHB_SE raises 3-year rev, profit forecast on @esa ministerial results and @DLR_en's contribution, and both German and @defis_eu planned milspace spending. Subsidiaries in multiple EU nations will help reach goal of > EUR 2B ($2.34B) in 2028. https://t.co/nW8I92dibn https://t.co/HNu4XOpDYU
By Peter B. de Selding
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Real AI Value Lies in Unglamorous, Time‑Bleeding Work
Enterprise AI strategy is backwards. Most people are focusing on Chief AI Officers and pilot programs, when the real value is in the unglamorous work where organizations bleed time. More thoughts:
By Reid Hoffman
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Differentiable Simulation Enables Real‑World Quadruped Locomotion
Can differentiable simulation actually work for real robot locomotion? This work answers that with a rare yes❗️ The core problem has always been contact. Soft contact models give smooth gradients but break realism. Hard contact models are realistic but kill optimization due to discontinuities. This...
By Ilir Aliu
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Copywriting Works When You Tap Human Emotions
Effective copywriting isn’t about clever words. It’s about understanding human emotion. Once you know what drives people, you can write copy that actually moves them to act. Clayton Makepeace broke this down into 16 dominant emotions. Bookmark this and use it as a reference....
By Chase Dimond
Social•Jan 21, 2026
AI Agent Washing: Deceptive Risk Businesses Must Spot
What is AI Agent Washing — And Why Is It a Risk to Businesses? Not all AI agents are built equal: this article explores “AI agent washing”, why it’s deceptive — and why businesses need to watch out. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/efrE8jAq #AI...
By Bernard Marr
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Upsell & Cross‑sell Boost M&A Valuation
As a SaaS company, the benefits of being able to up-sell or cross-sell a customer go beyond just growing your revenue base. When the time comes to start conversations with strategic buyers or investors, your ability to grow the average contract...
By Michael Lyon
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Weak Robots Still Pose Harm—Missing Stop Button
Is there no stop button for these robots? I get they’re fairly weak, but they can still hurt you.
By Brad Porter
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Harvard Classroom Refines My Scaling Framework, Benefits All
Teaching at Harvard Business School has been one of the toughest and most rewarding experiences of my career. I’ve been in some tricky startup boardrooms before, but the rigor it takes to work with HBS students is next level. When you’re in...
By Mark Roberge
Social•Jan 21, 2026
SEO Visibility Spikes for Entertainment Title Pages
Interesting trend: There was recently an uptick in SEO visibility among these similar page types (@sistrix): - IMDB movie titles - Spotify track pages - Netflix movie titles - Spotify artist pages - Rotten Tomatoes movie pages - Goodreads book titles https://t.co/lyQjJf6ds1
By Lily Ray
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Three Essentials for High‑Speed Pick‑and‑Place Automation
🧿💯 To have a high-speed pick-and-place feeding system, you need three determining factors: the right detection system, the right robot, and the right gripper . How is your opinion about it ? #automation #industry #robotic #gripper
By Amir Sanatkar
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Boost AI Search Visibility Using SME-Driven Article Updates
Improve AI Search Visibility by Updating Your Articles with These SME Questions https://t.co/3eiulkRccS via @LinkedIn
By A. Lee Judge
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Treating Top and Low Performers Differently Sends Harmful Message
Small talk with your top performers: fun and bonding Small talk with low performers: brutal
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Jan 21, 2026
LLMs Pull Google’s Dynamically Rewritten Meta Descriptions
If ChatGPT (and other LLMs) are retrieving snippets from Google's search results, they aren't retrieving exact meta descriptions; they are retrieving whatever Google dynamically re-wrote the meta description to based on the query. 2020 study from @ahrefs: https://t.co/q8OMGtt50k
By Lily Ray
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Categories Are Buyer‑Defined; Demand Remains Finite
Categories are largely artificial constructs, and often quite subjective and fluid to buyers, changing over time and even in individual buying situations. What we get compared to to by a buyer is not up to us, and isn't decided by us....
By Liam Moroney
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Simplify, Focus, and Clarify: The Real Marketing Breakthrough
Every marketer wants a breakthrough. Here’s what they usually need instead: • To tighten the copy • To sharpen the CTA • To simplify the funnel • To remove the distractions • To say what they really mean You need to stop overcomplicating what should be obvious.
By Kody Nordquist
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Crafting the Shortest
random thoughts on building this prompting game... one challenge is that every challenge so far has been solved in 1-3 characters. since i was using the same model to generate AND guess the random phrase, it was REALLY good at...
By Yohei Nakajima
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Stay Unc: Blend Kids' Energy with Business Mastery
Being unc in business is great You get to show up, hang with the kids and learn some cool shit, teach them some important lessons and then bounce back to your own ecosystem Let me explain… Most “DTC” people are 30+ Most of these...
By Zach Stuck
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Enterprise AI Shifts From Pilots to Trusted Production
Davos 2026 made one thing clear. Enterprise AI has moved past demos and drafts. At the World Economic Forum, the focus shifted to agents that reason, orchestrate workflows, and act inside real systems. From Salesforce’s EVA concierge to firms automating large...
By Spiros Margaris
Social•Jan 21, 2026
AI Fuels Buggy Bounty Incentives; cURL Exits to Reset
AI was the accelerant on a perverse incentive fire sparked by bug bounty platforms that reward spray & pray. Both open source & orgs without dedicated vuln response teams get overloaded when they offer cash there. cURL is right to...
By Katie Moussouris
Social•Jan 21, 2026
RB2B Works Only for Established Outbound B2B SaaS
RB2B will be a waste of time and money for you IF: 1. You’ve never done outbound successfully We get people who come in super excited with big inbound machines. “This is going to be my next growth channel.” If you don’t...
By Adam Robinson
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Data Isn't Enough; Clarity Drives Mid-Market Growth
If dashboards were enough, every mid-market B2B company would sail past $30M ARR. They don't. 😬 Not because they lack data, tools, or smart people. They stall because no one can agree on what the data actually means. 👈 EXAMPLE: Three executives. Same...
By Anna Furmanov
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Create an AI‑Powered CRM in Just 20 Minutes
How to vibecode your own AI CRM in only 20 minutes with Claude ⤵️ We all need a personal CRM, whether we're managing sales, vendors, candidates, customers, investors, or partners. Yet most of us don't want to deal with the...
By Kyle Poyar
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Six‑Step Blueprint for Predictable SaaS Growth
How I’d build a predictable SaaS growth pipeline if I had to start from scratch: (It’s the same 6-stage process we’ve used with 100+ B2B SaaS teams) 1. Attract the right people. You need to get in front of prospects who actually have...
By devbasu
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Highly Cited Cancer AI Models Rarely Reach Patients
1/ Your cancer prediction model has 1,000 citations, but It's never been used on a patient. "Some models are wrong, yours are useless." A Cambridge researcher analyzed why most clinical AI tools die in academic journals instead of helping people. https://t.co/mIXS32qDr3
By Ming Tang
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Auditors Can Cut Report Time Tenfold with AI
ai skill gap: auditors need 4 weeks to produce an audit report when they could smash it out 10x faster by using @V7Labs
By Nathan Benaich
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Leadership Lessons Hide in Non‑Business Books
Top leaders say the stories that shape how they lead—books about humanity, courage, and connection—aren't found in the business section. 👉 Here are 5 life-changing reads that aren’t actually leadership books: https://lnkd.in/eZ99xnHH
By Simon Sinek
Social•Jan 21, 2026
German TEC to Acquire UK Launch Startup Orbex
Germany's The Exploration Co (TEC) signs LoI to buy UK launch startup @orbexspace. TEC's building LEO Cargo Return Service for @esa & is 'expanding through the space transportation value chain (launcher, in-space defense, and lunar transportation),' co says. @spacegovuk @DLR....
By Peter B. de Selding
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Essential Steps for 2026 Generative Engine Optimization
I took my time spent hours bantering with Claude to help me shape my playbook on Generative Engine Optimization for 2026. This is what I got: 1) Find if your customers are there 2) Make better prompts to track 3) Audit how much of...
By Wil Reynolds
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Banks Overlook Billion-Dollar Fraud Crisis
[New Episode] The Billion Dollar Fraud Crisis Most Banks Are Missing. With @shanthi_peace, CEO of Casap. Watch the latest episode now: https://t.co/aCTj9YH63K https://t.co/dJky1nDo6a
By Jim Marous
Social•Jan 21, 2026
We Move On After Campaigns Because We’re Constantly Fighting Fires
I conducted a poll yesterday and asked all of you what happens when a campaign ends. The results are not surprising (the majority of us just move on), but I'm curious why that is. So riddle me this... when a campaign ends,...
By Gini Dietrich
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Sell to the Buyer Who Gets Your Vision
Maxime Berger (@MaximeMB_) didn’t sell BlogBuster to the highest bidder on @acquiredotcom. He had a lot of options and fit was the deciding factor. Some buyers came from totally different industries. Nothing SaaS. Nothing product-led. And Maxime kept thinking about his...
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Jan 21, 2026
ESA Details $5.45 Bn Investment in Next‑gen Launchers
.@esa: Here's how we're spending the $5.45 billion we received at #CM25 ministerial on space transportation. @ArianeGroup @Avio_Group @CNES @DLR_en @ASI_spazio #Ariane6 #VegaC @EuropeSpacePort.https://t.co/rf3Zzak9oS
By Peter B. de Selding
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Autonomous Labs Enable Diverse Overnight Experiments, Not Just Repeats
What’s exciting now with autonomous labs is you can get the closer to the flexibility of the bench but automated. So you could design 200 different experiments to run overnight and read out for you in the morning. ...
By Jason Kelly
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Record-Breaking Audience of Bacterial Cellulose Experts at Chulalongkorn Seminar
Was great to give a seminar today to the Dept. Food Technology at @ChulalongkornU University, Bangkok 🇹🇭 I present regulary on our lab's work on engineered materials based on bacterial cellulose (BC), but I think today breaks the record for the...
By Tom Ellis
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Swedish Defense Agency Exposes
exposé on @polarmistai from Försvarets materielverk, Sweden’s government agency responsible for procuring, developing, and delivering military equipment and services to Sweden’s armed forces https://t.co/huXvIaQGmI
By Nathan Benaich
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Robots Now Autonomously Inspect Hazardous Tight Spaces
This simulation shows what a mobile inspection robot can actually do inside a tight industrial cabinet room. In the demo, Aru performs a full inspection workflow in a constrained space. Robots like Aru are becoming practical tools for inspections in spaces that...
By Ilir Aliu
Social•Jan 21, 2026
AI Agentic Browsers Redefine Online Interaction
Thank you for reading my latest article The 5 Most Powerful Agentic AI Browsers You Can Try Today. Here at LinkedIn and at Forbes I regularly write about management and technology trends. To read my future articles simply join my network...
By Bernard Marr
Social•Jan 21, 2026
AI as Legal Person: Harari Warns Leaders at Davos
When AI Becomes The New Immigrant: Yuval Noah Harari’s Wake Up Call At Davos 2026 At #Davos2026, historian Yuval Noah Harari argued that AI is shifting from a tool to an #agent, a system that can #learn, #decide, #create and #manipulate....
By Bernard Marr
Social•Jan 21, 2026
OpenAI Shows U.S. Can Lead AI Through
OpenAI's work here is proof that America can win the AI race and invest in the communities that house the infrastructure to make American AI exceptional.
By Reid Hoffman
Social•Jan 21, 2026
New Interfaces Needed to Visualize Multi‑Agent Workflows
🚨 Stop what you're doing inside Claude Code right now. Everyone needs to build new interfaces to manage their multi-agent systems. Here is a simulation of THE COCKTAIL PARTY, a new multi-agent simulation I built based on my mom's research in...
By Allie Miller
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Master Databricks Agent Skills with Gavita’s Tutorial
Checkout this video of how to use Agent Skills in Databricks. 👩🏽🔬 Gavita does a great job in this video.
By Ali Ghodsi
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Real AGI Requires Safe, Embodied Cooking—Still Years Away
New definition of AGI: can your AI cook dinner while embodied in a robot over an open flame without setting the house on fire? Five years away. Minimum. The world models, even those from Google or @worldlabs aren't ready. Until AI...
By Robert Scoble
Social•Jan 21, 2026
Learn How to Build True AI-First B2B Companies
Be honest: Do you actually know how to build an AI-first B2B company? Or are you just bolting GPT onto your existing product and hoping? SaaStr AI 2026. May 12-14. SF Bay. Come learn from founders, execs + leaders who've...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Jan 21, 2026
AI Winners Evolve: From Language Masters to System Designers
We’re seeing the real-time shift in who wins with AI. Here’s my winners list. ↓ ↓ ↓ 2023 - English majors. They understood that the model is a language machine before it is anything else. Their expanded vocabulary and...
By Allie Miller
Social•Jan 20, 2026
FlyMy_AI Offers Fast, Low‑cost Image Generation
Fastest/cheapest inference for image generation? @FlyMy_AI gets added to @ArtificialAnlys /image as a provider, check out their speed vs cost running Qwen https://t.co/bIWEXQxuC1
By Yohei Nakajima
Social•Jan 20, 2026
Proper ICP Boosts SaaS Win Rates by 68%
SaaS companies that have an Ideal Customer Profile have a 68% higher win rate. Early-Stage Companies are more likely to hit true Product Market Fit once they do a proper Ideal Customer Profile exercise. Mid-Stage Companies are able to accelerate...
By TK Kader
Social•Jan 20, 2026
CDC Deputy Downplays Losing US Measles Elimination Status
Would the #CDC's principal deputy director view it as a public health loss for the US if the country loses its #measles elimination status? "Not really," Dr. Ralph Abraham said at a press conference today. https://t.co/JXb3tlOrsu
By Helen Branswell
Social•Jan 20, 2026
Bipartisan Deal Paves Medicare Path for Grail's Cancer Test
In case you missed it, one apparent winner in today's bipartisan healthcare deal is the diagnostics firm Grail. $GRAL The company’s "multi-cancer early detection" test is already available, but in order to succeed it must leap multiple hurdles, including receiving...
By Matthew Herper