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Anthropic shuts down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models under U.S. export controls
Anthropic abruptly disabled its flagship Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with a U.S. export‑control directive, underscoring the vulnerability of firms that depend on closed‑source AI services. The move triggered a sharp rally in Chinese open‑source offerings as investors shifted to downloadable models that can run on‑premise.
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By the numbers: Respond raises $62.5M Series B
How ChatGPT 5.5 Automates Repetitive Coding Tasks to Save You Time
OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT 5.5, a new AI model built for coding and development. The upgrade delivers up to 30% fewer tokens per request, slashing compute costs while preserving output quality. Benchmark tests such as Terminal Bench, Cyber Gym and GDP Val show the model outpacing its predecessor and rivals. Public rollout makes the tool instantly accessible to developers across startups, enterprises and indie creators.
India Sees Fastest Global Growth in AI Hiring at 59.5%: LinkedIn Report
LinkedIn’s AI Labor Market Report 2026 shows India’s AI engineering job postings jumped 59.5% year‑on‑year, the fastest growth among major markets. Bengaluru remains the primary hub, but Hyderabad (51% rise) and Vijayawada (45.5% rise) are rapidly catching up. Large enterprises...
Linear Regression
The 170th Polymathic Engineer newsletter breaks down linear regression, the cornerstone of machine learning, from intuition to mathematics. It walks readers through a salary‑prediction example, explains features, weights, bias, and error minimization, then expands to multivariate and polynomial regression. The...
Building Agent Skills for Claude Code Workshop- Only 5 Seats Left
The To Data & Beyond newsletter is promoting a live, one‑hour workshop titled “Building Agent Skills for Claude Code,” scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2026, 17:00‑18:00 EEST. The session will teach participants how to design, build, test, and refine Skills—reusable...
DeepSeek V4 on Huawei Ascend Accelerates China Chip
Macro: DeepSeek V4 runs on Huawei Ascend, boosting China tech autonomy. Key: strong benchmarks, low cost, massive context. Risks: IP disputes, modality limits. Trade: overweight Chinese chipmakers tied to Ascend adoption. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Mobileye Quietly Builds Autonomous Driving Backbone with SuperVision
Mobileye (MBLY) is quietly building the backbone for autonomous driving, not just selling auto parts. With its ‘SuperVision’ system and a white-label strategy for global OEMs, this physical AI play is flying under the radar. 📡🚗 AIinvesting
The OpenAI–Anthropic Convergent Bets
The AI landscape is shifting as OpenAI and Anthropic converge on an agentic coding approach, compressing four scaling paradigms into a single capability loop. Anthropic’s run‑rate revenue surged to $30 billion, a 3.3‑fold jump since late‑2025, while OpenAI reports $25 billion in...
Anthropic Says Google to Pump $40B Into AI Startup
Google announced it will invest up to $40 billion in AI startup Anthropic, starting with an initial $10 billion tranche. The remaining $30 billion will be released as Anthropic meets defined performance milestones, deepening its reliance on Google’s custom chips and cloud services....
After DeepSeek V4 Launch, US Accuses Chinese AI Labs of Using 'Unauthorized Distillation' To Clone Western Tech
The United States has issued a diplomatic cable accusing Chinese AI firms—including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax—of unauthorized model distillation that copies U.S. proprietary technology. The allegation comes days after DeepSeek unveiled its V4 model, which it says matches the...
Alphabet Next: Google Cloud Says 75% of Customers Use AI as Pichai Targets $175B-$185B CapEx
Google Cloud announced that roughly 75% of its customers now run AI workloads, signalling a move from experimentation to production‑scale deployment. Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai revealed a $175‑$185 billion capital‑expenditure plan for the year, a six‑fold increase from four years ago, with more...
Microsoft Agent‑athon Launches New Era of AI Innovation
The upcoming @Microsoft Agent‑a‑thon on May 6 is sparking interest across the AI community. With Explorer, Commander, and Master levels, it’s opening the door to a new wave of agent‑driven innovation, from first experiments to enterprise‑scale impact. It’s the kind of...
HVAKR: Integrated AI HVAC Design
HVAKR has launched a cloud‑based platform that merges HVAC load calculations and duct‑layout design under a single AI‑driven interface. The system replaces the traditional split between tools like Trane Trace and CAD by allowing a single‑pass update when architectural data...
AI‑Powered ALM Tool Cuts Planning to 10 Minutes
I spent a lot of 2025 using a clunky version of GPT to build a pretty sophisticated 3 stage asset-liability matching tool. *TODAY* I took the framework of that tool and used Claude to reconfigure it into a single stage...
Study Finds 80% of Violent Planners Use AI Chatbots
AI chatbots may be helping troubled users plan violence, with 8 out of 10 involved, according to recent research 🚨 Via @VoronoiApp #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #chatbot #violance #LLMs #GenAI #GenerativeAI @sonu_monika @enilev @Jagersbergknut @TysonLester @chidambara09 @labordeolivier @BetaMoroney @tlloydjones @Nicochan33 @jeancayeux @RLDI_Lamy @pierrepinna @pierrecappelli @pchamard...
AI Is Coming for the Great Outdoors as AllTrails Teams up with Anthropic to Make Hike Planning Less Painful
AllTrails has partnered with Anthropic to embed its extensive trail database into the Claude chatbot, enabling users to plan hikes through natural‑language conversation. The feature works without opening the AllTrails app and does not require an AllTrails account, though linking...
Robots Clean Toilets, Restoring Human Dignity at Work
There are many jobs people fear AI will take. Scrubbing toilets is not one I feel compelled to defend. That is what struck me about the Zerith H1. It is a wheeled humanoid robot designed to clean hotel bathrooms and public spaces, handling...
AI Boom Threatens to Cause ‘Significant Upheaval’ for Irish Tech Jobs
Ireland’s government warned that the rapid rise of artificial intelligence could cause significant upheaval in the nation’s tech‑heavy labour market within the next decade. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said officials are already tasked with gauging AI’s impact as companies like Meta cut...
Google Cloud’s Planned $15 Billion Data Centre in Visakhapatnam to Have 5 GW Capacity
Google Cloud announced a $15 billion AI‑ready data‑centre campus in Visakhapatnam, slated for construction between 2026 and 2030. The facility will deliver up to 5 GW of power, dwarfing India’s total data‑centre capacity of roughly 1.5 GW. It will become part of Google’s...
US Chasing AGI Myth While China Builds the AI Future
The United States has built its AI strategy around the ill‑defined goal of artificial general intelligence, prompting massive but uncertain investments. Researchers cannot agree on a single AGI definition, making policy targets unstable. China, meanwhile, emphasizes rapid AI deployment across...
The End of Human-Heavy Forwarding: Why AI Will Hollow Out the Middle
The post argues that AI will soon replace most repetitive tasks in freight forwarding, creating a "human‑light" model where small expert teams handle exceptions. It draws a parallel with warehouse automation, noting that the technology and economics already support such...
Top 9 AI Character Creator for Stories: Tools & Apps Writers Actually Use
The article ranks nine AI character‑creator tools that help writers generate backstories, dialogue, and visual portraits, evaluating them on customization, story integration, ease of use, free‑tier value, and price. DreamGen tops the list with deep customization, unlimited free credits, and...
I Gave OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Images 2.0 Ten Impossible Prompts to Test Its Limits, and the Results Are Stunning
OpenAI unveiled Image 2.0, its latest AI photo‑editing engine, positioning it alongside top rivals like Gemini, Seedream and Qwen. The author stress‑tested the model with ten highly specific prompts ranging from multilingual billboards to precise clock faces and complex scene transformations....
Meet The People Launches MTP Intelligence, A Proprietary AI-Enabled Platform Unifying Creative, Media and Commerce
Meet The People (MTP) has launched MTP Intelligence, an AI‑enabled platform that merges creative, media, commerce and analytics into a single workflow environment. Powered by the group’s RADaR Analytics unit, the system connects to clients’ existing tech stacks, eliminating traditional...
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[Video] AI in Healthcare: Five Healthcare AI Stories You Need to Know This Week - April 24, 2026
The weekly AI‑in‑Healthcare briefing highlighted five pivotal developments. UnitedHealth announced a $1.5 billion investment to embed AI across its payer and provider services. Merck unveiled a new AI‑driven commercial strategy aimed at deepening engagement with physicians, while Hartford HealthCare showcased a...
AI Fuels Hiring Arms Race, Worsens Talent Gap
AI Found the Talent Gap. Then Made It Worse. Harvard Business Review's Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic writes that AI has turned hiring into a noisy arms race of automation where both employers and job seekers are losing. Companies are using AI to identify...
AI's Net Job Impact Hinges on Demand vs Productivity
Excellent data-illustrated explainer of AI job impact ✍️ @jburnmurdoch 👉“Can AI do this task?” But AI🔜 job per sale ↘️ BUT cost+quality+convinece↗️ SO sales↗️ so jobs may ↗️. 💥AI 🔜 demand & productivity:which wins determines job impact👌 https://t.co/eIlhOyEEet
What It Really Takes to Build Voice AI that Feels Human
Voice AI appears simple but requires a tightly orchestrated stack of ASR, LLM, TTS, and low‑latency infrastructure. Ranga Jagannath explains that accurate speech capture, contextual persistence, and streaming text‑to‑speech are essential for human‑like interaction. He highlights the shift toward multimodal...
Always‑on AI Guides Free Us From Digital Drudgery
The winning vision is that always on AI guides (angels) liberate us from the drudgery of the attention trenches, screen time and back pain and help us to augment and discover things and people IRL
Self‑hosting Claude Isn’t Feasible Despite AI Hype
I would love for more decision makers to use AI but this is bullshit propaganda. I run several models locally and I can tell you that it is not currently possible to self host Claude.
ChannelSight Launches the ChannelSight.AI Platform to Help Brands Win the Race for AI-Driven Discoverability
ChannelSight unveiled ChannelSight.AI, a platform that audits and optimises how brands appear in AI‑driven recommendation engines such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. The tool scores product discoverability, delivers actionable fixes and quantifies the associated revenue impact. Built on 13 years...
GPT‑5.5 Claims Mastery of Messy Prompts
.@OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, claims it can navigate your messy prompts https://t.co/w39giXsbwB OpenAI launched GPT-5.5 and aside from gains in the usual benchmarks, the company is claiming it can figure out your messy prompts and directions.
Adaptive AI Enables Safe Robot Operation Anywhere
On-Site #Robot Intelligence: Adaptive #AI for Safe Operation in Unknown Environments via @ZappyZappy7 #Robotics #Transportation #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/ZnxEeq3tOQ
Google's AI Mode Redefines Search Ads with Query Fan‑Out and Agentic Booking
Google senior vice president Nick Fox unveiled the architecture of AI Mode, a new search experience that fans out queries to hundreds of sources and uses a proprietary FastSearch store. The rollout includes an agentic restaurant‑booking feature now live in...
Caltrans Deploys Spot Robot to Inspect Hidden Bridge Structures
Inspecting the Unseen: Caltrans Uses Spot to Navigate Hidden Bridge Structures by @BostonDynamics #AI #Robots #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/IjoIe3bSfs
Generate Apple App Store Screenshots Instantly with Anything
here's a massive cheat code for Apple App Store screenshots. With @Anything, you can now generate them in seconds 👀 https://t.co/d5P982cWEu
Overstock.com Boosts Personalization with 500% Faster Data Science Velocity
Overstock.com disclosed that its new analytics platform has increased data‑science velocity by more than 500% and halved the cost of moving models into production. The changes enable the retailer to deliver personalized product recommendations across its catalog of nearly 5 million...
Price Hikes Tomorrow: Secure AI Builder Bootcamp Now
The price of AI Builder Bootcamp goes up tomorrow. Get in before the price increases https://t.co/A4rAYCa4HK
AI Robot Cleaner Maps Every City Corner
Meet the Street-Smart Cleaner: Cowa’s #AI #Robot Navigates Every Corner of the City by @Robo_Tuo #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/wtbjhKF5ut
Lowe’s Expands AI Partnership with Relex to Unify Inventory Planning
Lowe’s announced an expansion of its partnership with Relex Solutions, adding AI‑powered forecasting, replenishment and allocation to a single platform. The retailer aims to boost in‑stock levels and productivity for DIY and professional customers, with full implementation expected by early...
AI Becomes Strategic Asset Driving Competitive Advantage
Organizations are increasingly viewing AI not just as a tool, but as a strategic asset that can drive significant competitive advantages in the ever-evolving market landscape. https://t.co/C8hR5XPlh0 @elearnindustry
Are LLMs Being Deliberately Degraded to Boost Revenue?
Are they making these LLMS deliberately worse so we can pay more for their usage? https://t.co/2wIDki31Ba
Former Accenture and EY Exec Frank O’Dea Launches AI‑Focused Boutique Klarus
Frank O’Dea, former Accenture UK communications tech head and EY Ireland chief innovation officer, has launched Klarus, a London‑based AI consultancy backed by Crownway Investments. The firm pledges a senior‑talent, outcome‑focused model to shift AI from experimental silos to measurable...
Open AI Evolution: CPUs Remain Crucial, Says Google Cloud CEO
.@GoogleCloud CEO Kurian on AI model evolution, CPUs importance and being open https://t.co/L1ZFD5FX4Q Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian riffed on being open, enterprise AI adoption, measuring success and why CPUs matter. He also teased the next evolution of…
AI-Generated Band “Shunned at a Funeral” Surprises Viewers
Stumbled across this band on YouTube called Shunned at a Funeral and it took me way too long to realize it was AI. https://t.co/A1wstMQedg
Cognizant Unveils 'Agentic Employee' Model to Power AI‑Driven Hiring
Cognizant announced its new "Agentic Employee" framework, positioning AI‑augmented hiring as a core pillar of future talent acquisition. The model promises to shift candidates from passive data points to proactive, self‑directed contributors in the recruitment process, signaling a strategic pivot...
Getting a 360 Drone for 3D Gaussian Splats
Okay fine I’m buying a 360 drone - these things look like amazing sensor collection contraptions for making immaculate 3d gaussian splats https://t.co/rUffydIk9p
OpenAI Launches Workspace Agents for Team Automation
.@OpenAI subscribers get new ‘workspace agents’ to automate complex tasks across teams https://t.co/CoZEfUR9Re @SiliconANGLE @Mike_Wheatley “The OpenClaw dynamic was a real wake up call for OpenAI, and now the race is on to build the…” #AIWars
AI Builds Star Fox in Just 15 Minutes
Asked GPT 5.5 and Codex to make Star Fox. This is after 15 min of prompting 🔥 https://t.co/GrnBjR6dGj
Grok Imagine's New Model Boasts Improved Lip Sync, Sound
New Grok Imagine model just dropped with much better lip sync & sound. Nothing in this video is real. https://t.co/w5uEzckBRF
Securing AI Agents and Identity Amid Rising Threats
Managing #AIAgents and identity in a heightened risk environment by Rick Grinnell @CIOonline Learn more: https://t.co/y0xhXPQyqn #AI #GenerativeAI #ArtificialIntelligence #CyberSecurity #Infosec https://t.co/8xSvIuBMk6