🌐 Google brings more agentic AI to Chrome

📉 Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts

💬 WhatsApp starts charging AI chatbots in Italy

📉 YouTube finally removes top AI content farms

🚗 Tesla is killing off the Model S and Model X

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Google announced a new wave of AI upgrades for Chrome, introducing agentic browsing, built-in image generation, and deeper Gemini-powered features across the browser.

A new Auto Browse mode can control a Chrome tab to complete tasks on websites while pausing for sensitive actions, and Gemini now appears in a persistent sidebar for asking questions, comparing products across tabs, and connecting with Gmail and Calendar.

Chrome is adding built-in image transformation through Nano Banana, allowing users to edit or reimagine images directly in the browser via prompts, with no downloading, copy-pasting, or extra tabs required.

Amazon confirmed it will cut 16,000 jobs globally after an internal email about the layoffs was accidentally sent to employees before being quickly canceled.

The cuts are part of a broader effort to reduce bureaucracy and costs, following 14,000 corporate layoffs announced in October, with executives saying this should mark the peak of reductions.

While Amazon still employs about 1.5 million people worldwide, the company is tightening operations, enforcing full-time office work, cutting expenses, and reshaping parts of the business, including closing its remaining Amazon-branded grocery stores.

Meta has introduced a new billing model for AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Italy, charging developers $0.0691 per AI-generated response starting February 16, a cost that could quickly add up for high-traffic bots.

Italy became a test case after its competition authority forced Meta to lift a chatbot ban imposed in January, which Meta said was necessary because third-party AI assistants strained WhatsApp beyond its intended system limits.

Meta claims the fees apply only where regulators legally require chatbot access, but the move sets a clear precedent that could shape how AI bots are monetized in other regions pushing back on platform restrictions.

YouTube abruptly removed two massive AI-driven channels, CuentosFacianantes and Imperio de Jesus, which together had nearly six million subscribers, after Kapwing flagged them as low-quality, mass-produced “AI slop” designed to game the algorithm.

CEO Neal Mohan has pledged to crack down on low-effort AI spam without blocking innovation, signaling that YouTube will use existing moderation tools to enforce quality standards rather than banning AI content outright.

The purge goes beyond just two channels, with at least sixteen more AI content farms now gone or inactive, representing billions of views and highlighting how widespread low-effort AI content had become on the platform.

Tesla will stop making the Model S and Model X next quarter, with Elon Musk saying the company is moving on to focus on autonomy and robots, while continuing to support existing owners.

The Model S was a breakthrough car that helped make electric vehicles mainstream, while the Model X stood out for its Falcon Wing doors but struggled with complexity and production issues.

Sales of both models have slowed as cheaper Model 3 and Model Y vehicles took over, competition increased, and Tesla shifted its long-term vision away from traditional cars and toward AI-driven technology.

A. Yes - 41%

B. No - 59% 🏆