Apple’s new Siri chatbot, TikTok deal, TeraWave launches

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Apple’s new Siri chatbot, TikTok deal, TeraWave launches

Plus: X copies Bluesky lists; Anthropic debates AI consciousness.

Jose Montes de Oca

Jan 22, 2026

Good morning. It’s Thursday, January 22. Today we are covering:

Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI
China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon
X copies Bluesky with a ‘Starterpacks’ feature that helps you find who to follow
Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles-and reckons with the possibility of AI consciousness

Let’s dive in

Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI

By Mark Gurman via Bloomberg

Apple plans to overhaul Siri later this year by turning it into the company’s first built-in AI chatbot, aiming to better compete with OpenAI and Google in generative AI.
The chatbot, code-named “Campos,” is expected to be deeply embedded across iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems and replace the current Siri interface.
Users would access the new service the same way they invoke Siri today, including saying “Siri” or pressing and holding the side button on supported devices.

𝕏: Apple is overhauling Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 and turning it into its first full-fledged chatbot, looking to fend off OpenAI’s ChatGPT and seriously compete in the generative AI space. - Mark Gurman (@markgurman)

China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff

By Liz Hoffman via Semafor

The US and China have approved the sale of TikTok’s US business to a mostly American investor consortium led by Oracle and Silver Lake, signaling a potential end to a yearslong geopolitical fight over the app.
The transaction is expected to close this week, leaving ByteDance with just under 20% of the US business; Oracle, Silver Lake, and UAE state-backed MGX would each hold 15%, alongside investors including Susquehanna, Dragoneer, DFO, and Michael Dell’s family office.
The deal is designed to meet a Jan. 22 deadline tied to a Trump administration order pausing enforcement of the US ban, but key details remain unclear, including the price and how the parties resolved disputes over TikTok’s algorithm and governance.

𝕏: TIKTOK US SALE CLEARED BY US AND CHINA The US and China have approved a deal to sell TikTok’s US business to a mostly American investor group led by Oracle and Silverlake, ending a yearslong dispute. The deal is expected to close this week, meeting a January 22 deadline tied to a federal ban. ByteDance will retain just under 20%, while Oracle, Silverlake, and UAE-backed MGX will each hold 15%... - *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone)

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon

By Annie Palmer via CNBC

Blue Origin is launching TeraWave, a satellite internet network aimed at enterprise, data center, and government customers, positioning it as a new rival to SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Leo service.
The company plans a 5,408-satellite constellation spanning low Earth orbit and medium Earth orbit, promising throughput of up to 6 terabits per second.
Blue Origin expects to start deploying the first satellites in Q4 2027, entering a market led by Starlink (with 9,000+ satellites and about 9 million customers) as Amazon continues building its own 3,236-satellite constellation.

𝕏: What makes TeraWave different? It is purpose-built for enterprise customers. Unmatched speeds of up to 6 Tbps through a multi-orbit constellation of 5,280 LEO and 128 MEO satellites with both RF and optical links. Globally distributed customers can each access up to 144 Gbps of capacity through Q/V-band links from LEO satellites, while up to 6 Tbps point-to-point capacity can be accessed through optical links from MEO satellites… - Dave Limp (@davill)

X copies Bluesky with a ‘Starterpacks’ feature that helps you find who to follow

By Sarah Perez via TechCrunch

X is rolling out “Starterpacks,” curated follow lists modeled on Bluesky’s Starter Packs, aimed at helping users quickly find accounts aligned with their interests.
X’s head of product Nikita Bier says the lists span categories like News, Politics, Technology, Business & Finance, Health & Fitness, and more, and will launch to all users in the coming weeks.
Unlike Bluesky, where anyone can create and share packs, X’s Starterpacks are compiled internally using the platform’s data on “top posters” across niches and countries, echoing (and reviving debates around) Twitter-era suggested user lists.

𝕏: Over the last few months, we scoured the world for the top posters in every niche & country We’ve compiled them into a new tool called Starterpacks: to help new users find the best accounts—big or small—for their interests… - Nikita Bier (@nikitabier)

Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles-and reckons with the possibility of AI consciousness

By Beatrice Nolan via Fortune

Anthropic published a rewritten “constitution” for Claude, shifting from a simple checklist of do’s and don’ts to teaching the model the reasons behind broad principles so it can apply better judgment in unfamiliar situations.
The updated guidance frames Claude as highly helpful while adding firm safety guardrails, including strict constraints like never providing meaningful assistance with bioweapons attacks.
In an unusual public stance, Anthropic says it is uncertain whether advanced AI could have consciousness or moral status, and claims to care about Claude’s psychological security and well-being, supported by an internal model welfare effort as it courts enterprise adoption.

𝕏: Unfortunately, any given AI company is destined to become the opposite of its name, so Anthropic will, ironically, be Misanthropic - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)