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Today’s TechCrunch Roundup
X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire
9 Jan 2026, 1:59 pm by Ram Iyer
Elon Musk’s AI company has restricted Grok’s controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool invited heated criticism from across the world for letting users generate sexualized images of women and children.
The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion
9 Jan 2026, 1:00 pm by Connie Loizos
In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that “as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders.” It’s the kind of statement certain to cause agita at rival firms.
Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins
9 Jan 2026, 9:00 am by Rebecca Szkutak
Anthropic announces its first enterprise deal of 2026 which includes building agents and for, and giving Claude code, to Allianz.
CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI odditiesÂ
9 Jan 2026, 12:35 am by Morgan Little
CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.Â
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