Today's AI Pulse
Amazon secures $4B AI cloud contract with Pinterest
Amazon landed a $4B artificial‑intelligence cloud deal with Pinterest, marking one of the largest AI contracts announced this week. The announcement sent both companies' shares higher in trading.
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By the numbers: Nanya Technology raises $2.5B in private placement
Cisco to Acquire Galileo for AI Observability
Cisco announced it will acquire Galileo Technologies, an AI observability specialist that monitors multi‑agent systems. Galileo’s platform adds real‑time guardrails, bias detection, and cost tracking to Cisco’s Splunk observability suite. The deal, slated to close in Q4 FY2026, builds on a prior partnership in the AGNTCY consortium and expands Cisco’s AI‑security portfolio. Galileo will also open‑source its Agent Control framework, reinforcing industry standards for trustworthy AI agents.
Compute Domains & Multi-Node NVLink in Kubernetes: Scaling GPU Workloads
NVIDIA’s ComputeDomains add a Kubernetes‑native layer that dynamically creates and tears down multi‑node NVLink communication groups for GPU workloads. By extending the Dynamic Resource Allocation driver, the feature makes cross‑node bandwidth a schedulable resource rather than a static configuration. This...
CAS Launches ‘Newton’ Agentic AI Built on Curated Scientific Data
The American Chemical Society’s CAS division unveiled CAS Newton, an agentic AI built on its 150‑year‑old, curated scientific literature. The platform delivers conversational, context‑aware answers that draw from the extensive CAS Content Collection, spanning chemistry, biology, materials science and patents....
PickNik Releases MoveIt Pro 9 to Improve AI-Driven Robotics in Variable Environments
PickNik launched MoveIt Pro 9, adding AI‑driven scan‑and‑plan capabilities that let industrial robots perceive and adapt to variable environments in real time. The update introduces AI perception filtering, point‑cloud alignment, automated contour extraction, and collision‑aware motion planning. Early adopters such as Autowash,...
AI's Real Impact Hides In
One interesting aspect of AI deployment is that for any given industry, the use case that seems really obvious and immediate to outsiders is quite different from one that insiders immediately think of, and often that’s a use case that...
Keeping Up With 8 AI Tools Educators Are Actually Using
The article reviews eight AI tools that have added significant education‑focused features since November 2025, highlighting how they are becoming embedded in classroom workflows, multimodal, and curriculum‑aware. Google deepened the Gemini‑NotebookLM integration, added audio/video lessons, and introduced AI‑suggested feedback in...
Anthropic Caught Throttling Claude, Funding Next Model
AI shrinkflation is real, and Anthropic just got caught. 🚨 Data proves Claude Opus 4.6 is now "thinking" 67% less than before. Anthropic said nothing until the data went public, prompting Claude Code creator Boris Cherny (@bcherny) to finally respond to the...
All of AI's New Models and Tools
The episode surveys the latest AI model releases and tools, highlighting OpenAI's delayed "Spud" rollout, Meta's new Muse Spark model, and Perplexity Computer's rapid revenue growth. It examines the surge in AI‑driven code commits on GitHub, the legal battle over...
AI and Machine Learning Offer New Framework for Managing Urban Plastic Waste
Researchers have unveiled an AI‑enhanced framework that uses machine learning validation and life‑cycle assessment to optimize urban plastic‑waste management. The model predicts up to a 96.3% cut in greenhouse‑gas emissions by 2060 and economic gains of about $27.7 billion for a...
Oprah and Tristan Harris Warn of AI’s Anti‑human Future
This week on Your Undivided Attention, we're bringing you a recent conversation Tristan Harris and I had with @Oprah on The Oprah Podcast, where we went deep into the anti-human future that the current AI path is moving us...
OpenAI's Early Compute Surge Secures Edge over Anthropic
OpenAI told investors this week that its early push to dramatically increase computing resources gives it a key advantage over Anthropic - Bloomberg
AI Diffusion Models Tailor Drug Molecules to Custom-Fit Protein Targets, Speeding Drug Development and Evaluation
University of Virginia researchers unveiled YuelDesign, an AI diffusion‑model platform that simultaneously generates drug‑like molecules and their flexible protein binding pockets. Complementary tools YuelPocket and YuelBond locate precise binding sites and ensure chemically realistic bonds, respectively. Early validation on the...
FDA Denies Exemption Request for Radiology AI Devices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration denied a petition seeking partial exemption of radiology artificial‑intelligence devices from 510(k) premarket review. The request, filed in October 2025, aimed to waive requirements for computer‑aided detection, diagnosis, triage and notification software. After reviewing...
AI Grief Bots Present ‘New Complexities’ in Bereavement Care
Artificial intelligence is entering bereavement care through "grief bots" that recreate a deceased loved one’s voice, likeness, and mannerisms from audio, video, texts and social‑media data. Companies such as Hereafter.ai, You, Only Virtual, StoryFile and Uare.ai are already offering interactive...
Scrapling: Open‑Source AI Agent Engine Eliminates Brittle Bots
🚨 Unleash your AI agent on the open web right now. @Scrapling_dev just smashed through 35k ⭐ on GitHub 🤯 Here is exactly why it’s the absolute best engine for modern agents. It finally fixes the dreaded "Brittle Bot" syndrome. When a frontend dev...
AI Can Now Run Biology Labs, but Regulations Are Falling Behind
AI systems are now capable of autonomously designing and executing thousands of biological experiments, illustrated by OpenAI’s GPT‑5 and Ginkgo Bioworks completing 36,000 runs and cutting protein‑production costs by roughly 40%. This programmable biology accelerates protein engineering, drug discovery and...
AWS AI Revenue Surpasses $15 B Run Rate
Amazon $AMZN CEO Andy Jassy just said: "AWS’s AI revenue run rate is over $15 billion in Q1 2026"
Will AI Destroy the Software Industry?
The Motley Fool podcast episode "Will AI Destroy the Software Industry?" examines why software stocks have slipped as investors grapple with AI‑driven disruption. Hosts and guests identify SaaS firms most exposed to generative‑AI competition and contrast them with companies positioned...
DigitalGlue Challenges AI Fatigue at NAB Show 2026 with Creative.Space Platform
DigitalGlue unveiled its creative.space platform at NAB Show 2026, debuting the AI‑driven creative.space Intelligence (CSI) in beta while making the creative.space Storage solution generally available. The unified operating system merges storage, collaboration and AI insight to replace fragmented video‑production tool...
SpaceX Poised to Dominate AI Infrastructure Across All Layers
Most people still miss who has a clear shot at being the most disruptive AI player of all: SpaceX It’s the only firm with a plausible path to controlling every layer of the emerging AI infrastructure: Chips, models, global connectivity, and virtually unlimited...
Meet Abi, the AI-Powered Robot Companion for Senior Care
Andromeda Robotics unveiled Abi, a 4‑foot, brightly colored AI companion robot designed for senior living facilities. Abi leads group activities such as dance, tai chi, and music quizzes, while also offering one‑on‑one interactions in up to 90 languages and remembering...
Peter Thiel-Backed Cognition Pushes Into Asia with Japan, Singapore Offices
Cognition AI, a Peter Thiel‑backed U.S. artificial‑intelligence startup, announced the launch of a new office in Tokyo and a forthcoming Singapore location. The expansion targets Asia’s growing appetite for software automation amid chronic engineering talent shortages. Cognition aims to capture market...
If You Lose Your Job to AI, It’s Even Harder to Bounce Back
Goldman Sachs analyzed four decades of federal data on 20,000 Americans and found that workers displaced by AI‑driven automation face longer periods of unemployment and lasting earnings penalties. On average, displaced workers took a month longer to secure new employment,...
AI Workflows for GTM Teams: Automation, Coaching, and Real-Time Deal Intelligence
Highspot’s GTM Performance Gap report reveals only 28% of companies see AI boosting sales results despite 77% investing in the technology. To close this gap, Highspot promotes its unified Nexus‑powered Agentic Platform, which embeds AI across the entire sales cycle—from...
BoE and PRA Response On AI In Financial Services
The Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority issued a joint letter to the Chancellor outlining a new supervisory framework for artificial intelligence in the UK financial sector. AI will be embedded as a 2026 supervisory priority, with heightened...
AI‑crafted Personalized Interfaces Will Replace Static Apps
Yes, I feel everyone generating their own OS'es now is fun but also says something maybe about our future interfaces Firstly that we can personalize our own daily OS and interfaces we use by just generating them according to our own...
AI as a Tool or AI as a Product?
The article draws a clear line between low‑cost personal AI tools like ChatGPT and high‑priced enterprise AI products. It argues that integration, operational complexity, and repeatability are the three criteria that turn a simple AI assistant into a production‑grade system....
AI Is Coming for Car Salesmen and Let’s Be Real, It Makes Perfect Sense
South Korean software firm Epikar has introduced the Pikar Genie, an AI‑powered kiosk designed to handle most showroom interactions traditionally performed by car salespeople. The device is already deployed in Renault, BMW and Volvo dealerships in South Korea, where Renault...
Minor Hotels Unveils Plans for Global Data and AI Platform
Minor Hotels announced a new global data and AI platform built with Google Cloud, Salesforce, OneTrust and Deloitte. The platform will unify guest data across its 63‑country footprint, enabling real‑time personalization and AI‑driven service. Designed from scratch, it leverages generative...
OpenAI Unveils Child‑Safety Blueprint to Shield Kids From AI‑Generated Abuse
OpenAI has published a child‑protection blueprint created with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Attorney General Alliance. The framework seeks to modernize laws, improve reporting of AI‑generated child sexual abuse material and build technical safeguards, a...
Explore AI for HR Use Cases in the SAP Discovery Center
SAP’s Discovery Center now offers a dedicated AI hub for HR teams, delivering curated guidance on exploring, adopting, and scaling artificial intelligence within the SuccessFactors ecosystem. The platform lets users filter content by specific SuccessFactors solutions and availability, ensuring relevance...
How to Put People First in Your AI Rollout
Vertafore placed employee confidence at the heart of its 2025 AI rollout, pausing regular work for a week‑long immersion to teach staff responsible, creative use of generative tools. The experiment treated confidence as the primary KPI, measuring attitudes before and...
Florida AG Announces Investigation Into OpenAI over Shooting that Allegedly Involved ChatGPT
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an investigation into OpenAI, alleging that the chatbot ChatGPT was used to plan the April 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University that left two dead and five injured. The victims' families have filed...
Aurascape Raises $50M to Secure Enterprise AI Applications
Aurascape emerged from stealth after closing a $50 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and Mayfield Fund. The startup, founded by cybersecurity veterans from Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks and Netskope, is building an AI‑native security platform that monitors and controls...
Outdated Free AI Models Skew Public Perception of Cap
Judging by my tl there is a growing gap in understanding of AI capability. The first issue I think is around recency and tier of use. I think a lot of people tried the free tier of ChatGPT somewhere last...
Inside AI Search: First Fan Out Podcast Breaks It Down
Come hang with @tryprofound's @LaffertyN, @kristakdoyle, and me to break down what's *actually* happening in AI search right now in our very first episode of the Fan Out podcast: https://t.co/VuT1N72qDi If you get the show's title as an AEO reference, 🤝
If You Are NOT Using Claude, You Are Officially BEHIND
Paul Baier argues that enterprises not using Anthropic’s Claude are falling behind in generative AI adoption. While he advises firms to retain their existing ChatGPT investments, he urges a ROI evaluation for granting employees access to Claude. Baier also promotes...
Optical Networks Must Evolve for AI-Driven Smart Homes
AI is moving into our homes — and networks must evolve with it. At #MWC2026, Huawei highlighted how optical networks are enabling AI-driven services, from smart homes to distributed computing. It’s no longer just about connectivity. It’s about intelligent experiences. Read more 👉...
Google Colab’s Learn Mode Eases Data‑science Notebook Learning
Kinda intimidated by data science and following along in a notebook? Just me? I really like that @GoogleColab added a "Learn Mode" that explains things and guides us along the way. https://t.co/dDqAAOEWsU https://t.co/s4m1PC0c0T
Your Candidates Are Using AI to Prepare. Are You Ready for That?
AI interview‑prep platforms are enabling candidates to rehearse role‑specific questions, receive real‑time feedback, and polish their delivery, resulting in higher first‑round pass rates. This surge in candidate polish is diluting the traditional interview signal‑to‑noise ratio, making it harder for recruiters...
GenAI Stalls; OpenAI Turns to Media Acquisition
GenAI’s popularity has hit a wall. Hard to see how OpenAI is going to make its numbers, and easy to see why they bought a media company. Their work is cut out for them. https://t.co/9Pv8QBpqzH
Distilled AI Makes Superintelligence Affordable for All
The thing is, thanks to mother models distilling intelligence into smaller models, everyone up and down the ability-to-pay curve will benefit as the models get to superintelligence
McKinsey Forecasts $7 Trillion in Global Data‑center CAPEX by 2030
McKinsey & Co. estimates that companies will pour almost $7 trillion into data‑center infrastructure by 2030, a figure comparable to the GDP of Japan and Germany combined. A separate McKinsey analysis cited by Financial Express puts the spend at $1.7 trillion, highlighting...
ChatGPT Pro Launches at $100 After High Demand
It is very nice to see Codex getting so much love. We are launching a $100 ChatGPT Pro tier by very popular demand.
AI Hype Is Always Off‑balance, Never Just Right
The current level of AI psychosis is sky high. It’s either way too much or not nearly enough, but the odds that it’s the right amount are 0%.
Victims' Families Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT’s Role in 2025 FSU Shooting
Lawyers for the families of Robert Morales and Tiru Chabba have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming the shooter used ChatGPT to plan the April 2025 Florida State University massacre. The suit alleges the AI provided tactical advice and highlights...
Zuckerberg Funds Wang's New AI Lab, Unveils Results
Last summer, Mark Zuckerberg handed Alexandr Wang the keys to a brand new lab with some expensive, freshly poached talent from top rivals. Today, we got the first look at what that money built https://t.co/TQrEmVo5z8 #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews...
AI‑crafted Game at GTC Left Me Stunned
This is what I saw at GTC. It is a completely AI generated game. Blew me away.
RSVP Dinner in San Francisco.
AI of the Coast is hosting an invitation‑only dinner in San Francisco for elite AI teams building frontier models. Co‑hosted by Chapek.IO, which is rolling out 10,000 modular AI data centers worldwide, the event will focus on the realistic AI...
Modest LLM Matches Specialized Aging Clocks Across Modalities
The End of Aging Clocks: Training Foundation Models to Reason in Aging and Longevity 🤔 “These results demonstrate that a single modestly sized LLM can match or replace purpose-built aging clocks across data modalities.” https://t.co/WkOvpxDBiU @biogerontology https://t.co/Knb0368KN4