Tesla robots are getting ready to enter our homes, Siri plans to become a full-fledged conversational partner, and traffic jams are being turned into computers. Here are the key tech stories from recent days.
Robots
- **Tesla Optimus in 2027:** Elon Musk [promised to start](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/elon-musk-says-tesla-will-sell-humanoid-robots-public-late-2027/) selling humanoid robots to the public by late 2027.
- **Driverless taxis:** Austin [launched](https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-launches-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-with-no-safety-monitor/) Tesla Robotaxi rides without safety drivers in the car.
AI
- **Siri gets smarter:** Apple [plans to turn](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/apple-plans-to-make-siri-an-ai-chatbot-report-says/) its voice assistant into an advanced chatbot "LLM Siri" (Project Campos) and release an AI badge.
- **Claude's Constitution:** Anthropic [updated](https://www.anthropic.com/constitution) its model's system rules, for the first time acknowledging the possibility that AI may have "emotions" and moral status.
- **Copilot everywhere:** GitHub [released](https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/build-an-agent-into-any-app-with-the-github-copilot-sdk/) an SDK that allows embedding Copilot AI agents into any third-party applications.
- **Learning with Google:** Gemini [learned](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/education/practice-sat-gemini/) to help students prepare for the SAT exam and give writing advice together with Khan Academy.
- **24/7 Assistant:** A former Sequoia partner [unveiled](https://x.com/kaiskhimji/status/2014386042401665431) Blockit — an AI scheduler that fully manages your calendar without human involvement.
Hardware
- **Computer from traffic jams:** Japanese scientists [figured out](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/scientists-japan-ai-computing-traffic) how to use traffic dynamics for energy-efficient computing.
- **Voice after stroke:** A new wearable "collar" Revoice [helps](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-68228-9) patients recover speech by reading throat vibrations.
Business
- **Mega-deal:** Banking giant Capital One [is acquiring](https://investor.capitalone.com/news-releases/news-release-details/capital-one-acquire-brex/) fintech unicorn Brex for $5.15 billion.