MIT Technology Review January 21, 2026
Plus: why it’s so hard to achieve AI sovereignty.
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All anyone wants to talk about at Davos is AI and Donald Trump
—Mat Honan, MIT Technology Review’s editor in chief
At Davos this year Trump is dominating all the side conversations. There are lots of little jokes. Nervous laughter. Outright anger. Fear in the eyes. It’s wild. The US president is due to speak here today, amid threats of seizing Greenland and fears that he’s about to permanently fracture the NATO alliance.
But Trump isn’t the only game in town—everyone’s also talking about AI. Read...
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