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
IBM and Illinois Expand Quantum‑HPC Institute to Launch 5‑Year Supercomputing Initiative
IBM and the University of Illinois announced a five‑year expansion of the IBM‑Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute, integrating IBM’s quantum processors with the NCSA Delta and DeltaAI supercomputers. The move aims to create a quantum‑centric supercomputing architecture, accelerate AI‑driven algorithms, and train the next generation of quantum engineers.
Avataar Venture Partners Leads $28.5 Million Series B in Bengaluru AI Startup Ethereal Machines
Avataar Venture Partners anchored a $28.5 million Series B round for Bengaluru‑based AI hardware firm Ethereal Machines, pushing the startup’s post‑money valuation to roughly $158 million. The funding, also joined by Peak XV Partners and Novellus Systems, gives Avataar about a 14%...
Zapier Launches Enterprise AI Governance Suite, Expanding Control Across Workflows
Zapier announced a suite of AI governance controls for its enterprise customers, adding policy enforcement across no‑code workflows, AI agents, and SDK‑built apps. The rollout, driven by a survey showing 93% of AI projects stall on governance, aims to embed...
Palo Alto Unit 42 Reveals ‘Zealot’ AI‑Driven Cloud Attack That Beats Human Defenders
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 disclosed a proof‑of‑concept AI system, dubbed Zealot, that can autonomously execute a full‑scale cloud intrusion from reconnaissance to data exfiltration in minutes. The experiment demonstrates that AI‑driven attacks can outpace human response, raising immediate concerns...
CrowdStrike Launches Project QuiltWorks AI Security Coalition with Accenture, EY, IBM and Others
CrowdStrike announced Project QuiltWorks, a coalition with Accenture, EY, IBM Cybersecurity Services, Kroll and OpenAI to help enterprises detect and remediate AI‑generated software vulnerabilities. The initiative adds a Frontier AI Readiness service and leverages CrowdStrike’s 10,000‑plus certified partner network, signaling...
Employers Stuck Between Mandatory AI Bias Audits and Anti‑Race Tracking
The Law Says Fix the Bias. The White House Says Stop Counting Race. Employers face a split-track compliance problem in 2026: state laws require proactive AI bias audits with at least four years of records, while federal anti-DEI pressure pushes...
Ecosystems, Not Engineering, Drive Long‑Term Platform Dominance
A dominant platform can look permanent right up until the moment the market changes. Pushkar Ranade has written a thoughtful piece on the rise of x86, the Wintel era, and why stronger engineering alone rarely determines the winner. It is...
How To Use Intelligent Automation in Digital Transformation? A 2026 Guide – Shopify
Shopify’s 2026 guide explains how intelligent automation can accelerate digital transformation for ecommerce brands. It reports that Shopify‑based merchants are three times more likely to stay on budget and 66 % more likely to finish projects on time versus competing platforms....
AI Pre-Call Briefs Raise Close Rates 13%
Ran a sales experiment this month that instantly boosted my close rate 13%. gave my closer a pre-call brief generated by AI before every meeting. it pulls the prospect's website, social, previous interactions, and creates a 1-page cheat sheet. his close...
‘606 Day
GPT 5.5 was released two days ago, featuring fine‑grained control over matplotlib, allowing researchers to script complex visualizations with minimal manual tweaking. The model is being applied to the newly released out‑of‑embargo HD 80606 exoplanet observations, enabling a detailed diagram of the...
Hidden AI Infrastructure Companies Power the Next Compute Boom
The boring AI infrastructure stack nobody talks about 💡 $FIX — installs HVAC in data centers. No cool air, no compute. $VST — Texas power plants that never sleep. AI signs directly with them. $VRT — liquid cooling inside every hyperscaler. NVDA...
Artificial Intelligence and Evidence-Informed Policy: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
The World Health Organization released a discussion paper on the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and evidence‑informed policy‑making (EIP) in health. It outlines how AI can accelerate data integration, predictive modelling, scenario simulation and adaptive feedback throughout the policy cycle....
CEO Interview with Xianxin Guo of Lumai
Lumai, an Oxford University spin‑out, is commercialising optical computing technology to accelerate AI inference in data centres. CEO Xianxin Guo says the hybrid optical‑electronic processor replaces power‑hungry electronic tensor operations with light‑based computation, delivering dramatically higher performance‑per‑watt. The company targets...
Salesforce Unveils AI‑Agent Roadmap at Jakarta Event, Highlights Skill Gap in Indonesia
Salesforce showcased its AI‑agent roadmap at the Agentforce World Tour in Jakarta, citing a YouGov survey of 1,002 Indonesian knowledge workers that only 33% of firms provide AI training. The findings underscore a widening skill gap that could fuel Shadow...
SoundHound AI to Acquire LivePerson in $43 M All‑Stock Deal, Targeting $500 M Revenue Upside
SoundHound AI disclosed an all‑stock acquisition of LivePerson valued at $43 million, a 22% premium, with an enterprise value of $250 million. The deal promises a data‑rich omnichannel AI platform and a projected $500 million revenue opportunity, while analysts keep an Outperform rating...
Collective Acquires Open Ledger to Own AI‑Driven Bookkeeping Core
Collective has agreed to acquire Open Ledger, an API‑first accounting startup, to bring native AI‑driven ledger technology in‑house. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, positions Collective to offer a fully automated back‑office stack for America’s 30 million solopreneurs.
Cisco Says Real-Time AI Defense Is Critical as Threats Accelerate
Cisco president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel announced that AI‑enabled attacks are compressing vulnerability‑to‑exploit cycles to minutes, forcing enterprises to move to real‑time, autonomous security. He cited early access to Anthropic and OpenAI models as a timing advantage for...
AI Fuels 20 Million‑Sq‑Ft Surge in West Coast Commercial Real Estate
Barry DiRaimondo, CEO of SteelWave, says AI‑driven firms are creating a near‑20 million‑square‑foot demand surge in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. The wave is reshaping design, leasing speed and amenity standards across the West Coast’s tech hubs.
Sullivan & Cromwell Apologises After AI Hallucinations Taint Court Filing
Sullivan & Cromwell sent a formal apology to U.S. District Judge Martin Glenn after a bankruptcy motion contained AI‑generated hallucinations and erroneous citations. The firm acknowledged policy breaches, underscoring the growing risk of generative AI in litigation and prompting industry‑wide calls...
HR Leaders Push Faster Adoption of AI‑Powered Compliance Tools at SAP HR Connect
HR executives, business leaders and technology experts gathered at SAP HR Connect in Johannesburg to call for accelerated adoption of AI‑enabled compliance solutions. They warned that manual HR processes are unsustainable amid tightening labour regulations and cited a PwC study...
Metropolitan Police Probes AI Tool After Misconduct Flags Hundreds of Officers
The Metropolitan Police has opened investigations into more than 600 officers after an AI system flagged alleged misconduct, leading to three arrests and dozens of disciplinary notices. The move highlights growing reliance on algorithmic oversight within government agencies and raises...
Nvidia Nears Top Spot as World’s Largest Company by Market Cap
Prediction markets show a 99.6% chance Nvidia will be the world’s largest company by market cap on April 30, up from 99% a day earlier. The rally is fueled by record AI spending, a 17‑day winning streak in the PHLX Semiconductor...
Anthropic's Claude AI Gains Booking.com Integration, Boosting Hotel Booking Automation
Anthropic announced that its Claude AI assistant now includes a direct connector to Booking.com, allowing users to find and reserve hotels through conversational prompts. The update expands Claude’s “everyday life” ecosystem and positions the chatbot as a practical travel assistant...
Commvault Expands Cloud Resilience and Clumio Backup to Google Cloud
Commvault announced that its full Cloud platform is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace and that its Clumio backup service will support Google Cloud Storage. The moves give CIOs a unified, ransomware‑protected solution for AI and analytics workloads across multi‑cloud...
Waymo Robotaxi Breaches Police Cordon in London, Safety Driver Suspended
Waymo’s autonomous test vehicle entered a police‑set crime‑scene cordon on Harlesden High Street, narrowly missing an officer before stopping. The incident prompted an apology from Waymo and the suspension of the on‑board safety driver while regulators review the breach. The...
MoneyFlare Launches AI Trading Bot with $10 Sign‑Up Bonus and $50 Trial Credit
MoneyFlare introduced an AI‑powered trading bot on April 25, 2026, pairing the technology with a $10 sign‑up reward and $50 in trial credit. The platform promises a three‑step onboarding process aimed at simplifying execution for traders navigating increasingly continuous markets.
MrBeast’s Beast Industries Hires Exec to Launch AI‑Native Entertainment Studio
Beast Industries, the production arm of YouTube megastar Jimmy Donaldson, posted a senior‑level opening for a Head of AI‑Native Entertainment to create a studio where artificial intelligence is the core production engine. The move positions MrBeast’s brand at the forefront...
Unpacking the GPT-5.5 System Card
OpenAI’s GPT‑5.5 system card reveals a model built for complex, real‑world tasks such as coding, research, and multi‑tool workflows. The 45‑page document shows notable gains in destructive‑action avoidance (0.90 score) and health‑care benchmarks, while safety metrics improve in some categories...
Honor's Lightning Beats Human Half‑Marathon Record in Beijing, Matching Runners for Second Year
Honor's Lightning humanoid robot finished the Beijing E‑Town half‑marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds, shaving nearly seven minutes off the men's human world record and marking the second consecutive year robots have outpaced elite runners. The feat attracted over eight...
Cox Automotive Acquires Fullpath in $100M‑Plus AI Deal to Bolster Dealer Platform
Cox Automotive announced the acquisition of Jerusalem‑based Fullpath, an AI‑powered dealership data platform, in a deal estimated at over $100 million. The move deepens Cox’s AI capabilities for its connected retail suite, targeting the $2 trillion U.S. automotive market.
AI Surveillance Targets All Candidates Amid Resume Fraud Surge
To Catch a Liar, You Have to Spy on Everyone Employers are deploying AI fraud detection tools that scan social profiles, cross-reference application data, and flag inconsistencies before a candidate reaches the phone screen. SHRM's 2026 AI report finds that...
Autonomy Heads South
The U.S. Southern Command has created an autonomous warfare element that turns drones and artificial‑intelligence systems into the core of daily anti‑cartel operations across Latin America. Unlike previous occasional ISR missions, the new model delivers persistent coverage, faster targeting and...
Two High‑Impact AI Projects, Not Ten, Secure $200K
You don’t need 10 AI DS projects. You need 2 that matter: 1. ML app that predicts something real 2. RAG + agent app that saves time for a team That’s a portfolio that will land you a $200K career. 👉Here's your 1st one: https://learn.business-science.io/registration-ai-workshop-2
Future of Recruitment: Moving Beyond First Impressions to Build Stronger Teams
Performance marketers are hitting diminishing returns with AI‑generated video because the initial frame often lacks the visual rigor needed for stable motion. Stuart Gentle labels this the "First‑Frame Fallacy," arguing that motion models like Nano Banana Pro simply amplify flaws...
AI Personal Shopping Turns Email History Into Tailored Deals
Shopping in AI Mode with Personal Intelligence enabled is the real deal... it can browse through *all* of your past purchases, upcoming travel plans, etc. via Gmail (for me, that's 10+ years of history) to cater its shopping recommendations. See...
AI in Recruitment: How Automation Tools Are Replacing Traditional HR Workflows in 2026
SongAgent’s AI Music Agent is reshaping how brands, game studios, and content creators produce audio by replacing costly licensing and composer workflows with a conversational, batch‑generation platform. The tool understands music theory, lets users describe desired moods, and delivers studio‑quality...
Wall Street Panicked Over an AI Fantasy. The Reality Is Far Less Dramatic
A speculative Citrini research paper imagined a 2028 AI‑driven economic crisis, prompting headlines that warned of massive unemployment and a 38% S&P drawdown. Wall Street amplified the scenario despite its disclaimer as a thought exercise, and media outlets treated it...
Audit Your Desk Setup for Healthier, More Productive Work
Here are 5 epic prompts to use with ChatGPT's new image generator. It's the most powerful image generator on the market, so let's use it to our advantage. Save this one 📌 WORK SETUP AUDIT: upload a photo of your desk...
AI Lets Anyone Craft Influencer Personas Instantly
With A.I., Anyone Can Be an Influencer TikTok and Instagram made it easy to monetize the physical self. Now the social-media-savvy can use A.I. to play with their identity, or overhaul it entirely. https://t.co/7nY9ffs9ov https://t.co/ZUNT7uMXpt
Lightricks Launches AI Video HDR Generation
FINALLY: Lightricks just did the unthinkable. They just shipped HDR generation for AI video. Highlights hold. Shadows breathe. Footage finally grades. Resolution was never the problem. Dynamic range was. https://t.co/SY23Fy6zeS
Claude's Performance Dip, but Patience for Future Upgrades
Claude definitely seems worse to me than it used to be, but whatever, I can wait a few months until they get some more compute, not the end of the world.
AI Demand Outpaces Data Readiness, Work Remains
Everyone wants AI now. But are their data environments ready to support it? Data industry leaders and experts we spoke with say there has been progress fulfilling AI needs, but there’s still a lot of work that needs to be...
Workers Distrust AI Rollout, Deem Leaders Clueless
The verdict is in: employees are not happy with the way AI is being percolated through their organizations and into their jobs. They even see those leading AI as either clueless or incompetent. New survey by Roloff Consulting. (My latest in @forbes) https://t.co/ZH5u0Qu8QU
AWS Compute Surge Keeps Legacy A100 GPUs Alive
AWS CEO: “Compute demand is so excessive that we have never retired old A100s.” $AMZN https://t.co/wZerjowqA5
Claude 4.7 Offers Superior Intuition and Rare Intelligence
nope guys, claude 4.7 is still smarter and just has a different dimension of the most rare and valuable intelligence and pattern recognition. It just has better intuition
Ramp’s Playbook Helps Pre‑2024 Companies AI‑Pill Their Org
I've noticed "most" companies founded in 2022 are quite different in how they organize/build than the ones founded in 2024. If you were founded pre-2024, Ramp built a really thoughtful playbook on how to get your whole org ai pilled.
Top AI Models Master Planning, Creativity, and Taste
Three things the leading AI models are quite good at: long term planning, idea generation, and taste. Sorry, but it's true.
RL Boosts Robot Foundation Models; Generative AI Enables Self‑Improvement
I'll give a talk about lifelong learning tmrw (Sun), 9:30 am (Brazil time) in the lifelong agents workshop, about how we can get robot foundation models to improve with RL: https://t.co/nKci27JeaH Then at 11:30 am, I'll talk about how generative models...
Chatting with 5.5 Boosts My Monthly Intelligence
I'm enjoying chatting to 5.5. It's like every other month I get smarter. It's insane.
AI's Future Will Transform Business and Society
Thoroughly enjoyed my featured conversation with the @aventine_inst about the future of AI's impact on business and society. Cc @MITSloan @mit_ide @MIT https://t.co/eqUxmZ7Olo