Today's AI Pulse
Trump flags Anthropic as a national‑security threat before easing stance
President Trump told The Axios Show that Anthropic was briefly deemed a national security threat, prompting the Commerce Department to impose export controls and the Pentagon to label the firm a supply‑chain risk. The administration also barred foreign nationals from the company, actions typically reserved for foreign adversaries, but the tension eased after a recent G7 meeting.
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By the numbers: NewGenIVF raises $10M pre‑Series A for K25.ai
Boardcon PICOT536 SoM and EMT536 SBC Feature Allwinner T536 Edge AI Processor
Boardcon has introduced the PICOT536 system‑on‑module and the EMT536 development board, both built around Allwinner’s T536 edge‑AI processor. The T536 combines a quad‑core Cortex‑A55 CPU, RISC‑V co‑processors and a 2 TOPS NPU, supporting up to 8 GB LPDDR4/LPDDR4X and 64 GB eMMC storage. The PICOT536 offers a 314‑pin MXM edge connector with extensive I/O, while the EMT536 adds dual Gigabit Ethernet, NVMe, and multiplexed USB 3.0 for industrial HMI, machine‑vision and robotics applications. Software support includes a Buildroot environment, Linux 5.15, and a full cross‑compilation toolchain.
GBrain 0.26.3 Introduces Full OAuth Access Control Panel
GBrain v0.26.3 now has a full MCP oAuth panel that you can use to control which clients (Claude Code, Cowork, ChatGPT or Perplexity Computer) get access to your brain, with full invalidation and logs https://t.co/xJnnGbcUUW
Singapore Software Engineers with AI Skills Earn 25% More: ‘No Longer Nice-to-Have’
A NodeFlair salary report covering more than 230,000 data points shows Singapore software engineers with AI expertise command a 13‑25% pay premium over peers. The premium is strongest among senior, lead and managerial roles, which saw salary growth above 10%,...
Atlassian Will Train on Your Data: Opt Out with GitLab
Atlassian will automatically collect metadata and in‑app content from its cloud suite—including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and related products—starting August 17 2026 to train AI models like Rovo. The collection is mandatory for Free, Standard and Premium tiers, with only Enterprise customers able...
Fed Official Talks AI, Says Little
Federal Reserve banking supervisor Michelle Bowman delivered a speech emphasizing AI innovation over regulation, mentioning "innovation" nine times and "risk management" only twice. She urged banks to adopt generative AI while relying on internal governance rather than heavy oversight. Bowman...
Relational Futures: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Relational Futures project, an Indigenous‑led study by Bronwyn Carlson and Tamika Worrell, examined how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples encounter AI technologies such as generative models, automated decision‑making tools, and AI companions. Using an online survey of 36...
ACAM Unlocks AI Action for Australia’s Not-for-Profits with New ‘AI for Good’ Series
The Australian Centre for AI in Marketing (ACAM) is rolling out a four‑week online series called “Unlocking the Power of AI for Good,” aimed at helping Australian not‑for‑profits (NFPs) apply artificial intelligence responsibly. Backed by IBM and developed with input...
ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude: The Best LLM Subscription You Should Buy (2026 Edition)
The author revisits the 2026 LLM subscription landscape, comparing OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude to determine which service delivers the most work for the lowest cost. The analysis expands beyond raw model performance to include workflow coverage, memory...
AI Safety Tips for Teens
The RealClearEnergy piece outlines practical AI safety guidelines aimed at teenagers. It stresses protecting personal data, recognizing deep‑fake and misinformation risks, and maintaining critical thinking when using generative tools. The article also recommends parental oversight and school‑based digital‑literacy programs. By...
AI Rewrites Cover Letters Creatively, but Newer Model Urges Restraint
Sometimes when I demo AI, I show it turning cover letters into goofy formats (poetry, etc) as an introduction to the idea of AI as translator between forms. For the first time, GPT-5.5 has been trying to get me to tone...
Claude Code v1.42.0 Adds Detailed Token Cache Metrics
My Claude Code session-metrics v1.42.0 release now tracks partial token cache hit rates well as usual token usage, costs, cache breaks on a session by session, turn by turn basis 😎
Last Week Ignite - 5.3.26
OpenAI unveiled Symphony, an open spec that turns Linear into a control plane for autonomous coding agents, while its partnership with Microsoft was rewritten to allow multi‑cloud deployment and AWS added OpenAI models to Bedrock. The week also saw the...
DeepClaude – Claude Code Agent Loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro, 17x Cheaper
Claude Code, Anthropic’s premier autonomous coding agent, traditionally costs $200 per month with usage caps. The new open‑source tool deepclaude swaps the underlying model for DeepSeek V4 Pro, which charges $0.44 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens—roughly...
AI Boom Drives a Massive Economic Divergence
The U.S. economy grew at an annualised 2.0% rate in Q1 2026, according to the March‑quarter national accounts. Investing Live highlighted that roughly 1.5 percentage points of that expansion came from capital expenditure tied to artificial‑intelligence projects. While the headline growth...
Nurses Harness AI to Help Quantify Their Instincts About Patient Care
Hospital nurses often sense patient decline before vital signs change, but lack a formal way to convey that intuition. Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Columbia are embedding nurse‑generated data—extra vital checks, medication administration, and explicit concern scores—into machine‑learning‑driven early warning...
AI TRAVEL SUGGESTIONS: WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
Chinese travelers increasingly rely on large language models for trip planning during the May Day holiday. QuestMobile data shows ByteDance's Doubao pulls travel content from its own apps—Douyin (97.7%) and Toutiao (84.5%)—while Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen and DeepSeek draw more from...
Global AI & Tech Turbulence: Deals, Taxes, Layoffs
If you missed the latest newsletter edition — 📰 • @Meta 's @ManusAI deal • @SoftBank : $100B robotics IPO • Australia: Big Tech news tax • @efishery_ai founder: 9 years in prison • @GoldmanSachs : blocked @AnthropicAI • @claudeai in HK • @Hyundai_Global :...
Self-Healing Synaptic Transistor Recovers Memory After Damage
Researchers have created a fully self‑healing, stretchable synaptic transistor that regains most of its function after being cut in half. The device restores about 80% of its operating current and over 90% of its memory within 24 hours without external triggers,...
Log‑scale Plot Masks Sub‑linear AI Scaling
This is impressive, but it's sub-linear scaling, not super-linear. The X axis is on a log scale. This is roughly power law scaling with an exponent of 0.3 (third root of compute), which is actually quite high compared to other...
Open‑source Claude Design Clone Brings Local‑first AI Design
Holy F*ck... someone just created an open-source replica of Claude Design 🤯 Local-first. BYOK at every layer. Runs on whatever coding agent you already have on your laptop. The daemon scans your PATH for 13 different CLIs like Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude...
Google Home Will Roll Out Gemini Upgrades More Widely in Europe, Asia-Pacific This Week
Google is expanding Gemini for Home, its AI‑driven assistant for Nest devices, to a broader set of European and Asia‑Pacific markets this week, following an early‑access rollout announced in April. The company says the rollout is being accelerated, letting users...
Anthropic’s Unique Bond with Claude Reshapes AI Development
I am not sure I would agree with all of this, but the relationship between Anthropic and Claude is quite different than the relationship between other labs and their models. And that shows up in lots of ways, from the...
AI Automates Job Hunting: 15 Prompts to Replicate
I automated my entire job search using AI. You can too. Here are 15 prompts I used:
Success Stories: Academia and Industry Collide
Fujitsu Limited and Carnegie Mellon University have launched the Fujitsu‑Carnegie Mellon Physical AI Research Center to advance AI that can interact with the real world. The hub combines expertise in robotics, machine learning, human‑computer interaction, and engineering to create scalable...
Hong Kong Is the Hub for China’s AI IPOs. It Can Be so Much More than That
Hong Kong has re‑emerged as China’s premier AI financing hub, topping global IPO rankings in 2025 with roughly $34.3 billion raised. The city’s open market attracted mainland powerhouses Alibaba and Ant, which secured 13 of 24 floors in a Causeway Bay...
The Quiet Erosion of Agency in the Age of AI
Enterprises are rapidly embedding generative AI into customer interactions and decision‑making, turning the technology into an operational environment rather than a simple tool. As AI models learn internal data, they begin to set direction, leading employees to default to system...
Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground
A Texas startup near Austin has developed a robotic system that constructs homes from on‑site clay. The robot extracts dirt, mixes it into adobe, and uses a claw and hammer attachment to shape walls, guided by machine‑learning feedback. The pilot...
Clinical Data Foundries Are on the Horizon
Health systems are pivoting toward "clinical data foundries" by 2030, turning electronic health records into high‑velocity, monetizable assets. The shift is driven by rising labor costs, margin pressure and the promise of modular AI architectures that replace fragmented point solutions....
AI Boosts Team Collaboration More Than Solo Productivity
So much talk on how to become more productive as an individual, esp with AI. Much less about how to work better as a team, using those tools. When well-oiled teams (with superb individuals) >> superb individuals Eg pair programming when using...
Zoho CRM Unveils Q1 2026 Updates: Workqueue, AI Assistants, and WorkDrive Migration
Zoho CRM rolled out its Q1 2026 product refresh, introducing a native Workqueue view, enhanced Zia AI assistants, and a migration to WorkDrive for document storage. The changes aim to streamline sales reps’ daily tasks, expand AI‑driven selling, and require organizations...
South Korea’s April Exports Surge 48% to Record $85.9 B, Driven by AI‑Fueled Chip Boom
South Korea’s exports rose 48% year‑over‑year in April, reaching $85.9 billion, the second‑highest monthly total on record. The surge was powered by a 173.5% jump in semiconductor shipments tied to artificial‑intelligence demand, while auto exports slipped amid Middle‑East logistics disruptions. The...
Salesforce Launches Agentforce Operations to Fix Enterprise AI Workflow Failures
On May 2, 2026 Salesforce unveiled Agentforce Operations, a workflow‑control platform that turns existing business processes into step‑by‑step tasks for autonomous AI agents. The launch targets the growing problem of task failures caused by back‑office workflows that were never built...
AI Voice Drafts My Pitch in Minutes
I have a massive vision for Closed Won Club but really struggled with articulating a concise value prop for it. Boiling it down to 4 sentences or a short elevator pitch. Every time I tried to write it I got...
Goldman Forecasts $400B AI Bond Supply Mid-Year
JUST IN: Goldman projects about $400 billion of gross AI-related supply in USD IG and HY markets from mid.
Haut.AI to Introduce a New Standard in Skin Measurement at New York Suppliers’ Day 2026
Haut.AI will unveil its next‑generation skin measurement platform at New York Suppliers’ Day 2026, showcasing AI Skin Analysis, the generative SkinGPT engine, and the conversational Skin.Chat interface. The suite turns a single smartphone photo into clinically validated skin biomarkers, enabling...
6,000+ Women Enrolled in Free 30‑Day AI Challenge
6,000+ women joined the Women’s AI Challenge I started with 4 other creators 🤯 It’s 30 days and FREE You can still join. Link here: https://t.co/UTnXTcKWc7 https://t.co/gOwJSYXRfr
AI Forces Academia to Rethink Learning Fundamentals
AI has awoken academe from its slumber, as it challenges why we learn, what we learn, when we learn, how we learn and how learning and intelligence should defined, judged and assessed. It is having to rethink its assumptions and...
AI Estimating Tools Promise Faster, More Accurate Construction Bids
AI-powered estimating software is entering construction firms to speed up bid preparation and tighten cost accuracy. The tools augment, rather than replace, seasoned estimators, delivering structured, review‑ready estimates that protect margins.
Nvidia's China AI Accelerator Share Hits 0% Amid Export Controls
JUST IN: Jensen Huang says Nvidia's market share of AI accelerators in China has dropped to 0%, calling U.S. export controls strategically counterproductive.
AI Transforms Sales Enablement Into Strategic Powerhouse
How AI has evolved the Sales Enablement Role by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/RMuKS1xY8u @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #SalesEnablement #RevOps #Marketing #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence https://t.co/u95VlYk7Nx
Real-World 10k Km Test Shows 79% FSD Works
most i've heard speak out against or criticize @tesla @cybertruck #FSD don't seem to have even driven with it.. i'm running 79% full self driving for the last 10,000 km's... awesome... https://t.co/dj8DueQSod
Codex/Goal Shines when Paired with Gstack and Gbrain
Codex/goal is powerful in conjunction with gstack (all my plans and office-hours runs) and gbrain (code search plus context on what I’m trying to build and what I care about broadly)
Memory Is the Agent: End Stateless AI
This Lex Fridman podcast montage is pure fire Sam Altman: “Your whole life should fit in one context window.” Memory isn’t a feature of an agent. It is the agent. No more stateless resets. Building agents that actually remember, learn, and evolve. @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33...
AI Index Good for Rough Model Comparison, Not Trend Analysis
The artificial analysis index is a normalized score of several benchmarks (and has changed over time) it is fine for roughly comparing models, it is not useful for trend analysis and it is unclear what individual point differences in the...
Wozniak Doubts AGI While Championing Ultra‑slim iPhone
'I don’t believe we’ll hit AGI' — Steve Wozniak has some major AI skepticism, and a love of the slimmest iPhone. https://t.co/VYH0JAzLk6
Assess Your Readiness for AI's Real Impact
on a scale from 1-10, how ready are you for when it turns out that AI is not a bubble?
Low GPU Use Beats Hyperscalers, Accelerating Multi‑Tenant Optimizations
GPU utilization is embarrassingly low. This is actually good versus the hyperscalers. We’re about to speedrun the multi-tenant CPU optimizations of the last 25 years, including all the security headaches, but with GPUs.
Even Skeptics See AI's Unsettling Future in Sex Robots
Doomers: AI will destroy humanity Me: That’s self-serving, cash grabbing pessimism not rooted in reality [watches sex robot demo video] Me: ok, the Doomers may have a point on that one
Local LLMs Thrive: New Model Boosts Product Quality
I'm obsessed with running local LLMs. Been working with an engineer to build product(s) that are 100% local. A new model that came out recently instantly improved the quality of our product. We live in really interesting times.
Top 6 Claude Code Skills Unveiled After 400‑Hour Test
this guy literally spent 400 hours in Claude Code testing 100+ skills to find the 6 best ones 🤯 Nate put together an awesome guide and a 15-minute tutorial showing exactly how to make the most of them. full video in 🧵↓...