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
Singapore: AI, Digital Innovation Reshape Student-Centred Education
Singapore's Ministry of Education unveiled the EdTech Masterplan 2030, a long‑term strategy to embed AI and digital tools in classrooms. The plan adopts a pedagogy‑first, student‑centred approach, emphasizing personalised learning, digital literacy and cyber‑wellness. It calls for upskilling teachers, building intelligent school spaces, and forging partnerships across government, industry and international networks. The goal is to produce digitally empowered learners ready for a technology‑driven world.
Deregulation Accelerates AI Drug Discovery Across Borders
Two articles were just published in English featuring Insilico and my OpenClaw noticed. Here is an interesting story. In 2017, before going into China, we set up Insilico Korea and I spent a considerable amount of time there trying to...
PROPTECH-X : What Will Replace the UK’s Most Profitable Proptech Rightmove and Why?
Rightmove remains the UK’s most profitable proptech, generating roughly £300 million (≈$380 million) a year with margins near 70%. Its dominance stems from a subscription‑based marketplace that locks agents into a high‑margin, low‑cost model. However, AI‑driven search assistants are beginning to bypass...
Closing the Reality Gap: A New Architecture for 1.8-Tb/s Chiplet Governance
Senior Lead Architect Dr. Moh Kolbehdari of Socionext unveiled the SEGA™ (Systematic Engineering Governance Architecture) framework to close the “Reality Gap” between simulation and high‑volume manufacturing for 1.8‑Tb/s chiplet interconnects. SEGA™ positions the package as an Active Control Plane, introduces...
Malaysia: Predictive AI to Transform Disaster Response, Public Safety
Malaysia’s government is deploying predictive artificial intelligence to overhaul disaster response and public safety. The National Disaster Management Agency will use real‑time monsoon and rainfall analytics to shift from reactive to proactive operations, targeting a 30‑40% cut in emergency response...
AI Agents Amplify Effort, Demanding Smarter Task Prioritization
There are at least 2 big but subtle factors contributing to the sense of overwork due to agents right now. 1. The leverage on incremental effort has gone up substantially due to AI, and anyone using these tools tend to feel...
Weekend LLM Freelance Delivers Months‑long Results at Competitive Rates
Doing freelance work on the side with Claude code the past few months. The average non-tech person still has no idea how to get good output with LLMs and I can do things in weekends that would previously take me...
Saronic to Collaborate with Korea on ASVs
Saronic Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwan’s National Chung‑Shan Institute of Science and Technology to develop AI‑enabled maritime capabilities, including autonomous surface vessels (ASVs). The partnership will focus on AI‑driven command‑and‑control software, systems integration, and the use...
AI Replaces Average Workers, Demands Exceptional Output
LLMs truly makes mediocre employees obsolete. If all you could deliver is middle of the pack output AI has already replaced you.
Adobe (ADBE) Announces Upgrades to GenStudio
Adobe Inc. announced major upgrades to its AI-driven GenStudio platform, introducing an agentic content supply chain that automates planning, reviews, and delivery for over 20,000 brands. New features include brand intelligence, workflow‑optimization agents, and creative production automation designed to eliminate...
Mag 7 Earnings Test Real Funding for AI Capex
The Week Ahead In Technology for April 27, 2026: The wall of Mag 7 earnings tests whether AI capex is still funded by results, not faith. $MSFT, $GOOGL, $META, $AMZN, $AAPL all report. Plus FOMC and $QCOM. Watch Azure vs AWS/Google...
Coding Agents Are the Core of Future Superintelligence
Coding agents will be the foundation of all superintelligence. At a minimum, coding ability is indistinguishable from 'proficiency with computers'. Great coding agents like Claude Code master bash, filesystems, configuring and installing programs… But it's also about self-improvement. A coding agent...
Where the Economy Thrives After AI
In this episode of the AI Daily Brief, the host challenges the dominant narrative that AI will cause massive unemployment, arguing instead that the economy will shift from a supply‑constrained to a demand‑constrained model. Drawing on economist Alex Imas’s essay, the...
AI Shifts Skills: De‑skill Some, Re‑skill Others
Yes, AI in Healthcare will lead to "de-skilling" of certain skills - but it will also unlock "re-skilling" in completely new domains. The question isn't whether that trade off is happening - it's figuring out what should go in each...
One Prompt, Realistic High-End Sneaker Campaign
GPT Image 2 is solid. Mocked up another DIMOND campaign concept with one prompt. This time I wanted something that felt less like an AI experiment and more like a real sportswear image. Cleaner, sharper, and more believable. Prompt: Create a premium, highly realistic...
AI’s Potential to Increase IRS Audits Raises Expectations and Fears
The IRS is piloting Palantir’s Selection and Analytic Platform (SNAP), an AI‑driven tool designed to sift through more than 100 legacy systems and identify high‑value audit and collection targets. The agency spent roughly $1.8 million on the contract, hoping to replace...
Success Stories: AI and Hardware Innovation
Artificial intelligence’s rapid growth is hitting a ceiling due to stagnant traditional chip advances and rising energy costs. Researchers at Arizona State University, led by Assistant Professor Aman Arora, are exploring reconfigurable computing with field‑programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to create...
Instagram Brings Simplified AI Video to Edits
Instagram has added generative AI video creation to its Edits feature, allowing users to produce short clips from text prompts, photos or existing videos without recording. The tool is accessed via the plus icon and AI option within the editing...
Hybrid Graph-Vector Retrieval Drives 97.9% Recall@5
For GBrain I built a proper eval harness. 145 queries, Opus-generated corpus. The retrieval stack uses graph based, vector based and Grep based strategies in combination. The graph layer is worth +31 points on precision. Vector-only misses 170/261 correct answers...
Agentic AI Shatters Old Security Model; Cyera Offers Solution
Agentic AI Broke the Old Data Security Model. Cyera Is Betting It Can Build the New One. https://t.co/gAuASNYvDf
Digital Realty Trust Posts Record Q1 2026, Highlights 200 MW Hyperscale Lease
Digital Realty Trust announced a record first quarter, posting Core FFO of $2.04 per share and signing more than $700 million of new leases, including a historic 200 MW hyperscale contract in Charlotte. The results signal accelerating demand for high‑margin data‑center space...
AI Success Vs. Pilot Stagnation: Report Coming Soon
I’m collecting a good sample of customer success stories with AI in enterprise that is encouraging around adoption and ROI. I’m also collecting a good sample of stories where AI is stuck in “pilot” purgatory. Interesting times. Report coming soon.
Alipay Launches AI Voice Payments for Cars
🇨🇳 Alipay brings mobile #payments to the car: Chinese tech firm Banma Intelligence and #fintech giant @Alipay unveiled a new AI-powered in-car system that allows drivers to make purchases using only their voice at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition 2026. @finews_asia. https://t.co/S3ihuRsaq4
COAI DigiCom Summit 2026 Sets AI, 5G, 6G Roadmap for India
At the COAI DigiCom Summit 2026 in New Delhi, India’s telecom operators and regulators agreed on a coordinated plan to embed artificial intelligence in services, accelerate 5G deployment and launch a research framework for 6G. The agenda signals a decade‑long...
AI Era Digital Transformation Masterclass Earns 4.6 Rating
RT 187 reviews. 4.6 rating, my masterclass Digital Transformation for Leaders in the AI Era on LI #DigitalTransformation #AI @Star_CIO https://t.co/UbVcHko1qW
If You Must Use Your Phone, Let AI Drive
Don’t use your phone, but if you absolutely insist please let the AI drive your car
FarEye Launches PILOT, an AI Dispatcher that Cuts Last‑mile Logistics Costs by 17.5%
FarEye unveiled PILOT, an agentic AI dispatcher that automates routine routing and execution decisions for last‑mile logistics. Early deployments show a 95% drop in dispatcher hours, 3–5× fewer dispatchers per hub, and a 17.5% reduction in cost per delivery.
AI-Driven Productivity Could Lift 2030 GDP 3.3%
Economists think in a "rapid" scenario where in 2030 "AI outperforms all humans at many tasks, and run businesses at the level of a competent CEO" and robots can "perform nearly all industrial tasks faster than humans", GDP growth would...
DeepSeek Slashes Cache Prices Thanks to Subsidies
the price is so low, because china is subsidizing costs and because deepseek doesn’t have to worry about any litigation costs for its training data
Tencent Open‑Sources Hy3 Preview, Its First Base Model After Platform Rebuild
Tencent announced the open‑source release of Hy3 preview, a 295‑billion‑parameter foundation model built after a major overhaul of its large‑model platform. The model is already deployed in Tencent Cloud, QQ, and Tencent Docs, with plans to roll out to WeChat...
Earn $570k Building AI that Will Replace You
getting paid $ 570k to build the AI that replaces you within a year https://t.co/zsLFaB8BIz
Agile AI Modeling Made Easy with Skill Transfer
Decades spent learning to change my mental models when the situation requires make it clear to me I need to be agile in AI model section too. Thankfully the ability to replicate skills between models makes switching really easy. Openclaw...
Gen‑AI Service Robots Poised to Redefine HR Support Functions
Industry analysts say generative AI‑driven service robots are moving beyond hospitality and healthcare into HR support roles. With the global professional service‑robot market up 9% in 2024 to nearly 200,000 units, firms are eyeing the technology to automate routine employee‑service...
Open‑source Harnesses Avoid the Shady Pitfalls of Closed Models
I am increasingly bullish on open source harnesses (like OpenCode) not because they will be better than SOTA closed harnesses, but because they will never pull shady stuff like what Claude Code and other closed harnesses can and do, regularly. Every...
Grok Imagine Turns Still Photos Into Live Animation
Used Grok Imagine for the first time right now. Took a still image and asked it to animate it. Insanely cool. https://t.co/Mw3zJbQiid
Boost Run Secures $1.44 B Deal with Dell to Power Enterprise AI Infrastructure
Boost Run announced a $1.44 billion purchase agreement with Dell Technologies to secure enterprise‑grade compute and storage hardware for AI workloads. The deal, which also deepens financing ties with Dell Financial Services, positions Boost Run to meet surging demand as it...
Own AI or Let It Redefine Your Business
Sharing this post that gets to the heart of the matter. You either make AI yours or AI will redefine your company's processes in ways you may or may not want. My POV: AI is a tool (the how) ...
Rethinking What Makes a Good World Model
Tomorrow in the Workshop on World Models at ICLR in Rio (10:30 am) I’ll talk about a… different take on what might make for a good world model. Come find out, 10:30 in Room 202A at ICLR https://t.co/TRzkSqeeKN
Maine Governor Vetoes AI Data Center Moratorium Bill, Citing Job‑Critical Project
Maine Democratic Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have imposed a moratorium on new AI data‑center construction, arguing it lacked an exemption for a critical project in Jay. The move pits state‑level oversight against local decision‑making and raises...
AWS Keeps A100 Servers Running Despite Newer GPUs
AWS A100-powered instances (EC2 P4d, specifically p4d.24xlarge with 8x A100 GPUs) went GA on November 2, 2020.
AI Motion Graphics Workflow Built in Codex with Remotion
this guy literally built the craziest workflow for generating AI motion graphics inside Codex with @Remotion 🤯 Watch @rileybrown take you from a basic "Hello World" prompt to a fully rendered video with @suno ↓ https://t.co/KBoH9j7vP7
Teacher's Buddy Secures NZ$2.3 M ($1.4 M) Seed Funding to Tackle Teacher Burnout
Teacher's Buddy, a New Zealand AI platform that automates lesson planning and reporting, closed a NZ$2.3 million ($1.4 million) seed round led by Soul Capital and Giant Leap. The funding will accelerate expansion as the tool already serves over 12,000 teachers in 130...
AI Scams Are Heading Into a Darker, Stranger Era
the AI scam era is going to be so much darker and weirder than people realize https://t.co/jqF5bwKmgY
AI's First Real Test: Designing Drugs at Isomorphic Labs
Isomorphic Labs Is About to Find Out If AI Can Actually Design a Drug https://t.co/vhQTwhIO85
Orkes Secures $60 Million Series B to Accelerate AI‑Driven Workflow Orchestration for Enterprises
Orkes raised $60 million in a Series B round led by AVP, with participation from Prosperity7 Ventures and existing backers. The funding will expand its AI‑driven workflow orchestration platform, already deployed by more than 3,000 enterprises, and underscores the surge in demand...
AI‑Enabled Engineers Command Premium Pay in Tech
They are paying this much for standout software engineers - who can generate better software, faster, using Claude Code vs “just” avg sw engineers (who do OK with it.) AI amplifies existing ability, and the best in any indusrty (who learn...
AI Misreads Banana: A Glimpse Into Machine Cognition
🤔Today's curious journey into AI computation vs. human cognition 🍌The Banana That Wasn't https://t.co/4PSoJn6Yee #AI
Calix Sets 15% Growth Goal, Rolls Out AI‑Native Platform at Investor Day
At its Investor Day, Calix unveiled a 15% revenue growth target for the coming year, backed by the completion of its AI‑native Calix 3.0 platform. CEO Michael Weening highlighted operational efficiencies, a strategic shift to Google Cloud, and a $10 billion addressable...
AI Showdown: Claude Vs. GPT Battle for Supremacy
I told Claude Code / Opus 4.7 and Codex / GPT 5.5 they would both be competing to see who could implement the prompt better. Winner gets to keep implementing, loser will die.
Nothing Unveils Essential Voice AI for Phone 3 and 4a Pro, Boosting Speech-to-Text
London‑based Nothing introduced Essential Voice, an AI‑powered speech‑to‑text feature for its Phone 3 and Phone 4a Pro. The tool cleans up spoken input, supports more than 100 languages and aims to make voice a primary interaction mode on its devices.