One-Minute Daily AI News 1/19/2026

1. Soft robotic hand ‘sees’ around corners to achieve human-like touch.[1]
2. Korea Kicks Off AI Squid Game in Bid to Compete With US, China.[2]
3. TikTok owner ByteDance targets Alibaba with AI-led cloud drive.[3]
4. Google removes some AI summaries after investigation uncovers false information given to users: ‘Completely wrong [and] really dangerous’.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-soft-robotic-corners-human.html

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-19/korea-kicks-off-ai-squid-game-for-best-sovereign-foundation-models

[3] https://www.ft.com/content/3732a646-da35-4437-bfde-7f9efc2725ff

[4] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/google-removes-ai-summaries-investigation-223000451.html