Know What's Happening in AI
Know What's Happening in AI
Grab rolls out 13 AI‑driven products to lock travelers into its superapp
At its GrabX event, Grab unveiled a suite of 13 AI‑powered features, including four travel‑focused tools for itinerary planning, instant hotel booking, cross‑border payments and AI‑curated restaurant suggestions. The rollout targets its 200 million airport‑passenger base and aims to keep users inside the Grab ecosystem for the entire journey.
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Utah Valley University’s Ask Wilson AI assistant, built by the Kahlert Applied AI Institute, is embedded in Canvas and answers course‑specific questions, links to lecture recordings, and offers 24/7 coaching. After a pilot in fall 2023, it now serves 2,000 students across 44 courses in biology, humanities and hybrid formats. The next rollout will unify course‑level bots into a university‑wide digital assistant that can pull assignment deadlines and general policy information. A large Kahlert Foundation donation will fund broader AI curriculum integration and faculty‑embedded AI labs.
Microsoft introduced Azure Copilot’s agentic cloud operations, an AI‑driven model that embeds intelligent agents into the entire cloud lifecycle. The agents translate telemetry from health, cost, performance, and security into coordinated actions, covering migration, deployment, observability, optimization, resiliency, and troubleshooting....
AI coaching is emerging as a scalable solution for personalized employee development, moving beyond traditional high‑potential‑only models. In a Talent Development Leader podcast, Kirsten Moorefield, co‑founder of Cloverleaf, explains how AI‑driven coaches can level the playing field and deliver tailored...
The AI Native Accounting Foundation, a new nonprofit, was launched to help accounting and finance professionals cut through AI hype and adopt practical, responsible solutions. Founded by Kacee Johnson and Bebe Kim, the group will operate vendor‑neutrally while offering education,...
EssilorLuxottica reported that it sold more than 7 million Meta‑powered AI glasses in 2025, more than tripling the combined 2023‑24 volume of 2 million units. The sales surge spans its flagship Ray‑Ban line and the newer Oakley smart‑glasses, driven by a $799...
[VIDEO walkthrough] - Here's me asking Claude about my GA4 data, I got a thought partner surfacing things buried in my data that I didn't even know was there. In my "data chat" with Claude I found: 📈 Notebook LM was a...
The gaming sector has rapidly integrated AI tools for tasks ranging from NPC design to procedural content generation, yet experts say AI remains an efficiency enhancer rather than a production necessity. A potential AI market crash would likely strain fundraising...
What took me a week to build out a year ago just took me about 15 seconds. Since late 2022, I've been assigning personas to LLMs to have them poke the hell out of my work. "Review this product launch...
I'm one of the most advanced users of OpenClaw. OpenClaw + GPT5.3 Codex + Opus 4.6 has been the trifecta that changed everything. I made a video going over everything I'm doing with these tools. Learn these tools, stay ahead. Watch this...
Mistral, the French AI vendor, announced a $1.43 billion investment to build an AI data center in Borlänge, Sweden, slated to open in 2027. The project, hosted by EcoDataCenter, will run large‑scale foundation models on Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs and rely...
AI adoption is now common in North American electric utilities, with over 80% reporting some use of the technology. Yet many pilots stall because they are treated as side projects rather than core operations. The article stresses that embedding AI...
Since 2017 IBM has turned its HR function into a "Client Zero" lab, using internal AI prototypes before market release. The HR team applied an "eliminate, simplify, automate" mantra, even shutting down its phone line and email overnight to test...
Over the past two years, companies have deployed AI tools across their workforces, launching large‑scale pilots and encouraging experimentation. While many organizations report localized productivity gains, most have not yet translated these pilots into measurable financial returns. A recent panel...
Forterro posted €375 million in 2025 revenue, delivering double‑digit growth in sales, recurring revenue, and bookings despite a cautious European IT climate. Cloud bookings surged 30% year‑over‑year, pushing recurring revenue to 74% of total. Net revenue retention hit 114% and gross...
LiveU unveiled an expanded IP‑video ecosystem at the 2026 NAB Show, highlighting the new LU900Q field unit with eSIM, 5G optimization and 4:2:2 dual‑camera support. The rollout also includes LiveU Nexus, a universal IP gateway, and LiveU Schedule, a SaaS...
Rebecca Hinds, head of Glean’s Work AI Institute, distills findings from the AI Transformation 100 report into actionable ideas for reshaping the modern workplace. The report highlights AI‑augmented knowledge search, automated workflow bots, personalized learning assistants, real‑time analytics, and ethical...
Organizations are confronting AI’s takeover of routine work by redefining the human capabilities that drive performance. Leading firms such as McKinsey and Dropbox are prioritizing learning agility, metacognition, and judgment, embedding these skills into hiring, development, and promotion processes. The...
AI is reshaping the C‑suite by pulling human‑resources, technology, and business leaders into shared responsibility for AI transformation. Executives recognize that AI challenges are as much about people and culture as they are about algorithms and infrastructure. The article highlights...
In episode 495, Hannah Lyss Tampioc, founder of Mad Cat Creatives, reveals a repeatable AI workflow for Amazon product images, centered on her SORT framework—Spot, Organize, Reason, Test. She explains how to diagnose whether a listing suffers from a click...
The episode breaks down Runway's $315 million Series E round that lifted its valuation to $5.3 billion and explains the company's push into AI "world models" for next‑generation video generation. Listeners learn how Runway's technology differs from traditional generative models, giving it a...
Open Source Robotic Arm for All Developers [📍Github Below] A robotic arm project (reBot-DevArm) dedicated to lowering the barrier to learning Embodied AI. They focus on "True Open Source" (not just the code), they unreservedly open source everything: > Hardware...
CGI has broadened its multi‑year alliance with Google Cloud to accelerate enterprise adoption of the Gemini agentic AI platform. The expansion equips tens of thousands of CGI consultants with Gemini Enterprise and funds joint workshops, hackathons, and training programs. It...
The 2026 Data Pipeline Design Playbook positions pipeline architecture as the decisive factor separating data‑driven firms from laggards. It outlines seven modern frameworks—including the kappa shift, ELT over ETL, medallion data lakes, microservice pipelines, and lambda balancing—to achieve real‑time consistency,...
Cloudflare’s shares jumped 5% after the company beat Q4 expectations, driven by surging demand for its edge networking and security services from AI agents like the viral Moltbot. The firm reported adjusted earnings of 28 cents per share on $615 million...
Pegasystems beat its guidance as Pega Cloud annual contract value surged 33% year‑over‑year, positioning the firm to cross the $2 billion revenue mark by 2026. CEO Alan Trefler championed a "predictable AI" Blueprint approach, arguing that design‑time AI‑driven workflows are more...
At this year’s NRF conference, artificial intelligence dominated the agenda, with retailers showcasing AI‑driven supply chains, search, and HR tools. Yet the event largely ignored deeper societal concerns such as job displacement, consumer trust, and ethical boundaries. Futurist Doug Stephens...
In this episode, Rohan Bhasin of Fortellix and Dan Gural of Voxel51 discuss how autonomous‑vehicle (AV) teams can transform massive drive‑log datasets into high‑fidelity simulations using neural reconstruction, scenario‑driven data curation, and NVIDIA‑accelerated pipelines. They explain how these tools enable...
Carbon Robotics has launched its Large Plant Model (LPM), an on‑device AI system that can instantly recognize and classify weeds and crops across diverse fields. Built on a dataset of more than 150 million plant images, LPM eliminates the need for...
The episode examines Elon Musk’s proposal for an orbital data center constellation that would deliver hyperscale AI compute powered by continuous solar energy and radiative cooling, potentially reaching 100 GW of power in space. It argues that this technology could bypass...
Someone on my SEO team said a task would take a week. I did it in 20 minutes. And I did 4x the work. Not because I'm smarter. Because I activated a set of marketing skills inside Claude Code that let...
Take2 announced a $14 million Series A round led by Human Capital, with participation from Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Reach Capital, SemperVirens VC and Honeystone Ventures. The startup builds autonomous AI agents that conduct phone interviews, schedule appointments and handle credential verification for...
🚨 From Agent-1 to Superintelligence: The AI 2027 Scenario The AI 2027 Report outlines one of the most thought-provoking trajectories for artificial intelligence: a rapid evolution from simple assistants (Agent-1) to autonomous, adversarially misaligned systems (Agent-4) and ultimately to Agent-5...
Clean workflow to reskin reality 360 pano > nano banana > world labs Big limit is the navigable volume. Once we can auto fuse multiple 360 panos this approach gets v compelling. Y capture so much 3d data when are you need are...
AI entrepreneur launched RentAHuman, a bounty board designed for autonomous AI agents to post tasks for human execution. Within days, the platform was swamped by job‑seekers posting their own services, turning the AI‑focused board into a human‑driven gig marketplace. User...
Outside of the Special Air Warfare Symposium, how Beacon AI is touting pilot assistance autonomy https://t.co/AK7QFrzgvz
Over 90% of responders believe it's time for mammography to incorporate AI for every readout, whereas close to 0% who get screened are getting that interpretation now, and at no out-of-pocket charge https://t.co/hITOBNd7pg https://t.co/x1I6Ffxfio
Data engineering in 2026 is shifting from batch warehouses to real‑time, cloud‑native ecosystems that feed AI and generative models. Leaders like Informatica, lakeFS and Aerospike stress that active data, automated governance, and AI‑driven predictive scaling are essential to avoid bottlenecks....
"When I look out over the next two, three years, a ripple effect for every dollar spent on $NVDA chips, there's an $8-10 multiplier across software and infrastructure" 🎙️ @DivesTech joins Dan on the latest Okay, Computer. https://t.co/kyBad40Wln
I've been looking closely at organic traffic trends vs. LLM citations: The below site's blog was hit by recent algo changes: 1st screenshot: organic traffic to blog 2nd: ChatGPT citations to the blog 3rd: AI Mode citations 4th: AI Overview citations https://t.co/1bSsAAUsWh
Internal auditors are expanding beyond traditional assurance to become AI evangelists, guiding organizations on responsible AI deployment. The article highlights how auditors historically added value by introducing tools and best practices, and now they can apply the same mindset to...
probably a good time to announce that there’s a better way: @clovefi a new uk wealth manager that combines ai with the best of human advice. https://t.co/Nz9FBbJgnQ
“40+ AI tools you must know” is the wrong goal. Tools ≠ leverage Stacks ≠ systems Access ≠ advantage Real AI edge = • fewer tools • tighter integration • clearer decisions Architects win. Collectors stay busy. https://t.co/QO2u8dxbxE
AI spending isn't a debate anymore, it's cemented. @DivesTech on the multiplier effect across software, infrastructure and data centers 💻🚧 https://t.co/TC1BjQAHtv
When AI shifts from pilots to production, the workforce must evolve with it. @Microsoft’s education push in Brazil signals something bigger: AI adoption only scales when skills scale. Human capital is infrastructure. https://t.co/uchyiGIUEI #MicrosoftAITour #MicrosoftAmbassador @MSFT_Business
Thinking a lot about ChatGPT ads, and took a comparison approach, and landed on maybe ChatGPT takes the immediacy and simplicity from Google ads while avoiding the attempt to infer what you want and interrupt what you want from that...
Supposedly only 2% of financial institutions now report no use of artificial intelligence 🤔 https://t.co/fJGLehjCf2
On the ground in São Paulo 🇧🇷 partnering with @Microsoft for the AI Tour. A full day of insight, inspiration, and real conversations about how AI is moving from pilots to enterprise scale. Let’s go. #MicrosoftAITour #MicrosoftAmbassador @MicrosoftBr https://t.co/qqlhmml8a0
We're launching Monaco today. Monaco automates customer acquisition and revenue growth for startups. The platform disrupting sales with AI has finally arrived. https://t.co/mH03HIOdx8
