Today's AI Pulse
Trump flags Anthropic as past national security threat
President Trump told The Axios Show that he briefly considered AI startup Anthropic a national security threat, citing Commerce Department export controls and a Pentagon supplyâchain risk label. He said the tension eased after a recent G7 meeting and that Anthropic is now working with the White House following the scare.
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By the numbers: SpaceX raises $86B in record IPO
đŸ LLMs Create Token... Humans Create Value
Why human insight, judgment, and creativity remain the ultimate edge in an AI-driven, token-generating world.
Your Standards, Not AI, Determine Output Quality
AI doesnât care about the quality of your work unless you do. Most people drop in a prompt and expect miracles. But the output never rises above the discipline of the person using it. If you accept average, so will your tools....
Speak, Let AI Polish: Faster, Cleaner Writing
I was so honored when @RandyWKirk1 asked me to write the foreword of a book he, and a bunch of other AI luminaries is writing. I turned it in this morning and he wrote back "Huge thanks Robert. That was...
Nvidiaâs AI Empire: A Look at Its Top Startup Investments
Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 100 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor's largest investments.
Bought a $499 Virtual Dog, Feeling Stupid
On vacation I thought of one startup more than any other: @IllusionOfLife. I hear I'll be one of the first to get its product: a virtual dog. No other company has caused me so much anxiety before getting its product in...
AI Still in BlackBerry Era, Human Review Crucial
FROM THE LIVE SHOW: Wade Foster (@wadefoster), CEO of @zapier, on AI's "iPhone moment." "We're kind of in the BlackBerry era of AI agents. There's a lot of work to get us to that iPhone moment." "Middle to middle is a...
Strange AI-Generated Clips of Musicians with Animals Are Going Viral
It's fake. And odd. If nothing else, generative AI has proven useful for people who want to make odd stuff for no real reason. The latest thing? Musicians accompanied by animals. Accompanied in the official, musical sense, and also in an even...
From Months to Weeks: IBM Cuts AI Rollout Time
8 years ago: Implementing a chatbot took months. Our PhD data scientist would wait hours for each data cycle. Moving from concept to production felt like an eternity. Today: NDS Cognitive Labs delivers AI proof of concepts in 2 weeks. That's the...
Agentic Context Engineering Boosts AI Performance Without FineâTuning
đš BREAKING: @Stanford just proved you donât need to fine-tune an AI model to make it smarter đ§ ACE = Agentic Context Engineering âł Model writes, reflects & edits its own prompts âł Learns from wins and failures âł +10.6% over GPT-4 agents w/...
When Dirt Meets Data: ScottsMiracle-Gro Saved $150M Using AI
How a semiconductor veteran turned over a century of horticultural wisdom into AI-led competitive advantage For decades, a ritual played out across ScottsMiracle-Groâs media facilities. Every few weeks, workers walked acres of towering compost and wood chip piles with nothing more...
AI+, Connected Industries Drive Smarter, Secure Enterprise Networks
đ These themes - AI+, Connected Industries, and Connected Enablers - speak directly to the questions every enterprise leader is asking. #MWC25 Las Vegas #AI #5G #IoT #AgenticAI @MWCHub @CTIA @GSMA https://t.co/st3b04wHGj
Stanford's BLAST Gives LLMs LightningâFast Web Browsing
Bring web browsing to your AI stack, without the latency. @Stanford just dropped BLAST, a high-performance engine that lets LLMs browse, extract & stream the web fast ⥠ⳠOpenAI-compatible interface âł Automatic parallelism + caching âł Real-time streaming Free repo in đ§”â https://t.co/xTUtwgITv2
From SDRs to Smart Systems: Harrison Wade on the Future of AI-Driven Sales
In this episode, Harrison Wade, coâfounder of Succession Bio, discusses how AI can transform sales and marketing in the lifeâsciences sector, emphasizing that AI is not a shortcut but a tool that requires deep context, human creativity, and a new...
MIT Tool Lets You Visualize and Edit Impossible Objects
MIT tool visualizes and edits âphysically impossibleâ objects https://t.co/0lHT0TIJ9m @MIT #AI #IoT #5G https://t.co/uYLG8MyYK6
Reachy Mini Wins TIMEâs Best Invention, Targets Million Units
So proud to see Reachy Mini named one of the Best Inventions of 2025 by @TIME! Huge credit to the @pollenrobotics and @huggingface teams, turning a concept into thousands of units sold and shipped in under 6 months. We might not be...
More Thinking. Worse Results. Wait, What?
From face recognition to grammar learning, both humans and models perform better when they donât reason step-by-step. Hereâs the paradox.
Free AI Courses From Leading Tech Companies and Universities
Here are free AI classes you can take online from top tech firms, universities https://t.co/ibbAfx1Jqf #AI #IoT #5G @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/IKQmuIU2SZ
Indiaâs AI Surge Vital for Global Future
Today I met with PM @narendramodi to discuss Anthropic's expansion to Indiaâwhere Claude Code use is up 5Ă since June. How India deploys AI across critical sectors like education, healthcare, and agriculture for over a billion people will be essential...
Weaponized AI Can Dismantle Patches in 72 Hours â but Ivanti's Kernel Defense Can Help
Adversaries from cybercrime gangs to nation-state cyberattack squads are fine-tuning weaponized AI with the goal of defeating new patches in 3 days or less. The quicker the attack, the more time to explore a victimâs network, exfiltrate data, install ransomware...
Microsoftâs Free MCP Course Unlocks Production AI Agents
Microsoft quietly dropped a free MCP course, and itâs a total goldmine for anyone building AI agents! đ„ 11 deep-dive lessons showing you how to actually build and deploy production-grade MCP agents. 100% free on YouTube. Links in 𧔠â https://t.co/Ant18ruDgu
New Prompt Beats AI Detectors, Produces HumanâLike Text
This guy literally made a system prompt that outsmarts all AI-detectors. Everything it writes sounds perfectly humanized. (prompt in 𧔠â) https://t.co/pxGfI6Rwc8
OpenAI No Longer Forced to Save Deleted ChatsâBut some Users Still Affected
Court ends controversial order forcing OpenAI to save deleted ChatGPT logs.
ChatGPT Connectors Signal Upcoming Hardware Product
The ChatGPT connectors are just so clearly for the eventual hardware product. https://t.co/BYEPuaMlyL
AI-Powered Virtual Assistant Brings Trusted Personalized Healthcare Everywhere
Is the future of healthcare ready to GO with youâanywhere, anytime? At @IBM TechXchange, I spoke with Michelle Barry, CEO of @LifeHealth_4W, to discuss their groundbreaking partnership bringing VIMA to life. @LifeHealth_4W 's vision for personalized healthcare + @IBMwatsonx's enterprise-grade AI and security...
đ§âđ 2025 Best Inventions, LLM Backdoors & Nano Banana Camera
Best Inventions of 2025, LLM backdoor risks, Nano Banana camera, Googleâs Gemini AI agents, and Microsoftâs record-breaking GB300 supercluster.
Speculating on U.S. Government Buying 10% of OpenAI
What are the odds that the US government takes a 10% stake on @OpenAI https://t.co/heI3WJLr48
Copilot on Windows Can Now Create Office Documents and Connect to Gmail
Microsoft is updating its Copilot app on Windows to allow it to create documents from a chat session and connect to Gmail and Outlook accounts. The updated Copilot app is rolling out initially to all Windows Insiders, ahead of a...
Will Updating Your AI Agents Help or Hamper Their Performance? Raindrop's New Tool Experiments Tells You
It seems like almost every week for the last two years since ChatGPT launched, new large language models (LLMs) from rival labs or from OpenAI itself have been released. Enterprises are hard pressed to keep up with the massive pace...
New Prompt Unlocks SoraâŻ2âs MindâBlowing Video Creation
This guy literally built a system prompt that makes Sora 2 create mind-blowing videos. (prompt in 𧔠â) https://t.co/35IQncf2Ay
Enabling Strategic Procurement with AI, From Frustration to Foresight - with Rob DeSantis of Arkestro
The post highlights a podcast episode where Rob DeSantis of Arkestro explains how AI can shift procurement from a riskâaverse, toolâlimited function to a strategic, foresightâdriven capability, delivering 20â30% cost savings that directly boost earnings per share. He argues that...
Connecting the Dots Across Discovery - with Ben Ninio of Deloitte
In this AI in Business podcast episode, Ben Ninio of Deloitte explains how enterprises are reshaping scientific discovery by using language as a unifying "hack" across R&D fields such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and industrial chemistry. He shows how large language...
What Did OpenAI Announce at DevDay? Apps SDK, MCP UI & Impact to SaaS - EP99.20-APPS
In this episode of the "Day in AI" podcast, hosts Michael and Chris break down OpenAIâs DevDay announcements, highlighting the new Apps SDK, the MCP UI overhaul, and what these changes could mean for SaaS developers. They weave humor and...
Nvidia Researchers Boost LLMs Reasoning Skills by Getting Them to 'Think' During Pre-Training
Researchers at Nvidia have developed a new technique that flips the script on how large language models (LLMs) learn to reason. The method, called reinforcement learning pre-training (RLP), integrates RL into the initial training phase rather than saving it for...
Small Startup Tops Hugging Face, Proving OpenâSource Equality
Refreshing to see @neuphonicspeech, a London-based seed startup that raised just a few million, top the most trending models on @huggingface today. They manage to stand out amongst 2M public models & giant corporations from the US and China. Good example...
Master 12 Essential AI Skills for 2025 Business Success
đ The 12 AI skills to master in 2025 go beyond prompt engineering: ⥠Workflow automation ⥠AI agents & multimodal AI ⥠RAG & fine-tuning assistants ⥠AI video generation ⥠SaaS dev & LLM management đ AI isnât optional â itâs a core business...
OpenAIâs Sora Has Already Hit More than 1 Million Downloads
OpenAIâs social AI video-generating app, Sora, has reached over 1 million downloads in fewer than five days since its launch. Thatâs according to Sora head Bill Peebles, who said on Wednesday that Sora racked up downloads faster than ChatGPT did...
The AI Industry Is at a Major Crossroads
Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! Iâm Hayden Field, senior AI reporter at The Verge and your Thursday episode guest host. Iâm subbing in for Nilay while heâs still out on parental leave, and Iâm 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...
AI-Powered Bioacoustics Boost Endangered Species Conservation
How AI is helping advance the science of bioacoustics to save endangered species https://t.co/2NWjsbUxbs #ai #sustainability #IoT https://t.co/vaMWUg57Pf
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...
Amazon Launches Quick Suite: Secure AI Agents for Enterprises
Amazon just dropped Quick Suite, an agentic AI platform for enterprise ecosystems. Agents can analyze data, summarize insights, and act across Slack, AWS, Salesforce, with full security and privacy! đ„ Looks super promising. https://t.co/Gov6GSq4cB
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 Indianaâs AI Innovation Networkâa stateâwide, SBAâfunded effort that now boasts nearly 400 members and aims to share best practices across sectors. Linder explains...
VoiceâControlled AI Photo Editing Made Simple with Photo Genius
You know Iâm 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 𧔠â https://t.co/fTUrhmsdgL
DC Comics Wonât Support Generative AI: âNot Now, Not Everâ
DC wants Superman and other characters under the stewardship of human artists. DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee said that the company âwill not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork,â 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. Itâs part of a number of new features coming to OneDrive in the...
Autonomous Networks Reach LevelâŻ4: SelfâThinking Blueprint Unveiled
Autonomous Networks are moving from concept to reality! #CSPs are climbing to Level 4 where the network thinks for itself. #TMForum âs latest report shares the blueprint + CSP case studies building it today. Dive in đ https://t.co/Z2KCBmGv9Q...
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...
The Next AI Battleground: Googleâs Gemini Enterprise and AWSâs 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...