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
AI Agent Designs a RISC-V CPU Core From Scratch
Verkor.io unveiled VerCore, a RISC‑V CPU core fully designed by its autonomous AI system, Design Conductor. The agent took 12 hours to generate a 1.48 GHz core that scores 3,261 on CoreMark, comparable to Intel’s 2011 Celeron SU2300. Design Conductor orchestrates large language models through a human‑like workflow—specification, RTL coding, power, timing, and layout—producing a GDSII file ready for EDA tools. While the design remains simulated and unfabricated, the startup plans to release the files and showcase an FPGA prototype at DAC 2026.
Fix the Service Path Before You Optimize It with AI
Contact center AI promises faster, more consistent service, but its impact is limited when deployed into a fragmented service environment. Organizations must first achieve clear visibility into the entire customer journey and establish strong upstream feedback loops. AI delivers the...
How to Use AI for Massive Everyday Productivity Gains
In this 12‑minute episode, Tam Pham explains how to turn AI from a novelty into a daily productivity engine. He highlights three practical tactics: embedding AI extensions in your web browser for instant summarization and drafting; using AI meeting bots...
The Evolution of Sales Enablement in the Age of AI - Yega Kumarappan - Paperflite
In this episode, Mike Maynard talks with Yeager Kumaraparan, co‑founder of Paperflite, about the evolution of sales enablement from simple content distribution to AI‑driven, agent‑based platforms that guide reps through the entire deal lifecycle. Kumaraparan explains how Paperflite’s suite—covering prospect...
AI Hype to AI Value: Escaping the Activity Trap
AI spending is projected to hit $2.5 trillion in 2026, a 44% jump from the prior year, yet the promised value is lagging. Only 6% of companies report clear financial returns and 95% of projects fail to show measurable results within...
Accenture, Vodafone and SAP Pilot Humanoid Robotics in Warehouse Operations
Accenture, SAP and Vodafone Procure & Connect launched a pilot in Duisburg, Germany, deploying humanoid robots powered by Accenture’s “Robot Brain.” The bots were first trained in a digital twin of the warehouse using Nvidia‑backed simulation tools, then tasked with...
Operators Tackle AI Revenue Challenge
At FutureNet World in London, BT International, Orange Business and Rakuten Symphony shifted the AI conversation from capability to revenue generation. BT International showcased an API‑driven data platform that unifies commercial, network and service data, cutting infrastructure spend and opening...
OpenAI Pledges $1.5 Billion to PE Enterprise AI Project
OpenAI is committing up to $1.5 billion to a private‑equity‑backed enterprise AI joint venture, beginning with a $500 million equity infusion and an option for an additional $1 billion. The partnership, valued at $10 billion, also draws $4 billion from PE firms such as TPG,...
Big AI Firms Push Women to Adopt Artificial Intelligence
New video out on the crazy things big AI companies are doing to convince women to embrace AI w/ @kattenbarge https://youtu.be/yf3hkq4WZKM
UK to Build ‘National Cyber Shield’ to Protect Against AI Cyber Threats
The UK government announced a "national cyber shield" to defend against AI‑powered cyber attacks, calling for close cooperation between AI firms and public agencies. Security Minister Dan Jarvis highlighted that the National Cyber Security Centre dealt with over 200 nationally...
AI Boosts Marketing Workflows but Trust Remains a Barrier, Digiday+ Reports
Digiday+ Research released a survey of 142 brand and agency professionals showing AI tools are now embedded in most marketing workflows, delivering measurable efficiency gains. The same study flags lingering trust issues and predictability concerns as the biggest obstacles to...
Profound Review: Features, Pricing and Alternative
Surfer SEO and Profound are the two leading AI visibility platforms, each taking a different approach to answer‑engine optimization (AEO). Surfer blends AI tracking with its full‑stack SEO suite, offering keyword research, rank tracking, and CMS integrations, while Profound focuses...
Sullivan & Cromwell Apologizes After AI‑generated Filing Contains Fabricated Citations
Sullivan & Cromwell issued a formal apology to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn after an April 9 filing contained about three dozen AI‑generated citation errors, known as “hallucinations.” The firm said its internal AI policies were not followed, prompting a...
AI Tools Let Surgeons Evaluate Heart Transplants in Minutes, Cutting Wait Times
At the ISHLT 46th Annual Meeting, Dr. Brian Wayda unveiled AI models that let surgeons gauge donor‑heart suitability in minutes. The tools, including the TOPHAT web predictor, could raise the current 30‑40% utilization rate of available hearts and ease the...
Anker Launches THUS Compute‑in‑memory Chip to Power AI in Low‑power Wearables
Anker introduced its THUS compute‑in‑memory (CIM) silicon, fabricated in Germany, to enable large AI models on battery‑constrained Bluetooth earbuds. The chip integrates NOR flash memory with neural‑network style compute, targeting lower power consumption and new features like Clear Calls, with...
US Government Boosts AI‑Powered Surveillance with $165 B DHS Funding
The Department of Homeland Security has secured $165 billion in annual funding under the 2025 spending bill, prompting a wave of AI‑driven contracts and purchases of commercial data. The influx of money is enabling the government to tap consumer devices, data‑broker...
GitLab Teams with AWS to Deliver Agentic DevSecOps Workflows via Amazon Bedrock
GitLab and Amazon Web Services have announced a deep integration that routes the GitLab Duo Agent Platform through Amazon Bedrock. The partnership lets enterprise customers run AI‑powered DevSecOps workflows on their existing AWS accounts, leveraging current IAM policies and spending...
The AI Coding Boom Is Making Fundamentals Matter Again
The surge in AI‑driven coding tools such as Codex and Claude is reshaping software engineering. A new State of AI‑Driven Software Releases report shows only 8% view the need for new specialized skills as a major hurdle, yet 18% rank...
ActionAI Secures $10M Seed Funding to Fix AI’s Trust Problem
ActionAI announced a $10 million seed round led by UAE investors to build a reliability stack for enterprise AI. The startup, founded by Stanford‑trained engineer and Netflix personality Miriam Haart, aims to curb hallucinations that can reach 79% in current models....
PureDC Unveils Europe’s First Microgrid-Powered Data Center in Dublin
PureDC has commissioned a 54 MW microgrid‑powered data center on Dublin’s Orion Business Park, delivering five‑nine reliability without a traditional utility connection. The facility blends dual‑fuel Wärtsilä engines, battery storage and renewable gas to meet AI‑driven compute demand while meeting 100%...
Adobe CMO Says AI Enables ‘Segment‑of‑One’ Personalization for Brands
In a recent Business Insider interview, Adobe’s enterprise chief marketing officer Rachel Thornton described how artificial intelligence is turning “segment of one” marketing from theory into practice. She highlighted Ulta Beauty’s use of Adobe’s AI tools to map individual customer...
C-Infinity Raises $16M to Close the Gap Between Product Design and Production
C-Infinity, an AI-driven manufacturing process‑planning startup, closed a $16 million Series A led by Canaan Partners, with participation from Inventus Capital, Bee Partners and Radius Capital. Its AutoAssembler platform automates the translation of CAD models into factory‑ready assembly plans, cutting weeks‑long manual...
Anthropic’s Mythos Under Fire as OpenAI Attacks Its Marketing and Unauthorised Users Breach the Model
Anthropic’s restricted cybersecurity AI, Mythos, faced a turbulent week after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman labeled its limited rollout as “fear‑based marketing.” The model, offered to roughly 40 firms under Project Glasswing, was reportedly accessed by unauthorized users through a third‑party vendor...
ADP Posts $20.6 B Revenue, 7% Growth and Highlights AI‑Driven Payroll Trends
ADP announced total revenue of $20.6 B for Q4 2025, a 7% year‑over‑year rise and an 8% quarterly increase. The earnings call highlighted strong employer‑services bookings, record‑high client retention and expanding AI‑driven payroll interactions, while projecting 5‑6% revenue growth for fiscal 2026.
Vertiv Projects 32% Revenue Jump on AI Data Center Boom
Vertiv Holdings (VRT) lifted its 2026 outlook, projecting revenue of $13.5 bn—a 32% rise from 2025—driven by soaring AI data‑center spending. The company also sees adjusted earnings climbing 43% to $6.02 per share, underscoring the AI infrastructure supercycle’s impact on U.S....
Realm Secures €3.8M Seed to Deploy AI Agents in Enterprise Sales, Plans Triple‑Headcount
Realm, the Helsinki AI‑sales startup, closed a €3.8 million ($4.5 million) seed round led by Frontline Ventures with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Slack co‑founder Cal Henderson and Deel co‑founder Alex Bouaziz. The funding will fund a three‑fold headcount increase and a push...
AI Needs a Strong Data Fabric to Deliver Business Value
Artificial intelligence is moving from pilot projects to core enterprise functions, with half of companies expected to run AI in at least three business areas by 2025. Executives like SAP’s Irfan Khan argue that the biggest barrier is not model...
SpaceX to Acquire AI Coding Startup Cursor in $60 B Deal
SpaceX disclosed a deal to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, or to pay $10 billion for its services if the acquisition does not close. The transaction ties the space‑flight giant’s massive compute power to a fast‑growing AI‑assisted development platform,...
Cognitive Debt: The Hidden Risk in AI-Driven Software Development
The newsletter spotlights Dr. Margaret‑Anne Storey’s concept of cognitive debt, a hidden risk emerging as generative and agentic AI accelerate software development. Unlike technical debt, cognitive debt resides in developers’ shared mental models, eroding understanding of system intent and design...
The Biggest Announcement of My Life
After five months of development, the founder announced Custard, a professional‑grade AI platform designed to transform managers into high‑impact leaders. The tool gathers anonymous weekly pulse surveys in under 30 seconds, then delivers personalized dashboards with actionable recommendations drawn from...
Inside Ivalua NOW 2026: Procurement Enters the Agentic AI Era
Ivalua’s NOW 2026 conference announced the launch of IVA Studio, a no‑code environment for building custom AI agents, signaling a shift from generative AI “assistants” to agentic “co‑workers” in procurement. The company framed the move as essential for navigating geopolitical...
Software Makers Best May Not Be Good Enough as AI Fears Mount
Salesforce is set to post its fastest quarterly revenue growth in three years, up 12.5% to $9.83 billion, while ServiceNow and Workday also report solid gains. Despite the earnings beat, the broader software‑services index has fallen about 16% this year, lagging...
Brace Yourself for a Flood of Patches in All of Your Tech Gadgets
Anthropic unveiled Mythos, its most powerful AI model, capable of automatically identifying hidden software vulnerabilities across operating systems and browsers. The company has granted early access to 40 leading tech firms, including Apple, Google, and Amazon, to remediate flaws such...
Bittensor and Chainlink Flagged as Top AI-Focused Crypto Picks
Fool.com identified Bittensor (TAO) and Chainlink (LINK) as the two AI‑focused cryptocurrencies worth watching. Bittensor recently completed a decentralized training run of a 72‑billion‑parameter language model, while Chainlink closed the second phase of an AI pilot involving two dozen leading...
Locai Raises £1m to Develop Its Off-Cloud AI Infrastructure
Locai, a deep‑tech startup, announced a £1 million (~$1.28 million) pre‑seed round to build its off‑cloud AI inference platform. The solution moves AI processing from cloud APIs onto users’ devices, converting variable usage fees into predictable fixed costs. By eliminating reliance on...
4 Essentials for Protecting Brand Voice in AI Outputs
Susan Oguche, former EVP of Cavaliers Operating Company, warned that brand voice cannot be left to chance when using generative AI. She outlined a four‑step framework—data feeding, constraining the system, creating a voice profile, and final human approval—to keep AI...
Meta Deploys Employee Mouse‑Tracking Tool to Train AI Agents, Sparking Privacy Outcry
Meta Platforms has begun installing a Model Capability Initiative (MCI) on U.S. employee computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for AI training. The move, aimed at building autonomous AI agents, has ignited privacy concerns among staff and watchdog...
Database World Trying to Build Natural Language Query Systems Again – This Time with LLMs
Database vendors are reviving the quest for natural‑language query tools, this time leveraging large language models. AWS unveiled a Bedrock‑based text‑to‑SQL service, Snowflake introduced Cortex Analyst, and MongoDB released a LangChain‑powered query API. Benchmarks show current LLM‑driven solutions achieve roughly...
The AI Era Demands a Different Kind of CISO
The article argues that traditional CISO frameworks—focused on audits, static vulnerability checks, and compliance—are obsolete in an AI‑driven threat environment. AI models can discover and exploit weaknesses in minutes, outpacing legacy risk metrics that capture only past conditions. To stay...
5 Lessons From Everest for High-Risk AI Projects
New Nepalese regulations for Everest climbing, which require certified guides, health checks, GPS tracking and waste management, illustrate how high‑risk AI projects under the EU AI Act should be governed. The article draws five parallels: proven experience, mandatory observability, specialist...
How 1 Fast Casual Founder Aims to Build AI Bridge Between Wearables, Wellness
Summits Technologies has launched StarAI, an AI platform that translates wearable fitness data into personalized fast‑casual meals prepared in a 350‑square‑foot ghost kitchen in Venice Beach. The kitchen operates limited hours, offering dishes priced $13‑$30, and plans to boost output...
5 Lessons From an AI Startup That’s Quietly Disrupting a $30 Billion Industry
Trevor Sumner’s AI startup is rapidly reshaping the $30 billion consumer market‑research sector by replacing decades‑old focus groups and surveys with real‑time analysis of online consumer signals. The platform ingests millions of social posts, reviews and search queries, delivering actionable insights...
Ways CIOs Can Prove to Boards that AI Projects Will Deliver
CIOs are under mounting pressure from boards to prove AI projects generate measurable value, as surveys reveal most initiatives have yet to boost revenue or cut costs. Failure rates for AI efforts remain high—up to 95%—prompting a shift from speculative...
Please Don’t Talk to People Like You Talk to AI
The column warns that the blunt, directive tone we use when prompting AI is spilling over into human interactions. As AI becomes a co‑pilot for work and personal tasks, people adopt a cold, efficiency‑first style in emails, texts, and even...
Deadly Deepfakes: A Survival Guide for the Age of Algorithmic War
Artificial intelligence is now a dual‑edged weapon in modern conflicts, powering both precision targeting and the rapid creation of deepfake footage. In the recent U.S.–Israel confrontation over Iran, AI‑generated videos of burning landmarks and missile strikes circulated widely, blurring reality...
WealthReach Rolls Out AI Referral Engine to Systematize Advisor Growth Strategies
WealthReach unveiled Multiply, an AI‑driven referral engine for registered investment advisors, built on Model FA’s proven Feedback Marketing methodology. The platform automates referral generation with a library of over 50 training videos, interactive modules, and a conversational AI interface, while embedding...
EU Unlocks €63M to Accelerate AI in Health and Safety
The European Commission has announced €63.2 million (about $68 million) in new funding under the Digital Europe Programme to accelerate AI innovation in healthcare, digital skills and online safety. Approximately €9 million will support AI‑driven image screening in medical centres, while €24 million targets...
GPT Image‑Gen 2 Delivers Uncanny Realistic AI Images
These are not screenshots, these all are ai-generated images 🤯 GPT image-gen 2 is the best model yet. @openai openaidevs
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Ads Just Went Cost-per-Click, and the AI Advertising War Has Its Battle Lines
OpenAI has switched ChatGPT ads from a cost‑per‑thousand‑impressions model to cost‑per‑click, allowing bids of $3‑$5 and cutting the minimum spend to $50,000. The change follows a rapid drop in CPM rates from $60 to as low as $25, which made...
Paradox: Fearing Unstoppable AI yet Fearing Its Jailbreak
AI doomers: If we fear that artificially superintelligent systems can be jailbroken by rogue actors and then misused to do harm, doesn’t that mean that if such systems attack us on their own accord, we can jailbreak them and stop them? If...