The Dawn of the Agent Age
January 2026 marked the dawn of the agent era in AI, with tools like Claude Code and OpenClaw enabling autonomous coding and AI assistants, while major players like NVIDIA, Intel, and Disney signaled strategic shifts in AI investment, chip development, and business models.
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