# AI News Digest - 2026-01-14

1. China reportedly tightened restrictions on purchases of Nvidia H200 accelerators, limiting approvals to special cases and indicating buyers may be required to also purchase domestic chips to protect the country's chip industry.

2. Nvidia, AMD and Lenovo announced new AI infrastructure and cross-device offerings at CES, with Nvidia unveiling the Vera Rubin data-center platform, AMD introducing the Helios data-center system, and Lenovo promoting its Qira cross-device AI agent and partnerships aimed at AI cloud providers, while the show featured extensive demonstrations of consumer and humanoid robotics and a strong presence of Chinese exhibitors.

3. Salesforce released a new Slackbot powered by Anthropic's Claude that searched across Slack, Salesforce, Google Drive and other services to assist employees with everyday tasks.

4. Google DeepMind updated Veo to version 3.1, adding a reference-image function for more dynamic video generation, vertical Shorts format support, and upscaling up to 4K.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/china-reportedly-tightens-nvidia-h200-restrictions-limits-purchases-to-special-cases/](https://the-decoder.com/china-reportedly-tightens-nvidia-h200-restrictions-limits-purchases-to-special-cases/)

[China reportedly tightens Nvidia H200 restrictions, limits purchases to special cases](https://the-decoder.com/china-reportedly-tightens-nvidia-h200-restrictions-limits-purchases-to-special-cases/)

1. [https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1131193/ces-showed-me-why-chinese-tech-companies-feel-so-optimistic/](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1131193/ces-showed-me-why-chinese-tech-companies-feel-so-optimistic/)

[CES showed me why Chinese tech companies feel so optimistic](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1131193/ces-showed-me-why-chinese-tech-companies-feel-so-optimistic/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/salesforce-releases-new-ai-slackbot-based-on-anthropics-claude/](https://the-decoder.com/salesforce-releases-new-ai-slackbot-based-on-anthropics-claude/)

[Salesforce releases new AI slackbot based on Anthropic's Claude](https://the-decoder.com/salesforce-releases-new-ai-slackbot-based-on-anthropics-claude/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/google-deepmind-updates-veo-3-1-with-reference-image-function-for-more-dynamic-videos/](https://the-decoder.com/google-deepmind-updates-veo-3-1-with-reference-image-function-for-more-dynamic-videos/)

[Google Deepmind updates Veo 3.1 with reference image function for more dynamic videos](https://the-decoder.com/google-deepmind-updates-veo-3-1-with-reference-image-function-for-more-dynamic-videos/)

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