Today's AI Pulse
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Images 2.0 with multilingual text and ‘Thinking’ mode
OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Images 2.0, a next‑generation image model that adds multilingual typography, real‑time web research, and agentic reasoning. The new ‘Thinking’ mode lets paid users generate up to eight coherent images per prompt, including floor plans, maps and UI mock‑ups. The feature expands the model’s ability to work with uploaded content.
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Just Eat and Starship Technologies Launch Delivery Robots in Barnsley
Just Eat and Starship Technologies have launched a pilot of self‑driving delivery robots in Barnsley, the UK’s first government‑designated “tech town.” The service will operate in four neighbourhoods—Carlton, Athersley, Monk Bretton and Lundwood—covering roughly 11,000 households. The robots aim to replace short car trips, cut emissions and improve food access for residents, especially those with limited mobility. An economic impact study estimates that nationwide rollout could generate about £1.3 bn (≈$1.65 bn) in GVA by 2035.
Marc Benioff Thinks AI Isn't Quite Ready to Replace Software Engineers
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff warned that generative AI, while boosting developer productivity, is not yet capable of replacing software engineers. He pointed to continued hiring at leading AI firms as evidence that models still need human oversight. Benioff noted Salesforce’s...
Teach Prompt Engineering: Turn AI Into Student Thinking Partner
Student Prompt Engineering: Teaching Kids to Ask AI Better Questions Students don’t need more AI access—they need better AI thinking.Without guidance, they use AI like a shortcut. With the right prompting skills, it becomes a thinking partner. Why it matters: • Moves...
Most Enterprises Lack a Clear AI Strategy but Push to Forge Ahead
A new Altimetrik and HFS Research report finds that just 14% of global enterprises have a clear AI strategy, while 71% are still developing one. CIOs and CTOs feel pressure to deploy generative AI before governance, training, or accountability frameworks...
Don’t Use AI to Automate a Bad Process — Including Performance Reviews
The article warns against using AI to automate performance reviews, a process many consider ineffective and anxiety‑inducing. It highlights that 13 % of companies claim to use AI for reviews, despite leading firms like Adobe, Microsoft, Netflix, and Accenture abandoning the...
Voice Scams: When AI Calls Your Patients, Who’s Responsible?
In 2025, 38% of Americans reported receiving scam calls where fraudsters impersonated their healthcare providers, a surge driven by AI‑generated deepfake voices. Multi‑modal campaigns—combining texts, calls, and emails—have amplified the threat, exemplified by the Kettering Health outage that disrupted patient...
Over-Dependence on AI Ranks as the Top Concern Across Southeast Asian Markets Surveyed
A Milieu Insights survey of 3,000 workers across six Southeast Asian markets finds that over‑dependence on AI is the top workplace concern, cited by 53 % of respondents, outpacing privacy and job‑loss worries. While employees fear erosion of judgment more than...
Advanced Deep Learning Interview Questions #18 - The Layer 1 Overreach Trap
In a Tesla senior computer‑vision interview, a candidate is asked to approve a pull request that uses 31×31 filters in the first convolutional layer for a 4K defect‑detection model. The article explains that such massive kernels explode parameter count and...
Hyperscaler Datacentres Set to Dominate by 2031
Hyperscale cloud providers are set to dominate the datacentre market, projected to hold 67% of global capacity by 2031—a fourteen‑fold increase from 2018. AI workloads are the primary catalyst, driving a near‑doubling of hyperscale capacity within three years. By Q4 2025,...
Digital Hopes, Real Power: How the Arab Spring Fueled a Global Surveillance Boom
The Arab Spring’s 2011 uprisings sparked a rapid expansion of state surveillance across the MENA region, turning smartphones and social media into tools for authoritarian control. Governments layered legacy informant networks with deep‑packet inspection, commercial spyware such as Pegasus, and...
AI Firms Pivot to Trust, Not Just Technology
AI companies are starting to focus on perception as much as progress. Firms like OpenAI and Anthropic are responding to public concerns with ideas like shorter workweeks, shared economic benefits and hands-on support for adoption. The shift is telling. Building AI is...
Le Monde CEO Urges Publishers to Sign AI Partnerships to Stay Competitive
Le Monde has signed AI licensing agreements with OpenAI, Perplexity and Meta, generating a significant new revenue stream that now accounts for about 25% of its earnings. The AI deals have boosted digital subscriber conversions, with ChatGPT referrals converting 20...
Narwhal Labs Secures £20m for Its Autonomous Comms Platform
Bristol‑based AI scale‑up Narwhal Labs has closed a £20 million (~$25.6 million) funding round as it launches DeepBlue OS, an autonomous communications platform that replaces human agents with AI across voice, SMS, email and WhatsApp. The utility‑priced solution offers zero setup fees,...
The New Playbook HR Leaders Need To Become Workforce Architects In The AI Economy
Artificial intelligence is outpacing traditional workforce planning, forcing HR leaders to move beyond static headcount models. The World Economic Forum predicts most changes will be task‑level transformations rather than full‑role eliminations, making capacity and skills architecture essential. HR must redesign...
Banks Must Own AI Agent Layer or Lose Customers
🔺 AI Agents & Finance: Which Model Will Banks Choose? Full video here: 👉 https://t.co/W4JgYEnfCZ 💬 AI agents are about to pick your bank, insurance, and investments for you. The real question isn't whether this happens — it's who controls the layer where...
5G Adoption Tops 30%, but Revenue Growth Still Lags
5G now accounts for over 30% of global mobile connections, roughly 2.8 billion devices. Yet revenue growth remains sluggish, with only about 20% of operators deploying standalone 5G architecture needed for advanced services. Operators still depend on consumer revenue, which supplies...
How to Navigate the Storage Crunch in the AI Era
AI‑driven workloads are outpacing traditional storage planning, turning five‑year forecasts into a relic. Companies face stretched lead times and compressed project windows, forcing a shift from "buy‑and‑build" to on‑demand storage services. Everpure’s Evergreen architecture offers a service‑level‑backed, outcome‑focused model that...
Leopard Imaging Introduces 25 MP Global Shutter 10 GigE Camera
Leopard Imaging has launched the LI‑IMX530‑10GigE‑NL, a 25‑megapixel global‑shutter camera that pairs 10 GigE bandwidth with native NVIDIA Holoscan support. The sensor is engineered for edge AI platforms such as Jetson AGX Orin, IGX Orin and the Jetson AGX Thor developer...
AI Adoption in Medical Practices
The 2026 Software Advice survey of 400 U.S. medical practices shows AI adoption is gaining momentum, with 33% already using AI tools and another 32% planning implementation within a year. Providers cite higher expectations, workflow efficiency, and clinical decision support...
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How To Turn AI Search Visibility Data Into a GEO Strategy That Closes Citation Gaps [Webinar] via @Sejournal, @Hethr_campbell
Search Engine Journal is hosting a webinar where Writesonic CEO Sam Garg will reveal how more than 500 million AI‑driven conversations expose the citation signals that power ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. Attendees will learn which content types and placements actually earn...
Tiny AI Startup Outpaces Big Labs, Accelerates Discovery
I met with the founders of https://t.co/VDKFa8U1Su today. Building an AI scientist. About to launch something new that is beating all the evaluations. Their AI is next level. Evolves faster than competition that got a lot more money. Has a better memory. And...
Open‑Source AI Accounting: Auto‑Extract, Convert, Own Your Data
I've been looking for something like this for two years. TaxHacker is a self-hosted AI accounting app that reads receipts, invoices, and PDFs extracts every field automatically and saves everything into a structured database you actually own. Upload anything. Store receipts, restaurant...
Mint Explainer | Anthropic’s $400-Million Biotech Bet: What It Means for India’s Pharma Industry
Anthropic, the creator of the Claude AI model, has acquired stealth biotech startup Coefficient Bio for $400 million in an all‑stock transaction. Coefficient, founded by former Genentech computational drug discovery scientists, brings expertise in AI‑driven molecule design. The purchase underscores a...
AI Breakthroughs Spark Personal Anxiety Amid Vacation
i'm on vacation with my family. i read about mythos and couldn't relax the rest of the day. i am completely stunned. i already have a severe case of ai psychosis. i dont know what to call this now. i'm...
SNCF Plans to Use AI and Data Analytics for the New TGV INOUI
SNCF Voyageurs convened a two‑day datathon with 70 data specialists and engineering students to prototype AI‑driven features for the upcoming TGV INOUI high‑speed service. Teams focused on predictive maintenance, energy‑efficiency tools and a self‑check‑in passenger system, delivering prototypes such as a...
Teen Builds 1,000 Data Glasses, Fuels Robot Training Boom
One of the reasons I haven't been doing a whole lot of videos here is I've been meeting with companies behind the scenes in the robotics world, particularly those who are collecting data (video data from glasses, from sensor arrays,...
AI K-Pop Startup Galaxy Aims for IPO in Seoul and New York
Seoul‑based AI startup Galaxy, founded in 2019, is preparing a dual listing in New York and Seoul for 2027 after raising roughly $150 million. The company blends AI‑generated music, virtual avatars and life‑size robot idols, leveraging star power from G‑Dragon and a...
White‑hat Access to Frontier AI Pre‑empts Cyber Threats
I’m waaaay out of my depth here, but I think the cyber security threat of increasingly powerful AI (like that of the recent Claude Mythos model) can be addressed like so: 1.) The frontier labs developing these newest models give access...
Ep. #89, Software Is the Killer App for AI with Bryan Cantrill
In this episode, hosts Ken Rimple, Charity Majors, and Jessica Kerr interview Bryan Cantrill, CTO and co‑founder of Oxide Computer, about the resurgence of building proprietary hardware and software stacks as a response to the cloud era. They discuss Oxide’s...
China’s Shenzhen Activates Huawei-Powered AI Cluster
Shenzhen has activated a new supercomputing cluster built with 10,000 Huawei Ascend 910C AI accelerator cards, delivering 11,000 petaflops of performance. Combined with a 3,000‑petaflop system launched in 2025, the facility now offers 14,000 petaflops, and 92 % of its capacity...
1177: Navigating an Acquisition at the Edge of Change | Tom DiDesidero, CFO, SmartRecruiters
In this episode, CFO Tom DiDesidero discusses SmartRecruiters' acquisition by SAP amid a rapidly evolving AI-driven SaaS landscape, highlighting the challenges of fast integration, cultural alignment, and shifting business assumptions. He shares his unconventional career path—from early roles in small...
Planet Labs Tests AI-Powered Object Detection On Satellite
Planet Labs successfully demonstrated artificial intelligence running directly on a satellite in orbit, using an NVIDIA Jetson Orin module to detect airplanes in an image of an airport captured at 500 km altitude. The onboard model processed the photo moments after...
Skills Erosion | Is AI Really Making Employees More Stupid? And What Can HR Do?
A new University of Bath paper warns that widespread AI, especially large language models, may be eroding core workplace skills such as creativity and critical thinking. The study describes a phenomenon dubbed “great deskilling,” where employees rely on AI for...
Forget Trust. Is AI Reliable?
Silicon Valley firms are urging companies to “trust” AI, claiming confidence unlocks investment returns and mitigates risk. The article disputes that premise, pointing out AI lacks emotions, intent, and moral responsibility, so genuine trust is impossible. It recommends shifting from...
Tennibot Launches AI-Powered Tennis-Playing Machine with Adaptive Training Features
Tennibot, an Alabama‑based sports tech firm, unveiled the Partner V2, an AI‑driven tennis ball machine priced at $2,245 (regular $3,500). The device is 13.6% lighter and 14.4% smaller than its predecessor while offering a 37% wider vertical feed range and...
SaaStr 849: How We Built Our AI VP of Customer Success with SaaStr's CEO and CAIO
In this episode, SaaStr’s CEO and CAIO discuss how they built an AI‑powered VP of Customer Success using no‑code tools like Replit, turning a simple project‑management portal into an autonomous agent that handles onboarding, task tracking, and daily communications for...
Chinese AI Cuts China Emissions, Boosts US, Japan
China's CAS released an LLM for carbon emissions accounting. The model apparently reduces China's contributions to emissions but increases US and Japan's. Is it open source, has anyone looked at it to see how it differs? Wrapping this in increasing...
The Fat-Tailed Economics Of AI
Anthropic announced a run‑rate revenue exceeding $30 billion, effectively adding its entire 2025 revenue each month. The figure dwarfs typical software ARR benchmarks and signals unprecedented scaling speed. The company attributes this growth to AI models whose cost curves are highly...
Seasoned Workers Turn to AI for Survival
Experienced workers are turning to AI out of necessity, not curiosity. Many with years of expertise are struggling to find jobs, and see AI training as a way to stay relevant in a changing market. It is less about opportunity and...
Mythos Threat: Few Firms Hold Power, China Closing Gap
In different hands, Mythos would be an unprecedented cyberweapon I am not sure how we deal with this, except to note a narrow window where we know only 3 companies could be at this level of capability. But it may be...
What It Takes to Run AI in the Real World: Lessons From Akamai Digital Leadership Summit
At the Akamai Digital Leadership Summit in Bengaluru, 125 senior technology leaders examined how Indian enterprises can run AI at Bharat‑scale while keeping costs near zero. Speakers highlighted the shift from building ever‑larger foundation models to engineering production‑ready pipelines that...
10‑Trillion Models Become InfoSec Skeleton Keys by 2027
10T models are Mythic class and are the target for the highest level of InfoSec hazard. Frontier labs will all have this capability in 2026. Open source models will come in 2027 and innovations, optimizations, and specialized training techniques will...
Old Code Vulnerabilities Resurface; New Fixes Must Bypass Model Limits
We are in cat and mouse game with next gen model or someone running current gen model in better harness expose vulnerabilities that have been in the codebase for decades. We need a new way to fix this that doesn’t rely...
Customer Interaction Platform Angoor AI Raises Pre-Seed Round Led by Venturizer
Angoor AI, an AI‑native customer interaction platform founded in 2023, closed a pre‑seed round of roughly $240,000 (Rs 2 crore) led by Venturizer, with several angel investors joining. The funding will fuel the build‑out of its enterprise sales team, expand product and...
AI Transforms Favorite Songs Into Endless New Tracks
Take your favorite songs Paste the YouTube link into Gemini Ask it to describe the sound to an audio engineer and producer Turn that into a prompt for suno Loop that with your agent Now you have endless new music based on...
AI Now a Core Pillar of Defense Strategy
AI is becoming central to modern defense strategy. Arthur Mensch argues that without AI, military systems risk becoming obsolete, underscoring how critical the technology is for security and sovereignty. The implication is clear. Control over AI is no longer just economic, it...
Building AI Initiatives with Bottom-Up Champions
University of Central Florida’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and Division of Digital Learning forged a bottom‑up AI initiative that built policies, training, and a national conference to guide ethical generative AI use in education. Faculty champions created an...
Claude Code Skill Clones Any Website in One Prompt
🚨 Wow. Someone just built a Claude Code skill that clones any website in a single prompt 🤯 It uses the built-in Chrome's MCP to pull fonts, colors, and layout straight from the source. 100% free and open source. Repo link in 🧵↓...
AI Agents and SaaS Economics Boost Scalable Efficiency
The intersection of AI agents and SaaS economics is shaping the future of industries, providing scalable solutions that enhance efficiency and productivity. Learn more: https://t.co/AaEqyZJr1W
ChatGPT Introduces Ads to Fund Free Service
ChatGPT has announced the introduction of advertisements within its platform, marking a significant shift in its user experience. This new revenue model aims to balance free use with sustainability. Read more: https://t.co/UgTEWz3Z1Y @wearetenet