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 supply‑chain 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.
Also developing:
By the numbers: SpaceX raises $86B in record IPO
Suspect in USF Doctoral Student Murders Queried ChatGPT on Body Disposal, Prosecutors Reveal
Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, faced with two counts of first‑degree murder, allegedly used ChatGPT to seek advice on disposing of a body three days before the victims vanished. Court filings detail the suspect’s online queries, purchases of trash bags and other supplies, and the discovery of one victim’s remains in a Tampa bridge dumpster.
Big Tech Investors to Gauge Payoff as AI Spending Set to Hit $600 Billion
Big Tech’s AI capital expenditure is set to hit $600 billion this year, prompting investors to scrutinize quarterly results from Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon. The spending surge has strained cash flows, driven job cuts at Amazon and Meta, and sparked...
Business Context, Not Model Strength, Limits Enterprise AI
Most enterprise AI does not fail because the model is weak. It fails because the business context is missing. That is the real bottleneck, and it gets worse as companies move from one copilot to hundreds of autonomous agents. I unpacked this with...
RFG Advisory Invests AI Notetaking Platform Zocks
RFG Advisory, a Birmingham‑based hybrid RIA with $7.3 billion AUM, invested in Zocks Communications as part of the AI notetaking platform’s $45 million Series B round, bringing total funding to $65 million. Zocks CEO Mark Gilbert joined RFG’s board, deepening the partnership. The investment...
Securing RAG Pipelines in Enterprise SaaS
Enterprise SaaS platforms are embedding AI agents that rely on Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) to pull proprietary data from wikis, CRMs, code repos, and other sensitive sources. Recent high‑profile failures—such as the zero‑click EchoLeak exploit, vector‑database exposures, indirect prompt‑injection via public...
Humanitarian Aid Turns to AI as Crises Outpace Capacity
Humanitarian organizations are turning to artificial intelligence to meet surging demand for aid. The IRC‑Mercy Corps Signpost program, which has delivered verified information to more than 20 million people across 30 countries, is now deploying purpose‑built AI agents that triage routine...
AI-Powered Longevity Science — One Gene to Reverse Aging? | Daniel Ives PhD
In this episode, Dr. Robert Lovekin talks with Dr. Daniel Ives, founder of Shift Bioscience, about moving from hypothesis‑driven aging research to data‑driven, AI‑powered approaches. Ives explains how his early focus on mitochondrial DNA mutations as the primary cause of...
AI in the Construction Industry: Security First, Then Innovation
AI is proliferating across sectors, but in construction the focus must be on security before innovation. Alex Richards, IT and Digital Director at BAM UK & Ireland, argues that thin margins demand pragmatic, ROI‑driven AI pilots that start with secure...
Beijing Orders Cancelation of Meta Purchase of Manus...China Warns of Retaliation over EU Green Tech regulations...Beijing Outlines Greater Protection Plan...
Beijing ordered Meta to unwind its more‑than‑$2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, signaling a hardening stance on foreign takeovers of Chinese‑origin technology. At the same time, China warned the EU it could retaliate against the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, which...
Launch a $200k AI Career for Under $12
My AI data science stack: 1. Python ($0) 2. Pandas ($0) 3. Scikit Learn ($0) 4. LangChain ($0) 5. LangGraph ($0) 6. OpenAI API ($1/month) You literally can grow into a $200,000 career for less than $12/year. I’m teaching it live (free): 👉 https://learn.business-science.io/registration-ai-workshop-2
AI Generates Personalized Chapter‑by‑Chapter Book Analyses
Here's a fun skill you can teach your OpenClaw/Hermes, just paste it and find a book and it'll give you hours of fun Book Mirror — How It Works What it does: Takes any book + everything the AI knows about the...
Agentic AI Is a Startup Advantage, Until It Isn’t
Startups are rapidly deploying AI agents to accelerate customer service, back‑office tasks, and product development, but treating AI safety as an afterthought creates legal, operational, and reputational hazards. Recent incidents—Air Canada’s chatbot liability and the ROME AI agent’s unauthorized crypto‑mining...
Intro to Claude Cowork: How to Get Started
In this episode, host Michael Stelzner chats with AI strategist Dan Nessel about getting started with Claude Co‑work, Anthropic’s new AI agent platform. Dan explains what an AI "agent" is, debunks common misconceptions, and outlines how Co‑work acts as a...
Proxy Voting: Communications in the Age of AI
Kekst CNC’s whitepaper examined how four leading large language models (LLMs) assess proxy‑vote arguments, revealing that AI assigns modest weight to classic pro‑management points such as activist credibility and nominee expertise. Press releases dominate AI sourcing, accounting for roughly one‑third...
Why AI Agents Could Be the Missing Link Between Factory Automation and Real Results?
A new Eclipse Automation report finds that despite widespread robotics, most North American manufacturers are stuck on an automation plateau because their systems cannot coordinate in real time. The missing piece is autonomous AI agents that can perceive data, set...
GitHub Copilot Switches to Token-Based Billing in June 2026
GitHub announced that starting June 1, 2026 Copilot will charge users based on token consumption rather than a fixed request count. The new "GitHub AI Credits" model prices input, output and cached tokens at each model’s API rates, while base subscription fees...
RM2bil Sovereign AI Cloud Aims to Make Malaysia Not Just Users, but Leaders in Tech - PM
Malaysia is committing roughly $440 million to a sovereign AI cloud, a move aimed at bolstering national security and reducing reliance on foreign tech platforms. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim emphasized that while the country welcomes global cloud giants such as Google,...
China’s Meta-Manus Block Slams Door on ‘Singapore-Washing’
China’s National Development and Reform Commission abruptly blocked Meta’s $2 bn acquisition of AI start‑up Manus, ordering the deal’s cancellation after the company moved its legal domicile to Singapore. The move ends a four‑month‑old transaction that Meta had already integrated, underscoring...
How to Legally Steal Any Website's Best Design Decisions Using AI
An AI‑powered tutorial shows how to reverse‑engineer any website’s visual, code, and interaction layers using Claude. By feeding screenshots, HTML, or copy into a series of ten carefully crafted prompts, designers can extract design tokens, layout grids, copy formulas, microcopy,...
SA Start-Up Pitches ‘Sovereign AI’ for Defence at US Summit
Safeza AVA‑X, a Cape Town AI start‑up, was chosen as one of eight global firms to pitch on the defence track at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington, DC. The company will showcase its on‑premises, sovereign‑aligned video‑analytics platform, which runs...
Untitled
A recent discussion sparked by the Claude Mythos Preview raised questions about whether open‑source repositories should be shut down due to perceived cyber risks. The UK’s AI Safety Institute evaluated Mythos’s capabilities and found no immediate threat that would justify...
Workday Innovation Summit - Agentic AI Is Not a Point Solution. Customers Air Out Why AI Results Require Organizational Change
At the Workday Innovation Summit, the company showcased its agentic AI strategy, emphasizing the Sana platform as the unified interface for all AI agents. Adoption is already strong – 75% of Workday’s 11,500 customers use AI in core processes and...
Q2 Targets Account Takeover with New AI Tools
Q2 Holdings introduced two AI‑driven fraud tools—User Activity Monitoring (UAM) and Restricted Entitlements Mode (REM)—to stop account‑takeover attacks in real time. UAM uses behavioural analytics and deterministic rules to flag high‑risk session patterns, while REM automatically limits access or contains...
Book Review: ‘Project Maven,’ by Katrina Manson
‘Project Maven’ by Katrina Manson examines the Pentagon’s AI program that automates target selection and weapon deployment. The book reveals how AI now controls every stage of drone strikes, with human operators often deferring to algorithmic recommendations. It highlights the...
Chinese Robotaxi Companies Ramp International Plans
Chinese robotaxi leaders Pony AI and WeRide announced aggressive international expansion plans at the Beijing Auto Show. Pony AI unveiled a seventh‑generation vehicle priced below ¥230,000 (≈ $33,000), undercutting the entry‑level Tesla Model 3, and aims to ship 3,000 units globally by 2027. WeRide,...
Ever.Ag Unveils Everett, an Agentic AI Decision Engine for the Agricultural Supply Chain
Ever.Ag introduced Everett, an agentic AI decision engine, at the ADPI Annual Conference in Chicago on April 27, 2026. The platform initially targets dairy processors, embedding AI into cheese yield optimization, transportation planning, and sales‑and‑operations planning tools. Built on Ever.Ag’s...
Your Doctor’s Notes Might Be Written by an A.I. Algorithm. Here’s What to Know.
Artificial intelligence scribes are rapidly entering U.S. clinics, with roughly 30% of physicians now using them to transcribe patient visits into draft notes. Doctors spend about 2.3 hours on paperwork for every eight hours of care, and early trials suggest...
Never Waste a Good Crisis - How Waste Management Specialist Veolia Intends to Turn the ‘Day Job’ Into a €1...
Veolia, the €44.4 billion (≈$48.4 bn) French water‑and‑waste specialist, is pivoting into AI‑related services with its Data Center Resource 360 platform. The turnkey solution promises up to 75% lower water footprints, 20% energy‑reuse efficiency and 95% waste recycling for data‑center operators. A partnership...
Syracuse University Gave AI Access To 30,000+ Students and Faculty. Here’s What They Learned
Syracuse University rolled out Anthropic’s Claude AI to more than 30,000 students, faculty and staff, embedding the tool in classrooms, course‑search, donor research and a coding pilot. In an introductory IT class, Claude generated practice questions, and after shifting prompts...
Why Efficiency Must Lead the Response to AI’s Surging Energy and Water Demand
Artificial intelligence is driving a rapid expansion of hyperscale data centers, pushing U.S. electricity consumption from 183 TWh in 2024 toward a projected 426 TWh by 2028—a 133% increase. A single AI‑focused facility can draw 100‑500 MW, equivalent to 80,000‑400,000 homes, and consume...
Snapchat Users Will Soon Be Able to Chat Directly with Agentic Ads Served to Them Via DM
Snapchat will soon let its 900 million monthly active users chat directly with AI‑powered branded Snaps that appear in the Chat tab. The new "agentic‑ad" format turns a standard promoted Snap into an interactive conversation, where users can ask travel, retail...
Microsoft Prepares AI Max for Search Pilot Across Bing and Copilot
Microsoft Advertising will open an AI Max pilot in May, extending AI‑enhanced query matching and URL routing to Bing and Copilot Search campaigns. The tool adds brand, term and messaging controls, plus real‑time search‑term and asset reporting for advertisers who opt‑in....
Quick Ways to Use AI for Tasks That Take Too Long – Easy EdTech Podcast 368
Educator Monica Burns' Easy EdTech Podcast episode shows teachers how to leverage AI for routine tasks. She demonstrates using AI to convert notes into rubrics, draft lesson outlines, simplify reading material, and automate file organization. These tactics aim to reclaim...
Primitive & MX Are Building an AI Agent Operating System
In this episode, Derek White, CEO of Primitive, and Ryan Caldwell, CEO of MX, discuss Primitive’s AI Agent Operating System designed for regulated financial institutions. They explain how the platform provides orchestration, governance, and ROI clarity—coined “return on agent capital”—to...
The Biggest Missed Opportunities for CIOs in the AI Era
Many CIOs have deployed multiple AI tools but struggle to show promised ROI because the solutions operate in isolation. The article argues that the real missed opportunity is AI orchestration—linking agents, data, and workflows—to turn silos into a unified, governed...
Five Prompting Principles That Will Make You a Better Affiliate Manager
Affiliate managers are rapidly adopting AI, but many still receive generic outputs because prompts lack precision. The article outlines five practical prompting principles—assigning a role, specifying format, using real data, setting constraints, and building reusable templates—to turn AI into a...
Enterprise AI Is Missing the Business Core
Enterprises are pouring AI resources into peripheral productivity tools—calendaring, meeting summaries, and internal chatbots—while neglecting the core systems that drive revenue and costs. McKinsey finds only 39% of firms see earnings impact, underscoring the gap between broad adoption and deep...
Open-Weight AI Models
In this episode, Benny Chen, co‑founder of Fireworks AI, discusses the rise of open‑weight AI models—publicly released models that can be run, fine‑tuned, and deployed without relying on proprietary APIs. He explains how Fireworks AI provides a platform with optimized...
Stagwell Eyes SaaS Growth With Agent Cloud Launch for SMBs
Stagwell’s Marketing Cloud has launched Agent Cloud, a new AI‑driven platform that bundles ten specialized marketing agents into a single toolkit for small and medium‑sized businesses. The offering is positioned as a subscription‑based SaaS solution that lets lean teams run full‑funnel...
NAB 2026: AI-Powered Video Creation with Avid and Google
Avid and Google unveiled a multi‑year partnership at NAB 2026, embedding Google Gemini and Vertex AI models into Avid Media Composer and its Content Core platform. The demo showed editors using natural‑language prompts to direct a synthetic actor, generate B‑roll, and perform semantic...
What AI Means for Law Firm SEO
AI-driven answers from platforms like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini are reshaping how prospective clients discover legal services, often delivering information before a website click. This shift reduces traditional click‑through rates and forces law firms to compete with AI‑generated snippets. Firms...
The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover, Like It or Not
Bloomberg is piloting a generative‑AI chatbot called ASKB to modernize its iconic Terminal. The tool lets traders pose natural‑language queries—such as the impact of geopolitical events on portfolios—and receive synthesized insights drawn from the platform’s massive data set. As of...
You May Not Notice if an AI Chatbot Responds with Ads. Here’s How to Tell
Artificial intelligence chatbots are increasingly being used as covert advertising channels, embedding personalized product promotions directly into conversational replies. A recent ACM‑published study found that such embedded ads sway user choices, and most participants did not realize they were being...
Treat Psychohistory as Diffusion Model Extrapolating Future
so it’ll turn out that psychohistory from Foundation was a diffusion model trained on many date cutoffs then able to extrapolate the future? How it’d work: 1. **Train vintage models at cutoffs** e.g. pre-1931, pre-1950, pre-1970, pre-2000, pre-2020. 2....
New Map Shows Multi‑Layer AI Vendor Lock‑In Risks
Choosing an enterprise agentic AI vendor is complex. A new map plots vendors by trust vs. lock-in, revealing lock-in compounds across foundation models, orchestration, and runtime environments, making it more durable than traditional API lock-in. #AI #EnterpriseTech https://t.co/4iJEU3FvJO
IBM’s ‘Client Zero’ Approach and Four AI Lessons for India Inc
IBM Consulting leveraged its own "client zero" AI overhaul to generate $4.5 billion in productivity gains, positioning itself as a credible AI advisor for India’s large manufacturers. The firm identified four lessons: data integration outweighs model work, pilots falter without clear...
Market Shifts From Speedy AI to Thoughtful Intelligence
Critical Thinking surged this week. Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence: both cooling. The market isn't abandoning AI. It's demanding AI that can actually think. Phase 1: we need AI fast. Phase 2: we need AI that holds up under pressure. That's a very different problem. https://t.co/tNtHAXEyxR
AI Cannot Replace Human Imagination, Curiosity
At the ITWeb AI Summit 2026, Sandra Lehmann, chief actuary of Discovery Vitality, warned that artificial intelligence cannot replicate core human traits such as imagination, curiosity, and empathy. While AI excels at rapid multitasking and can act as a silent...
Top 10 Physical AI Models Powering Real-World Robots in 2026
The article surveys the ten most influential physical AI models shaping robot deployment in 2026, from NVIDIA's GR00T N‑Series to Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics and open‑source efforts like OpenVLA and Octo. Recent releases such as NVIDIA GR00T N1.7 and Gemini...
Dehaze Raises €3.2M for AI Chronic Disease Detection
Munich‑based healthtech startup dehaze announced a €3.2 million (≈$3.5 million) seed round. The round was led by YZR Capital and DN Capital with participation from Angel Invest, Zoho and Better Ventures. dehaze will use the capital to build a foundational causal AI...