Today, lets dive into the latest and most exciting news about OpenClaw. OpenClaw is rapidly changing how we handle daily tasks, and it is growing smarter every single day. One of the best new developments is how you can build custom skills to autonomously do exactly what you need. Think of a skill as a special superpower you give to your AI teammate. I recently decided to put it to the test to help with something we all deal with around this time of year, taxes. I just posted a new video on the Useful AI Hacks YouTube channel to show you exactly how I did it. You can watch the OpenClaw Business Tax Write-Off SKILL in action, by going to youtu.be/lwRZjVO6IRQ In the video, I explain how I developed a custom OpenClaw skill to search and categorize all my business expenses. I could have let OpenClaw do the entire job from start to finish, but I decided to separate the tasks to keep my information extra secure. I did not want to give OpenClaw full access to read my private bank statements and personal receipts. Instead of giving OpenClaw all my data, I built a custom Perplexity Space called the Business Write-Off Finder. Perplexity handles the private document viewing and sorting in a highly secure environment. This amazing tool carefully reviewed the records OpenClaw gathered for me. It applied the latest 2026 IRS business tax rules to find every possible deduction. The result was an absolutely perfect and completely itemized Schedule C form ready to send right to the IRS for easy review. This method gave me the maximum tax refund possible while keeping my sensitive financial data perfectly safe. By now I'm pretty sure you might be wondering how you can start building your own AI tax agent today. I have put everything you need to know into my new book. The book explains what OpenClaw actually is and how you can install it. It also teaches you how to run OpenClaw securely in the various ways OpenClaw can be ran. You will even get one thousand plug-and-play prompts designed for this new autonomous era.

**Anthropic Defies Pentagon: Standoff over Military AI Integration** Anthropic is officially challenging the U.S. government’s designation of their models as a "supply chain risk" in court. Reports indicate that planning for strikes in Iran relied on Claude for intelligence assessments just hours before a partial ban was announced. The conflict raises questions about the potential for partial nationalization of the AI industry. And **OpenAI Reaches Agreement for Classified Military Network Deployment** Sam Altman announced a new deal allowing the U.S. military to deploy GPT models within classified networks. The agreement includes prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and mandates human responsibility for the use of force. Altman has urged the Pentagon to offer these same terms to all AI companies. Today we will be covering these breaking AI News stories on https://youtube.com/@usefulAIhacks What are your thoughts? Also, are you one of the many users who just had their Google Account restricted or banned for connecting your Antigravity API key to OpenClaw? Tell us in the comments. Wishing all of you awesome people in this group a great START TO THE WEEK!

The AI industry is moving faster than ever, and January 2026 has already delivered some jaw-dropping breakthroughs and shifts. From major acquisitions and new AI-powered tools to the rise of agentic AI and on-device intelligence, it feels like we're living in the middle of a real revolution. What's New in AI This Month - OpenAI signed a massive $10 billion deal for compute, promising even faster and more powerful AI products in the near future.​ - Google’s Gemini is now powering Apple’s Siri, marking a major shift in how AI assistants will work across devices.​ - Agentic AI, where AI doesn’t just chat but actually takes actions and manages tasks, is picking up momentum, with more companies investing in AI that can collaborate, automate, and innovate alongside humans. - AI is making huge strides in healthcare, with new models like MedGemma 1.5 tackling complex medical imaging and diagnosis, and new speech recognition models designed specifically for medical dictation.​ - There’s a surge in on-device AI, meaning your phone or laptop can now run powerful AI models without needing constant cloud connectivity—boosting privacy and speed.​ What’s Driving the Hype? - Big investments continue to pour into AI startups, with one company recently raising $480 million at a $4.5 billion valuation, backed by giants like Nvidia and Jeff Bezos.​ - Generative AI is no longer just about creating text or images. It’s now being used to generate code, design experiments, and even accelerate scientific research.​ - The infrastructure behind AI is getting smarter and more efficient, with new hardware and distributed AI “super factories” that promise to drive down costs and improve performance.​ What do you think about these latest trends? Are you excited about AI assistants that can actually do things for you, or are you more interested in AI’s role in science and healthcare? Have you noticed any of these changes in your own work or daily life? Let’s discuss what’s most intriguing, or concerning, to you about the AI industry right now!

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DailyAI News: Chinese hackers used Anthropic’s AI to conduct an espionage campaign. Reports indicate attackers automated large chunks of intrusion workflows using a commercial AI model. Key facts: Highlights the dual-use risk of AI and the urgency of safeguards for model access, logging, and abuse prevention.