AXIOS January 21, 2026
DAVOS, Switzerland — In a 24-hour span in the Swiss Alps, we’re witnessing what future historians might mark as a hinge moment: The people building civilization-altering AI, a prime minister declaring America’s global order dead, and an expansionist, defiant American president all sharing the same tense global stage.
Why it matters: It’s hard to overstate the seismic shifts shaking this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos.
- First, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei bluntly warned of vast job loss and absurd concentration of wealth as AI capability escalates. With the tech world enthralled by his Claude Opus 4.5, Amodei slammed President Trump for allowing China to buy American chips.
- Then at the Davos podium, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered...
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