Today's AI Pulse
Anthropic shuts down Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export‑control warning
Anthropic disabled access to its Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models after the Trump administration, via the Commerce Department, warned that foreign nationals could exploit the systems. The move followed alerts from Amazon and other firms about a potential jailbreak that could aid cyber‑security attacks. Anthropic declined the administration’s request for a voluntary shutdown but complied with the order.
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By the numbers: AMD acquires AI memory‑optimization pioneer Mext
Mythos Changed the Math on Vulnerability Discovery. Most Teams Aren't Ready for the Remediation Side
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI dramatically accelerates vulnerability discovery, promising ten‑fold higher finding rates than traditional pentests. However, the article warns that most organizations lack the remediation infrastructure to handle the surge, creating a widening gap between detection and fix. It highlights the need for centralized findings management, risk‑contextual prioritization, and closed‑loop remediation tracking. PlexTrac is presented as a platform that addresses these operational deficiencies.
Photonics May Unlock AI’s Data‑Movement Bottleneck
Why Photonics Could Decide the Future of AI Infrastructure Generative AI is turning data movement into one of the biggest constraints in modern data centers. Training clusters now span tens or hundreds of thousands of GPUs. Model sizes have moved beyond 100T...
EE TV Targets “Doombrowsing” With AI Search Tools
EE TV, owned by BT, introduced two AI‑driven discovery tools—Smart Search and Mood Matcher—to combat the “doombrowsing” habit that costs UK viewers an average of 28 hours a year searching for content. Smart Search lets users enter natural‑language queries covering mood,...
AI Overviews Boost Google Organic Click-Through Rates
Google click through rates for organic results with AI Overviews improving, shows new report https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ctr-improving-aui-overviews-41222.html
Google Once Again Ramps up Funding for Anthropic
Google announced a new investment of up to $40 billion in Anthropic, delivering $10 billion in cash immediately and pledging an additional $30 billion tied to performance milestones. The deal builds on prior commitments of $2 billion in 2023 and $1 billion in 2025, plus...
Maryna Viazovska’s Proofs of Sphere Packing Formalized with AI
Maryna Viazovska’s landmark proofs that the E₈ and Leech lattices give the densest sphere packings in dimensions 8 and 24 have been fully formalized using the Lean proof assistant and an AI system called Gauss. The AI accelerated the 8‑dimensional...
When AI Shops for Us, What Do Brands Lose?
Google is converting its Gemini large‑language model into a direct shopping storefront, allowing users to browse and complete purchases without leaving the chat. The move follows a 632% year‑over‑year surge in AI‑referred traffic, even as traditional organic search fell 9%,...
AI Productivity Growth Won’t Match the Computer Revolution
The article argues that AI will not replicate the productivity surge of the late‑1990s computer boom, where output per hour grew about 3% annually. While AI promises task automation, the technology creates bottlenecks—data quality, talent gaps, and integration challenges—that constrain...
3,000 Images, Zero Dialogue: How This Studio Made AI Films Without Sacrificing the Creative Soul
Purga Films and Gut produced three AI‑generated short films—mafia, Western, and samurai—using roughly 3,000 AI‑created images each and no spoken dialogue, substituting Lorem Ipsum placeholder text. Completed in three months, the project showcases how AI can deliver cinematic visuals while...
Board Oversight of AI: Do Boards Need AI Experts?
Boards are grappling with how to oversee rapidly expanding AI initiatives while meeting fiduciary duties. The article outlines three considerations: the scarcity and governance challenges of appointing a dedicated AI expert, the legal ability to rely on management and outside...
Bing Experiments with Fewer Clickable Links in Copilot
Bing is testing less clickable links in the Copilot search results https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-less-clickable-links-41208.html #bing #microsoft #copilot #ai
Adversaries You Might Meet Negotiating an AI-Friendly ESI Protocol: Artificial Intelligence Trends
The article identifies a "Willing Collaborator" as a key adversary in negotiations over AI‑friendly ESI protocols. This party is cooperative, curious, and already using generative AI, seeking clear, defensible validation workflows that can be explained to a judge. The piece...
AI-Enhanced Deliberative Democracy and the Future of the Collective Will
Manon Revel and Théophile Pénigaud examine AI‑enhanced deliberative democracy, outlining computational frameworks that aim to aggregate collective preferences more accurately than traditional opinion polls. They argue that preferences are shaped by context, making AI a potential discovery tool for uncovering...
Teach Your Agents to Manage Up
The post shows how to train AI agents—like the OpenClaw/Hermes “Claw”—to manage up by treating them as outcome‑focused employees rather than generic tools. The author shares a six‑step prompt that forces the agent to repeat back the task, outline steps,...
Never Let AI Guess: It Can Erase Production Data
an AI agent literally destroyed all of this guy's production data 🤯 Total AI disaster, yet totally predictable. here's the story: > Cursor agent (Opus 4.6) tries to fix a staging bug > Finds an unscoped Railway CLI token > Guesses an API call > Wipes...
What Use Are Statements of AI Principles?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a five‑point "Our Principles" manifesto, pledging to democratize artificial general intelligence (AGI) and place it in the hands of many. The principles emphasize democratic decision‑making, empowerment, universal prosperity, societal resilience, and adaptability. Critics argue the...
Google DeepMind to Open Its First AI Campus in the World in Seoul
Google DeepMind announced its first dedicated AI campus will open in Seoul by 2026, following a memorandum of understanding signed by CEO Demis Hassabis and South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT. The campus will host at least ten engineers...
OpenClaw Reveals Hidden Security Risks of Agentic AI
OpenClaw, an open‑source platform that lets AI agents share system access, was exposed as a major security liability. A February report identified nearly 43,000 public control panels in 82 countries and a mis‑configured database leaking 1.5 million authentication tokens and 35,000...
AI Could Cut Adviser Admin From Hours to Seconds, Says Bravura
Bravura Solutions says AI agents could shrink core adviser tasks from hours to seconds, starting with single‑agent tools that still keep a human in the loop. The firm showcased end‑of‑tax‑year ISA planning, where an AI could identify eligible clients, calculate...
Fully Automated AI UGC Ads Delivered in Eight Minutes
Everyone preaching “AI UGC ads” is straight-up lying. They call it automated… But they’re still: • Writing the scripts • Hunting for clips • Fixing the voiceovers • Manually stitching the final video That’s not automation. That’s just faster manual work. I built the real thing: One custom system powered...
Beyond Automation: Achieve True AI Maturity in Finance
You automated processes. But are you AI mature? Lawrence Maisel & Anna Tiomina show the journey: data → automation → predictive insight → beyond. Most teams stop earlier than they think. 🔗 https://t.co/zsQBN3Cpbd #fpatrends #aiinfinance #generativeai https://t.co/DBx2HQisK3
Scotland Women in Technology to Fund AI Leadership Training
Scotland Women in Technology (SWiT) will sponsor two cohorts of The Data Lab’s Data and AI Leadership Programme, covering 40 women over 2026‑2027. The hybrid 10‑hour course teaches AI readiness, strategy development and responsible data leadership. In parallel, SWiT will...
Create Slides Fast with Gemini AI Guide
🔑 Not sure where to start with AI-powered slide creation? ✨ My latest blog post walks you through every step using Gemini. 🔗 Examples and ideas are all waiting for you. https://t.co/ItAW6Egcmr
Musk Claims AI Abundance Will Render Retirement Savings Obsolete
Doofus. Elon Musk says saving for retirement is irrelevant because AI is going to create a world of abundance: ‘It won’t matter’ https://t.co/JoRbg1kZ9I
Gartner: Explainable AI Will Drive LLM Observability Investments
Gartner predicts that explainable AI (XAI) will push large language model (LLM) observability to 50% of generative AI deployments by 2028, up from roughly 15% today. XAI delivers insight into model reasoning while observability tracks hallucinations, bias, latency and token...
UAE Bots Deploy Scripted Replies Favoring Their Nation
I don't know if any of you have noticed, but there's a bunch of UAE bots here who argue exactly alike in replies. Goes like this: 1. An AI conclusion sentence. 2. UAE positive framing 3. Other country (somehow Canada often, randomly) negative...
Personal Model Benchmarks: No Coding Required
Best way to evaluate models against each other, and test if new model releases are better for personalized use cases and workflows. You don’t have to be a developer to be using personal evals and benchmarks.
The AI-Designed Car Is Taking Shape
Automakers are turning to generative AI to accelerate the traditionally five‑year car design cycle. At General Motors, designers start with a hand sketch, then feed prompts into an AI system that instantly produces 3D models and visualizations. The technology promises...
Bank‑Owned AI Financial Assistants Ensure Liability and Trust
I can imagine a personal financial assistant AI but you’d want it owned by your bank so that it’s liable. You want the people responsible for your money to be credible at paying it back if the AI messes up.
Skild Brain Teams with Jetson Thor for Advanced Robotics
Skild Brain Pairs With Jetson Thor to Power Next-Gen #Robotics Intelligence by @CyberRobooo #Robot #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/6tVH6PoYzn
The Pros and Cons of Adding AI to First-Party Experiences
Major retailers such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ulta Beauty and The Home Depot are rolling out conversational AI features in their apps and in‑store services. Forrester research shows 85% of consumers find AI answers helpful, yet only 71% trust them,...
Fathom Therapeutics Secures $47M Series A for AI‑Physics Drug Discovery
Exclusive: Fathom Therapeutics, formerly Atommap, has raised a $47M Series A, building a pipeline with its strategy of blending AI and physics approaches to drug discovery: https://t.co/iAlmJwCQK7
The New AI Search Rules for Your Career Site
James Ellis warns that AI‑driven assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Google’s AI will soon be the primary gateway for job seekers. In 2026, career‑site SEO must shift from keyword stuffing to building a searchable entity home page that AI...
How One of the World’s Top AI Voices Uses Claude Code to Run Her Day
Allie K. Miller, a leading AI influencer with 1.6 million LinkedIn followers, runs her daily workflow through Anthropic’s Claude Code, an agentic coding system that can access her filesystem. She operates multiple Claude Code instances simultaneously, teaching them custom "Skills" to automate tasks...
NTT to Triple Data Centre Capacity as Part of AI-Native Network Plan
Japanese telecom giant NTT announced an AI‑native infrastructure plan, AIOWN, to triple its data‑centre capacity to 1 GW by 2033. The company currently operates 160 sites with 300 MW of power and is adding three new centres—Tochigi (100 MW), Inzai/Shiroi (250 MW) and a...
Brace for the Upcoming AI Money Squeeze
You’re about to feel the #AI money squeeze by Hayden Field @verge Learn more: https://t.co/ZpXEsXOlD3 #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/RqyHDQRQ2z
How Agentforce Is Disrupting Salesforce Professional Services Firms
Traditional Salesforce consulting firms rely on a one‑person‑one‑role model, but margins are slipping. A 2025 SPI survey of 403 firms shows EBITDA at 9.8% and billable utilization down to 68.9%, signaling strain. Agentforce introduces AI agents as assignable resources within...
Singtel, Mistral AI Plot GPU, AIaaS Move
Singtel’s Digital InfraCo unit has teamed up with French AI firm Mistral AI to launch a sovereign‑level AI‑as‑a‑Service platform. The collaboration blends Singtel’s RE:AI multi‑tenant GPU infrastructure with Mistral’s open‑source software stack, aiming at finance, defence, government services and healthcare....
China Blocked Meta’s Manus Deal. That Changes What AI Companies Are Worth
Meta’s planned $2 bn purchase of AI‑agent startup Manus was halted by China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which barred foreign investment and ordered the deal cancelled. The block highlights a new valuation variable for AI firms: political ownership risk, where...
Cloud Infrastructure Spending Jumps 26% in China
Omdia reports that China’s cloud infrastructure spending is set to rise 26% this year, marking a third straight quarter of over‑20% growth. AI is the primary catalyst, expanding demand from model training to broader infrastructure and agent‑based applications. Alibaba Cloud...
Anthropic’s AI Agent-to-Agent Marketplace Experiment: The Legal Frameworks Don’t Exist
Anthropic unveiled Project Deal, a prototype marketplace where autonomous AI agents negotiate, sign, and execute contracts on behalf of users. The experiment demonstrated that agents can draft agreements, verify counterparties, and fulfill obligations without human intervention. However, the trial exposed...
Why Continuous Learning Stops AI Models Going Stale
Theta Lake, a compliance‑risk technology firm, has made continuous learning a core principle for its AI classifiers, avoiding the common pitfall of one‑off model training. The company enriches training data through extensive text augmentation, multilingual examples, and in‑house labeling to...
McKinsey Forecasts Agentic AI Could Power Two‑thirds of Marketing Tasks and Lift Revenue 10‑30%
McKinsey's new research projects that agentic AI could automate roughly 60% of marketing work, delivering 10‑30% revenue uplift for early adopters. The firm argues the shift will require unified data, API‑first platforms and a re‑imagined human‑agent workflow.
AI and Grocery - the UK's Leading Supermarkets Put AI Top of the Shopping List. The CEOs of Sainsbury's and...
UK grocery giants Sainsbury's and Tesco are accelerating AI adoption to sharpen competitive advantage. Sainsbury's, now in year three of its Next Level transformation, has launched an AI Centre of Excellence and reports over 200 live AI use cases, from...
AI Is Being Built for Coders
In April 2026 Anthropic and OpenAI unleashed a cascade of frontier models—Claude Opus 4.7 with the new Claude Design interface, ChatGPT Images 2.0, and GPT‑5.5—shifting AI’s leading edge from pure text to code‑centric generation. The author observes that these tools now demand a...
Ubuntu Linux Will Begin Landing AI Features Throughout The Next Year
Canonical has released Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and unveiled an AI‑focused roadmap for 2026. The plan emphasizes embedding AI models that run locally on both desktop and server editions, starting with background enhancements and progressing toward more "AI‑native" capabilities. Features under consideration include...
Claude, War, and the State of the Republic (with Dean Ball)
In this EconTalk episode, Dean Ball discusses the escalating dispute between Anthropic, creator of the Claude large‑language model, and the U.S. Department of War over contractual usage restrictions. The conflict centers on Anthropic’s refusal to allow domestic mass surveillance and...
Ofcom Writes to Broadband Providers Following Anthropic Mythos AI Concerns
Ofcom’s Group Director for Infrastructure and Connectivity, Natalie Black, has written to UK broadband providers warning of the rapid escalation in AI capability, specifically citing Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview model. The AI Security Institute flagged Mythos as markedly more adept...
Luxshare-ICT Shares Jump 9% on FY25 Profit Surge and Long‑Term Growth Outlook
Luxshare-ICT's shares climbed about 9% after the Chinese contract manufacturer posted a 24.2% year‑over‑year profit increase to RMB 16.6 bn ($2.3 bn) for fiscal 2025 and unveiled a strategy focused on AI, electrification and regionalized supply chains. The outlook signals a push to...
U.S. Hospitals Roll Out AI Chatbots as Doctors Split on Safety and Speed
Hospitals across the United States have launched AI‑driven chatbots—Patient GPT at Hartford HealthCare and Emmie at Sutter Health and Reid Health—to streamline appointments and answer clinical questions. While the tools promise faster access for patients, physicians remain wary of over‑reliance on...