One-Minute Daily AI News 1/18/2026

1. South Korea's Lee, Italy's Meloni agree to strengthen cooperation in AI, chips.[1]
2. Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation.[2]
3. Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune.[3]
4. Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/south-koreas-lee-italys-meloni-agree-strengthen-cooperation-ai-chips-2026-01-19/

[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp829jey9z7o

[3] https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/17/musk-wants-up-to-134b-in-openai-lawsuit-despite-700b-fortune/

[4] https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/17/oshen-built-the-first-ocean-robot-to-collect-data-in-a-category-5-hurricane/