(FILES) Shanghai-based AI startup MiniMax's CEO Yan Junjie, a former executive at the Chinese leading AI software company SenseTime which was blacklisted by the US Commerce Department in 2021, attends the company's listing ceremony at the Hong Kong stock exchange on January 9, 2026. Investor confidence in Chinese AI startups is riding high, but obstacles to their long-term success range from US export controls to the puzzle of how to become profitable. (Photo by Tommy WANG / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Company chairman Liu Debing (5th R) and attendees pose during the initial public offering (IPO) launch of one of the largest large language model developers in China, Zhipu AI, or Knowledge Atlas Technology, at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) on January 8, 2026. Investor confidence in Chinese AI startups is riding high, but obstacles to their long-term success range from US export controls to the puzzle of how to become profitable. (Photo by Tommy WANG / AFP via Getty Images)

Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast (R) greets Ximena Lincolao as new Minister of Science and Technology during the presentation of his cabinet at the office of the president-elect, commonly nicknamed 'La Moneda Chica,' in Las Condes, Santiago, on January 20, 2026. Chile's right-wing president-elect Jose Antonio Kast on January 20 named two ex-lawyers of former dictator Augusto Pinochet to lead the ministries of defense and human rights when he takes office in March. (Photo by Alvaro NARANJO / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A woman walks past a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) logo at the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu on July 5, 2023. Taiwan's economy soared in 2025 on skyrocketing exports of AI hardware and semiconductors, but companies in more traditional manufacturing sectors could only look on with envy as they were clobbered by US tariffs and a strong local currency. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Visitors watch a wafer shown on screens at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Renovation Museum at the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu on July 5, 2023. Taiwan's economy soared in 2025 on skyrocketing exports of AI hardware and semiconductors, but companies in more traditional manufacturing sectors could only look on with envy as they were clobbered by US tariffs and a strong local currency. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP via Getty Images)

This undated handout picture released by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) on January 20, 2026, shows Professor Andrew Sweetman of the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) working with one of the new landers specially designed to probe how polymetallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the darkest depths of the ocean, at the SAMS in Oban, Scotland. A team of scientists announced on January 20, 2026 they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing "dark oxygen". If a previously unknown source of oxygen has always been lurking in Earth's depths, it would represent a remarkable revelation that would call into question long-held assumptions about the origins of life on our planet. (Photo by Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) / AFP via Getty Images) / - NO Editorial use - NO Marketing campaign / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This undated handout picture released by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) on January 20, 2026, shows a polymetallic nodule at Scotland House London in London. A team of scientists announced on January 20, 2026 they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing "dark oxygen". If a previously unknown source of oxygen has always been lurking in Earth's depths, it would represent a remarkable revelation that would call into question long-held assumptions about the origins of life on our planet. (Photo by Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) / AFP via Getty Images) / - NO Editorial use - NO Marketing campaign / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This photograph taken on January 20, 2026 shows the logo of US based payments technology company Circle in the Alpine resort of Davos during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting. The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos from January 19 to January 23, 2026. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images)