Today's AI Pulse
Salesforce to acquire AI customer‑service platform Fin for $3.6B
Salesforce announced a $3.6 billion acquisition of Fin, an AI‑driven customer‑service platform, slated to close in fiscal Q4 2027. Fin’s AI agents handle chat, email, WhatsApp, text, phone and Slack, resolving roughly 76% of tickets without human intervention. The deal adds over 30,000 enterprise customers and $400 million in annual recurring revenue.
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How Does AI Room Pricing Work for Small Hotels? A Guide to Stop Guessing Your Room Rates - By Femke...
Lighthouse’s AI‑driven Pricing Optimization helps small independent hotels set room rates using real‑time market data. The platform monitors competitor rates, local events, booking pace, occupancy and historical patterns, delivering hourly rate recommendations within user‑defined guardrails. Hotels that adopt the tool see an average 21% RevPAR lift, equivalent to just two extra room nights per month covering subscription costs. Users retain final approval, with optional autopilot for fully automated updates.
3 Medical Info Systems Stocks Riding the GenAI Wave in a Tough Market
The medical information systems sector is riding a wave of generative AI despite a tough market, with AI‑in‑healthcare projected to grow at a 38.6% CAGR through 2030. Remote‑care demand and smart‑health product growth are driving a market that could reach...
Claude's 75 Updates in 60 Days Outpace Rivals
Claude has shipped 75+ updates in 60 days. This is faster than almost any AI company right now. The reason behind it👇
‘Patch Wave’ Warning: AI May Expose Decades of Hidden Software Bugs
The UK National Cyber Security Centre warned that AI can now uncover decades‑old software flaws at a speed that will overwhelm existing patch‑management processes, creating a “patch wave” of critical updates. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model identified over 2,000 hidden vulnerabilities,...
Start Small, but Start Now: How to Bring AI Into Your Small Business
A recent ASUS survey shows two‑thirds of small and medium businesses view AI as a generational shift. ASUS advises a three‑step rollout: audit existing AI tools, select a high‑impact workflow to automate, and equip staff with AI‑optimized PCs. Gartner forecasts...
AI Capex Surge Boosts AVGO Buy Outlook
Macro: Big-Tech AI capex rising. Key: Google & Meta beats signal sustained TPU/MTIA demand; Google flags higher 2027 CapEx. Risk: execution/valuation. Trade: Buy AVGO on 2027 AI visibility. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA. More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
AI Can Write a Song. It Can’t Build a Career.
Artificial intelligence can now generate songs in seconds, but its deeper threat lies in exposing the music industry’s fragile economics. AI blurs authorship, challenges royalty attribution, and can inflate streaming metrics, jeopardizing artist compensation. While the technology lowers entry barriers...
45 Years in AI: My Journey and Lessons
Great conversation with Tom Mitchell on how I got into AI, and stayed in the field for 45 year. https://lnkd.in/gNmCCF-h
BofA Throws Cold Water on AI Apocalypse Panic: 60% of Today’s Jobs Didn’t Exist in 1940
Bank of America’s global research team released a report arguing that the AI‑driven job apocalypse narrative is overstated. It notes that 60% of today’s U.S. occupations didn’t exist in 1940, and that only about 2.3% of global jobs face full...
Brazil and OKFN Partner to Enable Citizens to ‘Talk’ to National Data
Today the Open Knowledge Foundation announced a collaboration with Brazil’s Office of the Comptroller General to pilot a natural‑language interface for public data. Using a Model Context Protocol, the system will connect large‑language models directly to CKAN‑based datasets, delivering AI‑generated...
When AI Cheating Becomes a Legal Risk
Universities are confronting a legal crossroads as AI‑generated work blurs the line between ordinary grading and formal misconduct. In 2024 the University of Minnesota expelled a Ph.D. candidate after AI similarity analysis, a decision upheld by federal and state courts....
Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Spending Spree Puts Meta Jobs Under Pressure
Meta is slashing roughly 10% of its workforce—about 8,000 jobs—while earmarking up to $145 billion in capital expenditures for AI infrastructure. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says AI makes smaller teams more efficient, but the soaring cost of compute and data centers is...
Europe’s Laws ‘Ill-Equipped’ to Deal with Superhacking AI, Lawmakers Warn
European lawmakers warned that the EU’s current cybersecurity framework cannot cope with AI‑driven hacking tools such as Anthropic’s Mythos, which recently outperformed humans in finding vulnerabilities. In a letter signed by thirty MEPs, they called on Commission Vice‑President Henna Virkkunen...
Claude's Self‑Coding Accelerates Updates, Wins Developers
Claude has shipped 75+ updates in 60 days. This is faster than almost any AI company right now. The reason behind it👇 When Anthropic wants to ship a feature, they don't start with weeks of planning. They start by building....
The Latest AI News We Announced in April 2026
In April 2026 Google unveiled a suite of AI innovations aimed at the emerging "agentic era," highlighted at Cloud Next ’26. The rollout includes the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, eighth‑generation TPUs, the open‑source Gemma 4 model, Deep Research Max, and new creator...
Elon Musk’s only AI Expert Witness at the OpenAI Trial Fears an AGI Arms Race
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI brought in Stuart Russell, a UC‑Berkeley AI professor, as the sole technical expert witness. Russell warned jurors about cybersecurity, misalignment and the winner‑take‑all dynamics of artificial general intelligence, but the judge sharply curtailed his testimony. Musk’s...
The Human Edge in AI‑Driven M&A: Why Judgment Still Wins Deals
AI is rapidly automating routine M&A tasks such as document review and draft generation, but lawyers remain essential for strategic guidance, negotiation tactics, and translating complex data into client‑focused outcomes. The conversation with corporate finance lawyer Mujir Muneeruddin highlights that...
TinyFish AI Search & Fetch Now Free for All
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOUR AGENTS... starting today, @Tiny_Fish's `Web Search` and `Fetch` are FREE 🤯 Hand-rolling Playwright scripts and watching messy DOMs explode your context limits used to feel like battling the Dark Side. Today, TinyFish brings balance to the...
Best AI Writing Tools for 2026
A new roundup identifies the top AI‑writing platforms for 2026, ranking them on output quality, collaboration features, and integration depth. The list, curated from G2 with a minimum 4‑star rating, highlights tools such as Slack’s native AI, Jasper, ChatGPT, Claude,...
Ads Can Fund Trillion‑Parameter AI Models
One search ad every 40 minutes pays for a trillion-parameter model. One content ad every 3 minutes does the same. The math on ad-supported AI is better than you think. When Anthropic pulled Claude Code from the $20 plan last month,...
Udio Admits to Scraping YouTube Audio for AI Training in Answer to Sony Music Lawsuit
AI music startup Udio acknowledged that it scraped audio from YouTube to train its generative models and disclosed its subscription pricing, which starts at $10 per month for 1,200 30‑second clips and goes up to $30 for 4,800 clips. The...
Italian Travel Tech Startup Smartness Raises €47 Million In Series B Funding Round
Italian travel‑tech startup Smartness announced a €47 million (approximately $51 million) Series B round, led by existing backer XYZ Capital with participation from new investor ABC Ventures. The financing pushes the company’s post‑money valuation beyond €200 million, reflecting strong market confidence in its AI‑driven...
Episode 411 — Third-Party AI Risk and Vendor Due Diligence
The *Corruption, Crime & Compliance* podcast highlights the expanding risk of third‑party AI embedded in SaaS, analytics and service platforms. Companies now face data leakage, bias, regulatory liability, and IP concerns stemming from vendors’ AI use. Host Michael Volkov recommends...
Chinese Models Now Process More Tokens Than American Ones. The Price War Has Begun.
Chinese open‑source AI models have begun processing more tokens per dollar than their American counterparts, signaling the start of a price‑driven competition in large‑language‑model services. The emergence of Xiaomi’s anonymous “Ghost” model, widely believed to be a DeepSeek V4 variant,...
In Focus: Equity & Credit Update on AI CapEx
In this episode, JPMorgan equity strategist Bupinder Singh and credit head Nathaniel Rosenbaum examine the surge in AI‑related capital expenditures, which are set to double to roughly $1.4 trillion for public firms and could reach $2.5‑3 trillion when private and non‑U.S. spending...
Intel Taps Top Qualcomm Exec To Lead Client Computing, Physical AI Group
Intel announced the appointment of Alex Katouzian, a former Qualcomm executive who led the Snapdragon X Series PC effort, as executive vice president and general manager of its Client Computing Group. Katouzian will report directly to CEO Lip‑Bu Tan and is tasked with aligning Intel’s...
AI Boosters Power Everyday Life, Seek New Innovations
Good morning. @kareem_carr says us AI boosters aren't believable. Well, it's good enough to build this: https://t.co/8L5xphk0qQ, thanks @blevlabs. And it is good enough to drive our car. Thanks @Tesla. And good enough to clean my floors, thanks @maticrobots. And good enough...
Loblaw Steps Further Into AI
Loblaw Companies Limited has partnered with Canadian AI specialist Shakudo to build a centralized platform for developing and scaling in‑house artificial‑intelligence and machine‑learning applications. The new system will streamline data infrastructure, reduce duplicated effort across Loblaw’s digital teams, and support...
Gerstner Bullish on AI, Warns Against Fin TV Complacency
Brad Gerstner is breathless about the prospects for the hyperscalers and for AI. Fin TV does an injustice to their viewers (especially in light of the swiftness of the advance) - by not discussing possible negative factors. All bullish all the...
Salesforce Launches AI Agents in Slack to Automate Sales Workflows
Salesforce introduced Agentforce, a suite of AI agents built into Slack, enabling sales reps to pull CRM records, update opportunities and launch workflows directly from chat. The integration requires no extra setup or subscription fee, aiming to cut friction and...
Hospitals Are Still Relying on Fax Machines and Photocopies — and It’s Co...
U.S. hospitals still rely on fax machines and photocopies despite widespread electronic health records, creating costly delays and duplicated procedures. Administrative staff have ballooned 3,000% since 1975 while clinician numbers rose only 150%, highlighting an inefficient bureaucracy. Past federal initiatives,...
Goldman: AI Will Save the Economy Someday. First, It Has to Stop Inflating It
Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Stifel warn that the current AI boom is adding inflationary pressure, estimating AI‑related price lifts of about 0.3 percentage points to core PCE and 0.1 points to core CPI. The surge in demand for AI...
‘I Don’t Think Everyone Will Make It’: The President of a VC Firm With $11B in Assets Reveals How AI...
Jai Das, co‑founder and president of Sapphire Ventures, warned that AI agents—software that can autonomously execute multi‑step tasks—are moving from experimental prototypes to core workplace tools. He highlighted financial analysis as the first profession where agents could replace human effort,...
Champagne Breakfast & Artist Talk: Mario Klingemann in Conversation with Anika Meier
During Berlin’s Gallery Weekend, SLEEK Art Space hosted a Champagne Breakfast and artist talk featuring AI pioneer Mario Klingemann and curator Anika Meier. The conversation, titled “Inert Images vs. Attention Maxxing in the Age of AI Slop,” explored how Klingemann...
Locus Robotics Launches Locus Array, Teams with EPG to Accelerate Autonomous Warehousing
Locus Robotics introduced its Locus Array autonomous warehouse system and announced a strategic rollout partnership with Germany‑based Ehrhardt Partner Group (EPG). The launch, already live with DHL Supply Chain, aims to scale AI‑driven fulfillment across North America, Europe and APAC,...
AI Startup's Two Cofounders Aim Solo Billion-Dollar Companies
since babyagi, i've seen hundreds of agentic products and pitches there are only a few i immediately loved, and only one that i invested in past my usual entry stage that was cofounder 1 from @intelligenceco , and it was hard to...
AI Inverts Thought Process, Creating Anti‑Intelligence
AI isn't better or worse, it's an inversion of process. 👉It's this inversion that makes AI computation antithetical to human cognition. I call it anti-intelligence. https://t.co/H4UzBPZPmJ
Kaseya Launches First Agentic IT Management Platform, Promising Autonomous Ticket Triage
Kaseya introduced the first agentic IT management platform powered by Kaseya Intelligence, an AI engine trained on over 1 billion help‑desk tickets, 3 exabytes of backup data and 17 million managed endpoints. The platform automates ticket triage, threat containment and backup verification, aiming...
Today's Top Marketing AI News From Leading Sources
Top #Marketing #AI News Stories today: https://t.co/u9ydkMkv8q Top stories from @marketingdive @hospitalitynet @DigiMarketingWF @DG_Report @Zoom @eMarketer @Digiday and @Oracle Blogs. https://t.co/u6VEulyhQU
Learn, Iterate, and Improve Agent Video Creation
https://t.co/u4yodxAkbR is exactly what I've been waiting for. Making videos with agents is cool. However, seeing how other people make them and then building on that is what actually makes them good. Check it out:
What Happens When You Connect Semrush One to ChatGPT
Semrush One’s new MCP server lets AI tools like ChatGPT pull live SEO data directly from Semrush’s APIs, turning generic AI answers into real‑time market insights. Marketers can ask for current keyword trends, competitor traffic spikes, or backlink changes without...
GStack 1.26.3 Integrates GBrain, Boosting Agent Context
GStack v1.26.3 now works with GBrain, which means your coding agent now has much more context than it did before. https://t.co/DB6tQgjIZQ
Spot Robot Uses AI for Precise Tire Manipulation
Boston Dynamics’ Spot Masters Whole-Body Manipulation — Using AI to Drag, Roll, and Stack 15 kg Tires with Precision by @rai_inst #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/nQf4l1xOGS
Lee Cowie Takes Helm at Accesso as AI‑Driven SaaS Strategy Accelerates
accesso Technology Group announced Lee Cowie as its new chief executive, succeeding founder Steve Brown. The move underlines a shift toward AI‑enabled SaaS products, including the recently launched accesso Intelligence platform, as the firm serves more than 1,100 venues across...
Anthropic Releases Essential 33‑Page Claude Skills Playbook
WE JUST GOT THE ULTIMATE PLAYBOOK FROM ANTHROPIC 🤯 their massive 33-page official guide on Claude Skills is the only guide you need. make sure to bookmark it. link below in the 🧵↓ https://t.co/mSXw8vHdj6
Legal AI Startup Legora Hits $5.6 Billion Valuation with Nvidia Backing; Jude Law Leads New Campaign
Legora, a legal‑tech artificial‑intelligence startup, announced a valuation of $5.6 billion after securing venture backing from Nvidia. The company simultaneously unveiled a global advertising campaign fronted by actor Jude Law, signaling a push to mainstream its services for law firms and...
RxUtility Launches Personalized AI Companion Mimi™ to Compare Every Drug Price as Affordability Crisis Grows
RxUtility introduced Mimi, an AI‑powered conversational companion that compares prescription drug prices across all U.S. pharmacies. The beta version is free and guides users through personalized cost options based on insurance, location, and dosage. Mimi draws on RxUtility’s comprehensive affordability...
Live Demo: Hacking AI SOC at Google Cloud Next
Some of you have asked for a video of @hackerxbella and me having fun at the expense of AI SOC :-) at #GoogleCloudNext, and here it is: https://t.co/lIfcpWJSwF
J.P. Morgan Warns AI Could Cut Half of Entry‑level White‑collar Jobs, Cites Infrastructure Limits
J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s April 21, 2026 report predicts AI could wipe out as many as 50% of entry‑level white‑collar positions in the United States, but argues three constraints – model capability, physical infrastructure, and regulatory resistance – will temper...
AMD Shares Jump 74% in April on AI‑Driven Demand Surge
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw its shares climb 74.3% in April, the biggest monthly gain for the large‑cap chipmaker since 2001. The rally was powered by soaring AI‑related CPU and GPU demand, strong TSMC earnings and a multiyear partnership with...