Today's AI Pulse
Anthropic disables Fable 5 and Mythos 5 under US export‑control directive
Anthropic abruptly disabled access to its flagship Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with a Trump administration export‑control directive that bars foreign nationals from using the tools. The company said the move was a misunderstanding and disabled the models for all users, including those in the United States, to ensure compliance.
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By the numbers: Dapple raises $30M seed round
OpenAI’s Sora Has Already Hit More than 1 Million Downloads
OpenAI’s social AI video-generating app, Sora, has reached over 1 million downloads in fewer than five days since its launch. That’s according to Sora head Bill Peebles, who said on Wednesday that Sora racked up downloads faster than ChatGPT did at launch despite being an invite-only app. The company launched its new Sora app for iOS on September 30th, giving users the ability to scroll through a feed of AI-generated videos, as well as create ones of their own using OpenAI’s new Sora 2 model. It also lets users insert the likeness of themselves or a friend into an AI video with a “cameos” feature. My colleague Hayden Field found that the app is filled with memes, OpenAI employees deepfaking themselves, and what can only be described as AI-generated slop. Already, the Sora app has sparked backlash after users began generating copyrighted characters in circumstances far from brand-friendly, leading OpenAI to give those copyright holders more control over their content. The company has started letting users specify how their likeness is used in Sora as well. “Team working hard to keep up with surging growth,” Peebles said. “More features and fixes to overmoderation on the way!” The Sora app is only available in the US and Canada for now, and currently sits at the top of Apple’s App Store.
The AI Industry Is at a Major Crossroads
Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Hayden Field, senior AI reporter at The Verge and your Thursday episode guest host. I’m subbing in for Nilay while he’s still out on parental leave, and I’m excited to keep diving into...
Sora Hit 1M Downloads Faster than ChatGPT
This level of consumer adoption is worth noting because Sora remains an invite-only app, while ChatGPT was more publicly available at launch. That makes Sora's performance more impressive.
Collaboration Powers Enterprise AI at IBM TechXchange
Ready to GO? Here are my favorite moments from @IBM TechXchange. What an incredible event celebrating the power of partnership and ecosystem innovation. From the groundbreaking @Anthropic collaboration bringing Claude to IBM watsonx, to partners like @Dell showcasing Granite 4.0 demos, @Intel...
Sustainable Recommender Systems for Tourism
The post interviews doctoral candidate Ashmi Banerjee about her research on AI-driven recommender systems that mitigate exposure bias and promote sustainable tourism. She describes using large language models to generate synthetic data, designing recommendation architectures that balance user satisfaction with...
The Impact of AI on the Workforce: A State-Level Case Study
The post recounts a Practical AI podcast interview with Chelsea Linder, VP of Innovation at TechPoint, about Indiana’s AI Innovation Network—a state‑wide, SBA‑funded effort that now boasts nearly 400 members and aims to share best practices across sectors. Linder explains...
DC Comics Won’t Support Generative AI: ‘Not Now, Not Ever’
DC wants Superman and other characters under the stewardship of human artists. DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee said that the company “will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork,” assuring fans that its future will remain rooted in human creativity....
OneDrive Is Getting a New Windows App and an AI Photo Agent
Microsoft is getting ready to release a new OneDrive app on Windows next year that will include a photo gallery, people view, AI-powered slideshows, and editing features. It’s part of a number of new features coming to OneDrive in the...
Fixing Ticket Noise with AI in Enterprise MSP Operations - with Steve Taczala of Impact Networking
In this episode of the AI in Business Podcast, Steve Taczala, VP of Service Operations at Impact Networking, explains how AI can cut through ticket noise in enterprise MSP environments by automating intelligent routing and prioritizing actionable incidents. He outlines...
Data Volume, Quality, and Model Degradation for AI at Scale - with Sunitha Rao of Hitachi Vantara
In this interview, Sunitha Rao, SVP of Hybrid Cloud Business at Hititech Vantara, discusses how enterprises can modernize data infrastructure to handle growing data volumes while maintaining quality, and how to prevent model degradation as AI scales. She highlights the...
Zendesk Launches New AI Capabilities for the Resolution Platform, Creating the Ultimate Service Experience for All
Presented by Zendesk Zendesk powers nearly 5 billion resolutions every year for over 100,000 customers around the world, with about 20,000 of its customers (and growing) using its AI services. Zendesk is poised to generate about $200 million in AI-related revenue...
The Next AI Battleground: Google’s Gemini Enterprise and AWS’s Quick Suite Bring Full-Stack, In-Context AI to the Workplace
The friction of having to open a separate chat window to prompt an agent could be a hassle for many enterprises. And AI companies are seeing an opportunity to bring more and more AI services into one platform, even integrating...
Capturing the Trillion Dollar Opportunity with Autonomous Professional Services
Presented by Certinia Every professional services leader knows the feeling: a pipeline full of promising deals, but a bench that’s already stretched thin. That’s because growth has always been tied to a finite supply of consultants with finite availability to work...
OpenAI Relies on Developers to Drive AI-First Economy
DevDay 2025 INTERVIEW: Greg Brockman (@gdb), President of @OpenAI, on platform risk and how OpenAI thinks about developers building on top of its models. “We want to help transition the world to an AI-first economy — and we can’t do that...
Future Workplaces Will Replace Org Charts with Task‑based Work Charts
Zero chance tomorrow’s org chart looks like today’s org charts. So what WILL it look like? Clara Shih says AI will likely shrink specialization - the more optimistic reframe is that Gen z and Gen alpha will become professional generalists....
Google Backs Supermemory’s Mind Tech
Google veterans have poured $3 million into Supermemory, a startup developing a cognitive AI platform aimed at enhancing human memory through advanced algorithms. The post explores how this funding could accelerate the creation of memory‑boosting tools and reshape digital learning experiences....
Voice‑Controlled AI Photo Editing Made Simple with Photo Genius
You know I’m a big fan of @genspark_ai, and their new app just made photo editing insanely simple. `Photo Genius` brings voice-controlled AI editing right to your phone. Fast and seriously good. iPhone and Android. Quick dive 🧵 ↓ https://t.co/fTUrhmsdgL
Autonomous Networks Reach Level 4: Self‑Thinking Blueprint Unveiled
Autonomous Networks are moving from concept to reality! #CSPs are climbing to Level 4 where the network thinks for itself. #TMForum ’s latest report shares the blueprint + CSP case studies building it today. Dive in 👉 https://t.co/Z2KCBmGv9Q...
Supermemory Closes $3M Round
The post announces that Supermemory has secured a $3 million funding round led by former Google executives, marking a significant boost for its cognitive AI platform. The startup is building personal memory assistants that can understand context and user behavior, promising...
Prioritize Entrepreneurship, Curiosity, and Critical Thinking for AI Success
The skills that top AI leaders recommend today ⬇️ The absolute best thing to be working on right now is entrepreneurship aka “the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resource constraint” because “the underlying substrate of our resources is continually...
AI‑Driven Talent and Knowledge Red
Clara Shih from @Meta: One interesting use case of LLMs is to extract tacit culture and knowledge from a smaller enterprise or startup. Aneesh Raman from @LinkedIn: maybe net-new businesses is the right metric to look at for business growth;...
Vandals Deface Ads for AI Necklaces that Listen to All Your Conversations
Critics attacked subway ads to defend human friends and broadly criticize AI.
AI Fuels Imagination, Shifting Focus From Productivity to Growth
Lots of AI optimism at Masters of Scale Summit from Aneesh Raman, @levie, @clarashih 🤖 Aneesh: we were not born to be productive, we are here to imagine; we are at the beginning of the next shift Aaron: Productivity >>...
California Law Empowers AI Workers to Report Safety Risks
California is taking AI safety seriously. The Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53) gives employees at advanced AI companies new legal rights to report safety risks without retaliation. The act applies to companies using large-scale compute for model...
Insurers Balk at Paying Out Huge Settlements for Claims Against AI Firms
OpenAI, Anthropic consider using investor funds to settle potential lawsuits.
Specialized AI Models: Faster, Cheaper, and Profitable
FROM THE LIVE SHOW: Matt Hicks (@matthicksj), President & CEO of @RedHat, on models that are faster, cheaper, and more profitable. "When you know the thing that you want to do... If I can specialize it down to a 100 billion...
Eight‑Layer Agentic AI Enables Scalable Enterprise Intelligence
Agentic AI goes beyond single-task agents. 🚀 This 8-layer architecture shows how AI evolves from infrastructure → cognition → governance → applications. 🔑 Key: Integration of memory, reasoning, personalization & compliance = scalable, enterprise-ready AI. Do you see businesses adopting all 8 layers...
What’s the Path to AGI? A Conversation with Turing Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Siddharth
The post serves as a curated roundup of recent Gradient Dissent podcast episodes, featuring AI founders and CEOs—from Surge AI’s Jonathan Siddharth on AGI pathways to leaders at Glean, DeepL, GitHub, and more—who share origin stories, challenges, and how their...
Show End‑to‑End AI Projects, Not Just Buzzwords
In interviews, most candidates talk about AI. But few build something that truly stands out. After reviewing hundreds of projects and interviewing candidates, here’s what actually makes the difference. 👇 1️⃣ Complete end-to-end projects A strong portfolio project isn’t just a chatbot or a...
Top SV Startups Prioritize Productive AI Agents
The best Silicon Valley startups are spending time making AI agents productive, says @levie from @Box https://t.co/WvLGcpsTrn
Graphs and ML for Robotics
The post features Abhishek Paudel, a PhD student who uses graph‑based methods to improve robotics, machine learning, and planning under uncertainty. He explains how graphs can model environments, capture spatial relationships, and serve as a unifying framework for multi‑level planning...
Google's Free AI Training Explains Generative AI Basics
Google offers various AI-powered programs, training, and tools to help advance your skills: What Generative AI is, and How it is Used 👉 https://t.co/PZ5icoD24N @Google #AI #IoT #5G https://t.co/9f7g9HJ84a
Explore a Cool New Paper and Chat with Author
Very cool paper! You can discuss with the author here: https://t.co/NnioeyTNqv https://t.co/iaLPjaSbpX
EP83: Self Driving Computers, Plus SearchGPT, & Github Copilot with Sonnet
The post introduces "This Day in AI" podcast, hosted by Michael and Chris Sharkey, two self‑described average tech enthusiasts who explore AI topics with a humorous, no‑expert approach. It highlights the show’s casual format—off‑the‑cuff hot takes, AI experiment stories, prank...
Elizabeth Kelly (AISI): How Will the US AI Safety Institute Lead the US and Globe in AI Safety?
In this episode of the #InAIWeTrust podcast, Elizabeth Kelly, director of the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), discusses the impact of the recent National Security Memorandum on AI and her role in shaping the Biden administration’s AI Executive Order....
The Risks of Too Much AI: Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn
In the podcast, Fortune AI editor Jeremy Kahn warns that over‑reliance on generative AI can erode critical thinking, source verification, and the deep reasoning that comes from writing, likening the risk to past tech such as PowerPoint. He cites examples...
EP82: Crazy Computer Use, Anthopic's Sonnet 3.5 (New) & the xAI Surprise
The post introduces the "Day in AI" podcast, hosted by Michael and Chris Sharkey, two self‑described average tech enthusiasts who explore AI without academic pretensions. It highlights the show’s blend of mediocre hot takes, DIY AI experiments, prank calls, and...
Vercel’s CEO & Founder Guillermo Rauch on the Impact of AI on Web Development and Front End Engineering
The post is a curated roundup of recent Gradient Dissent podcast episodes, each featuring AI‑focused founders and CEOs discussing their companies’ breakthroughs—from data labeling at Surge AI and enterprise search at Glean to neural translation at DeepL and developer tools...
AI in the Classroom with Irina Jurenka
The post catalogs Professor Hannah Fry’s DeepMind podcast series, showcasing a wide‑range of AI applications—from cybersecurity and drug design to robotics, scientific discovery, and education. In the highlighted Episode 7, Fry and research lead Irina Jurenka examine how AI tutors can...
Graph Databases and AI
The post interviews Microsoft Gray Systems Lab principal scientist Yuanyuan Tian about how graph databases uniquely model relationships, enabling complex applications such as fraud detection, security, healthcare, and supply‑chain optimization. It highlights the practical challenges of moving from SQL to...
Michael Chertoff (Chertoff Group) and Miriam Vogel (EqualAI): Is Your AI Use Violating the Law?
In a special episode of the #InAIWeTrust? podcast, EqualAI CEO Miriam Vogel and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff discuss their co‑authored paper on the legal risks of AI deployment, highlighting current statutes, emerging liabilities, and practical guidance for lawyers, executives,...
Practical Workflow Orchestration
The post highlights the growing pain of workflow orchestration for data scientists, especially with AI-driven, agentic pipelines that can fail in unpredictable ways. It features Adam Azzam from Prefect explaining their open‑source Python library for orchestrating and monitoring pipelines, along...
Never Too Much AI: Upwork's Andrew Rabinovich
In the podcast, Upwork’s VP of AI, Andrew Rabinovich, explains how the platform is shifting from simple talent matching to an outcome‑driven model powered by AI, exemplified by the new "Uma" assistant that translates client needs into solutions by pairing...
Streamlining Your AI Tools & Subscriptions with Magai with Dustin Stout
In this episode, Kinsey Soderberg interviews Dustin Stout, CEO of Magai, about his shift from acting to entrepreneurship and the creation of Magai—a platform that consolidates multiple AI tools into a single, user‑friendly interface. Stout explains how Magai tackles the...
BI 196 Cristina Savin and Tim Vogels with Gaute Einevoll and Mikkel Lepperød
The post recaps episode BI 196 of the *Brain Inspired* podcast, where hosts Gaute Einevoll and a guest discuss Neuro‑AI with researchers Cristina Savin and Tim Vogels. Savin describes using recurrent neural networks to model learning and behavior, while Vogels explains how AI‑driven optimization is...
EP81: Can AI Make Your Life Easier? Geoffrey Hinton Is Relevant Again & State of AI Report
In this episode, Michael and Chris discuss Geoffrey Hinton’s renewed relevance after his Nobel win and explore practical AI applications using OpenAI’s Realtime API for voice‑based phone agents, including attempts to book appointments and even a quirky dog‑groomer‑for‑a‑pig call. They...
Snowflake’s CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on 700+ LLM Enterprise Use Cases
The post is a curated roundup of recent Gradient Dissent podcast episodes where host Lukas Biewald interviews a range of AI‑focused CEOs and leaders—from Surge AI’s founder on data labeling, Glean’s CEO on enterprise search, DeepL’s chief on translation, to...
AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration with Pushmeet Kohli
In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry interviews Pushmeet Kohli, VP of Research at Google DeepMind, to explore how AI is accelerating scientific discovery across fields such as material science, biology, weather forecasting, and mathematics. Kohli highlights concrete breakthroughs—like AI‑designed new materials,...
BI 195 Ken Harris and Andreas Tolias with Gaute Einevoll and Mikkel Lepperød
In this episode of Brain Inspired, hosts Paul and Gaute Einevoll share recordings from a Norwegian Neuro‑AI workshop, featuring conversations with neuroscientists Ken Harris and Andreas Tolias. Harris discusses his ultra‑high‑density recordings of thousands of neurons and the challenges of...
Creating Your Team of Custom GPTs with Niki Dunagin
In this episode, host Kinsey Soderberg interviews Niki Dunigan, founder of The Creative CoPilot, about her shift from real‑estate to AI coaching and how custom GPTs can empower creative entrepreneurs. Niki explains how AI can fill skill gaps, streamline branding...