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Tired of Seeing Grok Everywhere on X? Try This 👇
Apple Teams Up With Google for AI in Its Products 🤝
Gina Acosta
January 13, 2026
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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
Grok has become a big part of how people use X, from quick fact-checks to image edits and threaded replies. But for many users, it also means timelines filled with “@Grok” mentions and AI-generated posts that can make real conversations harder to follow. In today’s issue, we’re looking at a simple Chrome extension that quietly removes Grok from your feed, giving you an alternative way to experience X.
Let’s jump into it!
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
Apple, Google Confirm Multiyear Deal for AI, Siri
Anthropic Launches Cowork, Bringing Claude Code to Nontechnical Users
AI Tutorial: Use this Chrome extension to removes Grok from your X feed
AI Tools to check out
AI Findings/Resources
The Latest in AI and Tech 💡
AI News
APPLE & GOOGLE
Apple, Google Confirm Multiyear Deal for AI, Siri
Apple has officially partnered with Google to use Gemini models and cloud infrastructure to power its AI features, including future versions of Siri.
Details:
Apple chose Google after testing multiple AI providers, saying Gemini offers the strongest foundation for its next generation of Apple Intelligence features. The agreement is multi-year and not exclusive.
While neither company confirmed the price, earlier reports suggest Apple could be paying Google around $1 billion for access to its AI technology.
The partnership means Apple will rely on Gemini models and Google’s cloud to support Apple’s own foundation models, even as it continues to develop its in-house AI stack.
Apple has faced growing criticism for falling behind in AI assistants, especially with Siri, despite rolling out Apple Intelligence in 2024 for features like photo search and notification summaries.
A more personalized version of Siri has been delayed multiple times, but Apple says a major upgrade is finally coming later this year.
Apple says its privacy-first approach will stay in place, with much of the AI processing still happening on-device or within tightly controlled infrastructure.
This deal marks a major shift for Apple, tying the future of Siri and its AI platform to Google’s technology just as both companies face intense pressure from rivals like OpenAI, and growing scrutiny from regulators.
TOGETHER WITH NEURONS
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You’ll learn how to:
Apply neuroscientific principles to every campaign
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ANTHROPIC
Anthropic Launches Cowork, Bringing Claude Code to Nontechnical Users
Anthropic has introduced Cowork, a new tool that makes the power of Claude Code available inside a simple desktop app, without needing command lines or developer setups.
Details:
Cowork lives inside the Claude Desktop app and lets users give Claude access to a specific folder, where it can read, edit, and organize files based on normal chat instructions.
The tool works like a sandboxed version of Claude Code, giving Claude real control over files while keeping everything limited to one approved workspace.
Cowork is currently in research preview and only available to Max subscribers, with a waitlist open for other users.
It’s built on the Claude Agent SDK, the same system behind Claude Code, and was inspired by people already using Claude Code for non-coding tasks like file management, data review, and content organization.
Example uses include building expense reports from receipt photos, organizing media libraries, scanning social posts, or analyzing conversation logs.
Because Cowork can carry out multiple actions on its own, Anthropic warns users to give clear instructions to avoid risks like deleted files or prompt-injection attacks.
This launch extends Claude Code beyond developers, positioning Cowork as a general-purpose AI assistant that can directly work with your files.
AI Tutorial
Use this Chrome extension to removes Grok from your X feed
If your X timeline is full of Grok replies and spammy “@Grok is this true?” posts, there’s now a simple way to hide them.
What Un-Grok does
Removes posts from Grok
Hides replies that mention Grok
Cleans up your feed as you scroll
It works in real time and can be turned on or off whenever you want.
AI Tools to check out
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🌐 MiroMiro: Copy any website's design & assets in one click.
👨💻 Emergent: Create production-ready applications from natural language.
🚀 Datastripes: Turn your data into visual stories and podcasts in seconds.
🎨 Editly: All-in-one AI creation platform. Generate images, edit photos, create videos.
TOGETHER WITH NEURONS
Creativity + Science = Ads that perform
Join award-winning strategist Babak Behrad and Neurons CEO Thomas Z. Ramsøy for a strategic, practical webinar on what actually drives high-impact advertising today. Learn how top campaigns capture attention, build memory, and create branding moments that stick. It’s all backed by neuroscience, and built for real-world creative teams.
AI Findings/Resources
💤 How AI can detect health risks — just from the way you sleep
🔮 10 breakthrough technologies of 2026: The advances to watch in the years ahead
The latest in AI and Tech
The move is part of a broader strategy to prioritize hardware and software built around AI rather than immersive virtual worlds. The layoffs are expected to impact about 10% of Reality Labs’ roughly 15,000 employees, marking one of the largest restructurings inside the group since Meta began its heavy push into VR.
The Tel Aviv–based company builds an autonomous security operations platform designed around AI, aimed at helping organizations handle the growing volume of cyber threats.
The company calls it “the most accurate transcription model ever released,” saying it supports more than 90 languages and delivers the lowest word error rate recorded on industry-standard benchmarks.
According to tech reporter Kylie Robison, xAI developers had been using Claude through the Cursor AI coding tool.
The move reflects the growing intensity of competition among leading AI labs, where companies are racing for talent and customers while taking measures to ensure they are not helping competitors in any way.
Torch was building a “unified medical memory” platform designed to bring together patient health data that is usually spread across many systems, making it easier for AI to understand and work with medical records.
Torch’s team will join OpenAI as part of the deal. CEO Ilya Abyzov said the acquisition will let Torch’s technology reach hundreds of millions of people who already use ChatGPT for health-related questions.
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