Today's AI Pulse
Odyssey lands $310M Series B, valued at $1.45B
Odyssey announced a $310 million Series B round that values the AI lab at $1.45 billion. The round was led by Natural Capital and included backers such as Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, EQT and IQT. In parallel, Odyssey struck a preferred‑cloud deal with AWS to use Trainium silicon for large‑scale model training.
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DDN and Google Cloud Are Redefining AI Storage Infrastructure for the Agentic Era
Enterprises moving from AI pilots to production are hitting storage bottlenecks that limit GPU and TPU utilization. DataDirect Networks (DDN) and Google Cloud unveiled a co‑designed Managed Lustre service built on DDN’s EXAScaler, delivering up to 10 TB/s throughput. The offering has pushed joint customers’ TPU usage above 95% and cut first‑token latency by more than 40%, promising better ROI on costly accelerators. Adoption spans cloud‑native firms like Salesforce to automotive innovators such as Sony Honda Mobility, underscoring the rise of agentic AI workloads.
Penn State Launches AI Literacy Course for Employees
Penn State unveiled AI Essentials, a one‑hour AI literacy course for employees, faculty and students, paired with the AI Studio service suite. The curriculum is organized into modules on technical knowledge, ethical awareness, critical thinking and practical application. By embedding...
Eliminating Patient Hold Times: Catholic Health’s Rapid Deployment of Voice AI
Catholic Health tackled low MyChart adoption and costly call‑center inefficiencies by deploying Notable’s voice AI in its Help Desk. The AI agents lifted call containment from a 30% target to 64%, cutting monthly call costs by $60,000 and projecting $360,000...
Former OpenAI Research Scientist Launches New AI Model for Tencent
Tencent has unveiled the Hy3 version of its Hunyuan AI model, the first major update since hiring former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu. The preview‑stage model claims stronger complex reasoning and coding abilities. Tencent says it will double its AI investment...
CACI Opens up More on Its Arka Acquisition and the Path Forward
CACI International closed its $2.6 billion acquisition of Arka Group in March, adding 1,100 employees and advanced space‑based imaging sensors to its portfolio. CEO John Mengucci highlighted ground‑processing as the primary synergy, with Arka’s authorizations enabling agentic AI for geospatial intelligence...
Instacart Connects with AI Platform Claude
Anthropic’s Claude AI platform has added a native Instacart integration, allowing users to browse live product inventory and build grocery carts directly within a chat. The feature syncs with users’ existing Instacart accounts and can suggest the app based on...
Anthropic Says Engineering Missteps Were Behind Claude Code’s Monthlong Decline After Weeks of User Backlash
Anthropic, the $380 billion‑valued AI lab, admitted that three engineering missteps caused a month‑long performance decline in its Claude Code tool, prompting a wave of user complaints and subscription cancellations. The company initially blamed users before publishing a detailed post‑mortem that...
AI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human Trials
Isomorphic Labs, the DeepMind spinoff behind AlphaFold, announced that its AI‑designed drug candidates will soon enter human clinical trials. The company’s new IsoDDE engine claims to double the accuracy of AlphaFold 3 in predicting protein‑small‑molecule interactions. Partnerships with Eli Lilly and Novartis...
Learning, Predicting, and Interpreting Omics Data with Biologically Informed Models
Pablo Rodriguez‑Mier presented CORNETO, a unified optimization framework that fuses prior biological knowledge with high‑throughput omics data to infer context‑specific networks. The method was applied in the EU‑funded DECIDER project to pinpoint molecular mechanisms driving chemotherapy resistance in high‑grade serous...
Lead with Trust and Care in the Age of AI: Your Blueprint for Growth
Artificial intelligence is reshaping workplaces at unprecedented speed, creating a "trust gap" as employees grapple with role uncertainty and digital isolation. Leaders who focus solely on technology risk eroding confidence, while those who prioritize transparent communication and empathy can turn...
Hallucinations” By West & Lexis AI?
A Stanford‑Yale study published in 2025 examined hallucination rates in leading legal AI tools, finding that Lexis+ AI hallucinated 17‑33% of the time while Westlaw’s AI‑Assisted Research hallucinated roughly one‑third of its answers. The research highlighted substantial variability in accuracy, with...
5 IT Funding Deals to Watch
The week’s biggest IT funding rounds underscore a shift toward AI‑centric infrastructure. VAST Data secured a $1 billion Series F, valuing it at $30 billion and highlighting the premium placed on data‑storage platforms that feed GPU pipelines. Smaller but strategic deals included Wasabi’s...
AI-Generated Code Is Vulnerable
Researchers at Georgia Tech's Systems Software & Security Lab have unveiled the Vibe Security Radar, a tool that scans public vulnerability databases to identify code defects introduced by generative AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, and GitHub Copilot. The radar...
Tech News: Diligent Touts AI Board Member and Agentic GRC Workforce
Diligent announced its AI Board Member assistant and a suite of agentic GRC tools embedded in the Diligent One Platform. The AI Board Member can retrieve board materials, industry news, and provide tailored guidance on AI, cyber risk, and audit,...
AI Now Solves Problems, Not Just Executes Tasks
This is getting ridiculous. Prompt → App → 3D world. Codex with GPT 5.5 didn’t just generate code — it handled failure, fixed formats, and stitched everything into a working pipeline. No step-by-step guidance. No manual debugging. Just: Problem → Adapt → Output That’s the shift. AI isn’t...
Financial AI Must Predict Crises, Not Just Automate
Look Financial institutions are sitting on mountains of data But they're using AI like a calculator This is the problem: • AI reads reports humans already wrote • AI summarizes data humans already know • AI automates tasks humans already perfected We're not harnessing AI We're domesticating it Real...
Channel Brief: MSPs Move From AI Talk to AI Services
AI has moved from concept to service for managed service providers (MSPs). Google Cloud pledged $750 million to fund partner‑led agentic AI development, while Microsoft is rolling out Agent 365 with built‑in governance on May 1. Todyl introduced an Assurance Marketplace that ties...
Opus 4.7 Reaches Usage Limits Much Faster than 4.6
Hitting my limits a lot faster in CC on Opus 4.7 than 4.6 I’m noticing. Was pretty rare that I’d every hit my 5 hour window limit but have hit it 3 times this week. Not doing different work and not...
Vertical AI Beats Generic Models in Enzyme Engineering
Foundation models are powerful. They're also generic. And in industrial enzyme engineering, generic doesn't cut it. #SynBioBeta2026 is May 4-7th in San Jose, California, you can learn more about the conference and get your tickets here: https://t.co/8abYWJ1GbK The industrial last mile of...
AI Can Supercharge Your Marketing — But Only If You Get This 1 Thing Right First
Entrepreneur contributors warn that AI can boost marketing output, but only when backed by a strong strategy. While AI accelerates content creation, unchecked scaling leads to inconsistent messaging and declining engagement. The article stresses clear brand positioning, consistent messaging, and...
GPT-5.5 Boasts Coding Advancements, But Falls Short of Opus 4.7
OpenAI unveiled GPT‑5.5 on April 23, touting faster, more secure coding, improved reasoning, and higher token efficiency than GPT‑5.4. The update adds GPT‑5.5 Pro and GPT‑5.5 Thinking tiers for Pro, Business and Enterprise customers, and emphasizes agentic autonomy for complex tasks. While Sonar...
ChatGPT for Clinicians: The Trap Sprung
OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT for Clinicians, a free GPT‑5.4‑powered assistant for verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and pharmacists. The tool offers peer‑reviewed literature search, reusable workflow templates such as referral letters and prior authorizations, deep journal research, and built‑in...
AI Powers Artists to Secure Their First 1,000 Fans
How AI helps artists find their first 1,000 fans. SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton explains how the “First Fans” product works.
AI Tools Empower Cybercriminals to Steal Money and Data
AI tools are making it easier than ever for online criminals to trick people and steal money and valuable confidential data.
How CrowdStrike Is Helping The Industry To Withstand AI-Driven Vulnerability Deluge: Exec
Cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike unveiled Project QuiltWorks, an initiative that merges its Falcon Spotlight platform with multiple frontier AI models to accelerate vulnerability discovery and remediation. Prompted by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos disclosure, the program aims to pre‑empt AI‑driven exploit spikes by...
Good Vibes Only: How Financial Advisors Can Build Custom Tools With AI
Wealth‑management advisors are turning to "vibe coding," a form of agentic AI that lets an AI agent write and deploy software from simple prompts. Jason Pereira of Woodgate Financial demonstrates how tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and platforms such as...
Nvidia Rolls Out GPT-5.5-based Codex to 10,000 of Its Employees, Who Apparently All Think It's 'Mind-Blowing' And 'Life-Changing'
Nvidia has deployed OpenAI’s GPT‑5.5‑powered Codex to roughly 10,000 employees, reporting that debugging cycles that once took days are now resolved in hours. The rollout runs on secure cloud‑based virtual machines that allow the AI to read corporate data but...
AI Agents Are Already Inside Your Digital Infrastructure
A new Cloud Security Alliance report finds that 82% of enterprises host unknown AI agents and nearly two‑thirds have suffered AI‑agent‑related incidents in the last year, creating a growing "retirement debt" of lingering permissions. The surge in autonomous agents is...
Next‑Gen LLMs Will Be Cheaper, Faster, Safer
LLMs are evolving. The next generation of the world’s hottest technology will be cheaper, more efficient, and able to solve bigger problems without going off the rails.
Blog Prize for the Big Questions About AI
A $20,000 blog essay prize has been launched to surface deep thinking on AI’s biggest strategic questions. Participants must answer one of four prompts—ranging from AI scaling dynamics to how massive philanthropic funds should be deployed—within 1,000 words by May 10, 2026,...
Hire AI Leaders Who Actually Use GenAI, Not Just Talk
I reviewed a lot of job descriptions for senior AI roles recently. What shocked me? Almost none asked candidates to show how they actually use GenAI themselves. Not opinions. Not buzzwords. Not “vision.” Actual usage. That is 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲. 🤯 We are entering an era where...
AI’s Hidden Costs: What K-12 Needs to Know About Energy and Infrastructure
School districts are shifting from AI pilots to district‑wide deployments, prompting a new focus on the physical infrastructure needed to support these tools. Leaders must grapple with rising electricity demand, the rapid expansion of on‑site and cloud data centers, and...
Cirrascale to Offer On-Prem Google Gemini Models
Cirrascale Cloud Services will deliver Google Gemini large‑language models on‑premise through Google Distributed Cloud, using Dell‑built appliances equipped with Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs. The offering supports fully air‑gapped or connected deployments, letting government, defense, finance, healthcare and education customers...
TikTok Is Testing an AI 'Remix' Feature, but You Can Opt Out
TikTok is piloting an AI "Remix" tool that lets viewers generate custom images from a creator's video using generative AI. The feature is currently experimental and limited to a small group of users, with no guaranteed full rollout. Creators can...
Weber Shandwick's AI Guru Moves to FGS Global
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how brands manage media, reputation, and content creation, from automated monitoring to predictive crisis modeling. In response, communications firms are building dedicated AI advisory practices to help clients translate technology into strategic advantage. FGS Global’s...
GE Appliances Deploys 800 AI Agents to Turbocharge Manufacturing and Supply Chain
GE Appliances has installed more than 800 AI agents across its factories, logistics hubs and supplier network using Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise. The rollout, which includes a 25% drop in backorders and minutes‑long shift summaries, marks one of the most...
Applied Digital Lands $7.5 B Hyperscaler Lease for Delta Forge 1 AI Data Center
Applied Digital Corp. signed a 15‑year, $7.5 billion lease with an undisclosed U.S. hyperscaler for 300 MW of AI‑focused capacity at its Delta Forge 1 campus. The deal lifts total contracted lease revenue above $23 billion and sent the stock up more than 12%...
Tesla FSD Anticipates and Pulls over for Emergency Vehicles
Right after pulling over for one emergency vehicle going my direction, Tesla's FSD pulls over again for emergency vehicles coming from the other direction. And turning right in front of me. This feature seems to work relatively reliably and before...
AI Heralds a Golden Era in Medicine
Are we entering a “golden era” of medicine? ☀️ Dr. Ruben Amarasingham explains how AI is transforming everything from clinical notes to revenue cycle management. 👇 https://t.co/Kx90jn9qlj #SmarterTechnologies #ViVE2026 #HITSM
Iridius Raises $8.6M Seed Round
Iridius, a Seattle‑based compliance‑by‑design AI platform, announced an $8.6 million seed round. The financing was led by Chalfen Ventures with participation from Osage Venture Partners, Accenture Ventures, and Rock Yard Ventures. The capital will fund product development, engineering hires, and market...
Prompt AI to Suggest Optimal Coding Model Level
instead of always defaulting to max & extra high when using claude and codex, i asked them to always remember to recommend a coding model level that should be used with their recommended next steps.
Wealth Firms Lag Culture, Talent Despite AI Push
#PrivateBanking tech struggles with traditional attitudes and talent shortage: Although wealth managers have moved fast to introduce #AI and data analysis, many can struggle to build an appropriate #culture to foster high-level #innovation. @YuriBender, @FT_PWM: https://t.co/ocChsW4E3q #WealthManagement #WealthTech #AItransformation
All-In on AI Visualization for 2026
I, too, slept on L*nk*d*n for too long, but am I ALL IN for 2026 for the AI viz play https://t.co/dAQgXYeG2u
AI Advice Often Reflects Random Reddit Users, Not Experts
Reminder: When you're making your major life decisions based on research you do with your AI chat bot, remember that you're probably getting advice from some kid on Reddit. https://t.co/XcFWuF8kmb
Building Remains the Sole Hedge in an AI Era
The Great Bifurcation: Why in an AI World Building is the Only Hedge Left by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/5fagHbLRSk @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Innovation #Tech #TechNews #Marketing #Strategy #Leadership
Europe Seeks AI Independence Amid US Platform Dominance
Combining Cohere and Aleph Alpha is such an interesting moment. Spending a lot of time outside the US, hard to overstate how much reluctance there is to outsourcing intelligence to a handful of US platforms, given current geopolitical chaos.
First Look: Google’s Sunfish and Zebrafish TPUs
Our first pass deep dive on Google new Sunfish TPU 8t and Zebrafish TPU 8i. $GOOG https://t.co/7LELhFu6Oi
AI Consultants Outnumber the Businesses that Need Them
Everyone I know is starting an AI implementation firm. There are going to be more AI implementation firms than companies to implement AI at.
Google Launches Agentic Data Cloud for Enterprise AI
My comments got a nice inclusion in @CIODive’s coverage of Google new Agentic Data Cloud https://t.co/s9vMogPhnv A serious data initiative to support enterprise AI agents
Data Debt Undermines AI Value Amid Organizational Silos
Data debt: AI’s value killer hidden in plain sight https://t.co/4x1ZfQU3h9 Which is news to no one who has been paying attention. But data has owners inside of most orgs. And they often don’t want it to serve everyone. Org culture is...