Introduction
OpenAI devours open source to create digital employees, while Chinese video models reach Hollywood-level quality and sales teams surrender to autonomous agents.
1. OpenAI absorbs OpenClaw and the end of the technical “toy”
OpenAI acquires OpenClaw, the most viral autonomous agent project of 2026, and brings its creator Peter Steinberger onboard to turn it into a core product. They promise a support foundation, but the focus is on commercializing the model’s execution capabilities.
This marks the definitive shift from chatbot that converses to agent that executes tasks within the operating system. OpenAI aims to massify what was once a complex experiment for developers, eliminating technical friction for everyday users.
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2. Anthropic vs. OpenAI: The Super Bowl of Privacy
Anthropic used the Super Bowl to directly attack OpenAI over its decision to include advertising in ChatGPT. Its commercials positioned Claude as the clean alternative to a model that may soon interrupt your queries to sell you products.
While OpenAI seeks to monetize its large base of free users through ads, Anthropic is betting on capturing corporate and premium users who won’t tolerate distractions or commercial bias in their tools.
The strategy worked immediately, achieving an 11% increase in its user base after the game. In 2026, AI isn’t chosen just for power, but for its ability not to become a telemarketing channel.
3. Salesforce State of Sales 2026: The Age of Agents
The new Salesforce report reveals that 94% of sales leaders consider AI agents critical to achieving their goals. Teams already using them report a 34% reduction in prospect research time.
High-performing teams are 1.7x more likely to use AI agents than those missing quota. It’s no longer a competitive advantage — it’s the minimum standard to survive today’s data volume.
For teams that need to implement this without the complexity of large enterprise suites, Dapta is presented as a practical alternative for building agents that increase lead conversion today.
4. China takes the lead in video with Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2.0
ByteDance launched Seedance 2.0, while Kuaishou introduced Kling 3.0. Both models are producing results comparable to Hollywood films. Users are sharing TikTok content with visual and physical consistency that surpasses Sora.
Silicon Valley’s hegemony in AI video has been broken. While OpenAI keeps Sora in restricted access, Chinese models already allow creators to generate high-fidelity cinematic sequences with minimal prompts, democratizing the big-budget “look” for any user.
Video is no longer a futuristic promise; it’s an immediate operational reality.
The video war is no longer about who does it best, but about who lets you use it first.
5. Founder exodus at xAI: Crisis or evolution?
Exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company. There were originally 12 co-founders — a larger group than usual — and the departures appear amicable, driven by personal reasons and operational integration with SpaceX.
The loss of key talent does not appear alarming given the company’s evolution. xAI is transitioning from a research lab into a central piece of Musk’s earth-space infrastructure ecosystem.
The company has evolved so quickly that its original structure no longer aligns with its current ambition.
