Today's AI Pulse
Macron bets on AI with €75 bn SoftBank pledge to power France’s data‑centre push
President Emmanuel Macron is anchoring his legacy on artificial intelligence, securing a SoftBank pledge of up to €75 bn (≈$86 bn) for French AI projects. The initiative, dubbed “Project Marengo,” will use France’s abundant nuclear power to build low‑cost data centres and position the country as Europe’s AI hub.
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By the numbers: Waymo acquires Apple’s Arizona Proving Ground for $220M
How Scared of AI Should We Be? A New Documentary Film From an Oscar Winner Seeks Answer
Oscar‑winning director Daniel Roher and co‑director Charlie Tyrell released “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” a theatrical documentary that explores whether it’s safe to bring a child into a world shaped by artificial intelligence. The film features on‑camera interviews with AI leaders Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis, and captures the rapid, volatile nature of the industry. Roher’s personal motivation—expecting his first child—drives a human‑centric inquiry into AI’s potential to create either utopia or apocalypse. Producers Diane Becker and Ted Tremper describe the challenge of making a timeless narrative amid headline‑driven turbulence.
‘A Perfect Storm’: How AI Is Transforming the Global Scam Industry
A new Infoblox report reveals that AI‑driven remote‑access trojans are turning Southeast Asian scam compounds into industrial‑scale cybercrime operations. These malware tools give attackers full control of victims’ Android devices, enabling real‑time monitoring, data exfiltration and instant bank‑account draining. AI...
Chef Robotics Expands AI-Powered Automation Into Meatpacking
Chef Robotics, a San Francisco‑based food robotics firm, has extended its AI‑driven automation platform to tray assembly for meatpacking. The system can pick, orient and place raw, frozen and precooked proteins—such as pork loins, chicken breasts, steaks and sausage links—onto...
Anthropic’s AI Hacking Tech Triggers Concern in German Cyber Agency
Anthropic unveiled Mythos, an AI model that can locate and exploit software bugs faster than human hackers. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is in active dialogue with Anthropic after the model was shared with 12 cybersecurity firms...
Celonis and Oracle Collaborate to Power Enterprise AI and Accelerate IT Modernization
Celonis announced an expanded partnership with Oracle to run its Process Intelligence platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and deepen integration with Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. The joint solution lets enterprises analyze and optimize end‑to‑end processes across finance, supply chain...
Amazon’s AI Tool Matches Shelter Dogs and Cats with Adopters in the Protect Playtime Campaign
Amazon’s Brand Innovation Lab, PetArmor and Best Friends Animal Society launched the Protect Playtime campaign, featuring an AI‑driven pet‑matching tool on Amazon and personalized generative videos created with Nova Reel. The tool accepts natural‑language queries and pulls listings from a...
Applogika Achieves the AWS Agentic AI Specialization
Applogika, an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, announced at HumanX 2026 that it earned the new AWS Agentic AI Specialization within the AWS AI Competency. The designation validates the firm’s ability to design, deploy, and manage production‑grade multi‑agent systems on...
BrainChip Unveils Radar Reference Platform to Bridge the ‘Identification Gap’ in Edge AI
BrainChip Holdings launched a Radar Reference Platform that couples a FMCW radar module with its Akida neuromorphic processor to deliver real‑time object classification at the edge. The solution adds a deep‑learning layer that extracts micro‑Doppler signatures, allowing it to differentiate...
This Isn’t the First Time Work Disappeared
A wave of AI tools that can write, analyze, code, and design is prompting a rapid contraction in traditional job functions. Tasks that once required entire teams are now handled by a single person or an algorithm, creating a perception...
☕🤖Tutorial: How To Automate Claude Code With Scheduled Tasks (It Works While You Sleep)
Anthropic’s Claude Code now lets users schedule automated workflows that run on cloud servers, local desktops, or within active sessions. The tutorial walks readers through five ready‑to‑use automations—morning briefings, competitor monitoring, PR review, content‑calendar refresh, and build polling—each configured with...
AI Expansion, Security Crises, and Workforce Upheaval Define This Week in Tech
This week’s tech headlines were dominated by AI breakthroughs, escalating security threats, and a wave of layoffs. Google unveiled a Gemini‑powered Notebooks workspace, Meta launched the multimodal Muse Spark model, and Microsoft pledged its own large‑model portfolio by 2027. At the...
Advanced NotebookLM Tips & Tricks for Power Users
Google NotebookLM has added five high‑impact features that turn it from a simple study aid into an end‑to‑end research and content‑creation platform. Users can now revise individual slides with natural‑language prompts, export decks directly as PPTX files, and generate cinematic...
The Perioperative AI Reality Check: Why Hospital Tech Fails Without Clinician Co-Design
Hospital leaders are rushing AI‑powered perioperative tools without clinician input, leading to low adoption and wasted spend. Andrew Fisher, MD, argues that the technology already exists, but success hinges on automating non‑clinical tasks, seamless workflow integration, and co‑design with anesthesiologists,...
Waymo Robotaxis Are Now Finding Potholes
Waymo’s autonomous robotaxis are now detecting potholes across five test markets, transmitting the information to city agencies and the Waze navigation app. The fleet’s lidar and camera sensors feed high‑resolution road‑condition data into a shared platform, enabling real‑time alerts for...
Cut the Grind: 40+ AI Tools That Save Hours in 2026
AI & Tech Insights releases a curated list of more than 40 AI-powered tools aimed at boosting productivity in 2026. The collection spans social media growth, workflow automation, low‑code app building, design, coding assistants, and personal health. Each category highlights...
Claude Code Harness Pattern 9: Observability and Debugging
The Claude Code harness introduces a comprehensive observability layer that adds structured logging, query chain tracking, debug and error logging, and headless profiling to AI agents. Each significant event is recorded with rich, typed metadata, while chain IDs trace conversations...
Devion to Showcase Innovation at WTCE
Devion, a specialist in intelligent automation for airline catering, will debut its new Rivo platform at the World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE). The showcase highlights RivoLoad, a modular trolley‑loading system derived from a decade‑long partnership with KLM...
How Does BearQ Autonomous QA Work? Your Top Questions Answered
SmartBear unveiled BearQ™, an autonomous QA platform that uses AI‑driven agents to continuously explore, model, and test web applications. The system comprises Explorer, QA Lead, and Tester agents that share a live application model, enabling real‑time coverage assessment and test...
Alibaba Shifts Focus From LLMs to Real-World AI
Alibaba is betting on what comes after LLMs. With a major investment into new models focused on simulation and video generation, the goal is to move beyond text and toward real-world applications like robotics. It signals a shift. The next phase of...
Shopify AI Toolkit Accelerates Custom Store Development
Shopify just dropped something MASSIVE The new Shopify AI Toolkit lets you manage and build on Shopify with your favourite agent, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, and more. It connects your AI tool directly to Shopify’s docs,...
💸 Mythos and the Mispricing of Everything
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos preview demonstrates AI agents that can generate functional cyber exploits in hours, challenging the long‑standing belief that offensive capability requires scarce human expertise. The US utilities sector, a $1.5 trillion market priced at roughly 22× earnings, treats cyber...
AI-Powered EMS Guides Users Through Unfamiliar Tasks
A new AI-driven system uses context-aware electrical muscle stimulation to physically guide users through unfamiliar tasks, merging computer vision and real-time reasoning to deliver tailored, on-the-spot movement assistance. embodiedai
Gen Z Adopts Claude‑first Workflow; Adapt or Fall Behind
The new norm for countless people under-25 is to take every single task they get and start by entering it into Claude as a first step. It's here, and if you're not jumping in you're going to be left behind fast. I...
Opinion: For AI to Have Impact, the Industry Must Align on Data
Artificial intelligence is now embedded across biopharmaceutical R&D, highlighted by the FDA's adoption of the generative tool Elsa for drug‑approval reviews. Industry leaders, including Charles River Laboratories, warn that AI's promise hinges on the quality, metadata, and harmonization of the...
Reddit's Presence Surges in AI Overview Content
Thought I was seeing a lot more Reddit in AI Overviews and yup. They’ve been showing up more in there for a couple months now: (@ahrefs brand radar data) https://t.co/c68TBYsvpm
Coding, Support, Search Dominate AI; Tech, Legal, Healthcare Lead Adoption
"Coding, support, and search represent the lion’s share of use cases by far (with coding being an order-of-magnitude outlier even among this set), while the tech, legal, and healthcare sectors have been the industries most eager to adopt AI." https://t.co/qgQ6dqXnuv...
Why AI Agents Are the New Era of UK Retail Banking
UK retail banking has become overwhelmingly digital, with 88% of adults—about 48 million people—using online channels for everyday transactions. While neobanks like Monzo and Revolut have set new service standards, traditional banks still lose customers; 265,000 switched banks in Q3 2025, and...
AI Language Fluency Masks Hidden Western Bias, Warns Scholar
AI’s fluency in other languages hides a Western worldview that can mislead users − a scholar of Indonesian society explains https://t.co/0eD4fnI1jS via @ConversationUS #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews https://t.co/VKjNXVv56t
One Photo, Unlimited Pro‑Quality Angles Instantly
This multi-angle tool from Hailuo AI really redefines efficient creation Just upload one photo back shots, Dutch angles, and all kinds of views are generated instantly The quality honestly looks like it was shot by a professional team https://t.co/7GxVH3307M
'How Are You Using AI?' Your Therapist Should Ask You that Question, Experts Argue
A new JAMA Psychiatry paper urges therapists to ask patients about AI chatbot use for emotional support. Researchers argue AI interactions can reveal hidden stressors, coping strategies, and even suicidal ideation, offering a “treasure trove” of clinical data. The authors...
Claude Code Automates Browser Testing Directly From Terminal
Claude Code can control your browser. I asked it to test a form on localhost. It opened Chrome, typed in the fields, submitted bad data, and caught a validation error. All from my terminal. No Selenium. No Playwright.
AI Predicts Heart Failure Five Years Early via CT
AI to detect risk of heart failure 5 years ahead of symptoms via CT scan epicardial fat tissue https://t.co/RuZu8pSIAy @JACCJournals https://t.co/Gz052Ajj4X
Anthropic Warns Its New AI Could Enable ‘Weapons We Can’t Even Envision.’ Skeptics Aren’t Buying It.
Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos, an advanced AI model that has already uncovered thousands of critical security vulnerabilities and could theoretically manipulate power grids, hospitals and other essential infrastructure. The company is restricting access to roughly 40 hand‑picked enterprises—including Amazon, Google, Apple,...
Supervise AI Agents; Avoid Unchecked Financial Autonomy
Agent AI can execute tasks on its own, but giving it financial control or full autonomy can lead to unexpected actions you didn’t plan for. Until it’s more reliable, the smartest move is to keep AI supervised while it works...
Podcast Reveals Our Candid Thoughts on Top AI Startups
https://t.co/jf50aClz4V Remember those AI companies @Sallywf and I presented on Monday? Well here's our mental download podcast on what we *actually* think. Featuring @GroqInc, @Etched, Neuchips, @SambaNovaAI, @taalas_inc, and @positron_ai. https://t.co/cSbCvDhKln
How to Implement AI in Fleet Management: From Dashboards to Workflows
The article argues that AI in fleet management is moving from isolated dashboards to direct incorporation within operational workflows. Success hinges on disciplined execution, data quality, and clear governance rather than the sophistication of the tools. Fleets that embed predictive...
4 AI Prompts to Go From Idea to Live Product This Weekend with Claude Code
The post outlines a weekend‑long workflow that uses Claude Code and four targeted AI prompts to turn a raw product idea into a live, publicly accessible web app. It lists the free‑tier services (Claude, GitHub, Clerk, Supabase, Stripe, Vercel) needed,...
Stanify’s Hank Leber on Turning Brand Comment Sections Into Business Intelligence Tools
Stanify, a Los Angeles‑based AI startup founded in 2025, automates brand comment and direct‑message management across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. In its first ten months the platform processed close to three million comments for enterprise clients in CPG, gaming,...
New Four‑Term Equation Predicts Brain's Ability to Generalize Across Tasks
Harvard physicist SueYeon Chung and colleagues introduced a four‑term error equation that predicts how neural populations—biological and artificial—generalize to new tasks. Tested on rats, monkeys and deep‑learning models, the model offers a quantitative bridge between brain geometry and learning flexibility,...
Is ChatGPT Pro Actually Worth $100 a Month?
OpenAI announced a revamped $100‑per‑month Pro plan, halving the previous $200 price to attract heavy Codex users and pressure rivals like Anthropic and Google. The new tier introduces stricter weekly token limits, effectively throttling long coding sessions and prompting a...
AI and Shocks Reshape Europe's Labor Landscape
What Economic Shocks and AI Are Really Doing to the European Labour Market https://t.co/2OTKriIlv9 https://t.co/741bdWs6Il
Palantir Shares Dive 7%‑8% After Michael Burry Warns Anthropic Is "Eating Its Lunch"
Palantir Technologies tumbled 7%‑8% on Thursday after famed investor Michael Burry posted that rival Anthropic is "eating Palantir's lunch" in enterprise AI. The drop, triggered by heavy trading volume, reignited debate over Palantir's lofty valuation and competitive positioning.
Yesterday’s Top Marketing AI News Highlights
ICYMI Top #Marketing #AI News Stories from yesterday: https://t.co/z8PnQXTKJg Top stories from @pulse2news @eMarketer @CBSNews @BCG @TechCrunch @sejournal and more. https://t.co/Y425oa0Brh
Deloitte's Rakesh Rajagopal Leads Predictive Insurance Automation Push
Deloitte Consulting’s Rakesh Rajagopal is steering AI‑driven predictive automation across major U.S. insurers, embedding intelligence into SAP financial platforms to replace manual, fragmented processes. The initiative promises faster claims handling, tighter compliance and a scalable architecture for multi‑country insurers.
New Vanguard AI Tool Aims to Scale Investment Advice
Vanguard has launched "Expert Insights," an AI‑driven add‑on to its Portfolio Analytics platform that generates real‑time, client‑ready portfolio analysis for financial advisors. The tool, currently in a pilot with a select group of advisors, uses generative AI to translate complex...
The Editor's Post: Cutting Edge Ideas and Ethical AI Conundrums with Tech for Good Pioneers
At the Euclid Summit in Amsterdam, industry leaders and ethicists debated the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence for climate and environmental challenges. The discussion underscored the need for transparent governance frameworks as AI becomes integral to sectors ranging from marine...
Father Leverages AI to File Racial Discrimination Suits Against Top Universities
Nan Zhong, a Palo Alto father, turned to artificial‑intelligence models to draft and file lawsuits against four university systems alleging racial discrimination in admissions after his son’s rejections. With no law firm willing to represent him, Zhong claims the AI‑generated...
ServiceNow Bakes AI Into Entire Platform, Ending Add‑On Model for HR and Enterprise Workflows
ServiceNow announced that artificial intelligence is now a built‑in component of every product in its workflow platform, eliminating separate AI add‑on modules. The move, highlighted by President Amit Zavery, targets HR, IT and other service lines, promising faster deployments and...
Google Cloud Expands Intel Xeon 6 Partnership, Boosting AI Hardware Rollout
Google Cloud announced a multiyear expansion of its AI infrastructure partnership with Intel, committing to deploy the new Xeon 6 CPUs for training and inference workloads. The move strengthens Intel's foothold in AI accelerators and signals a shift toward balanced...
Economists Starting to Admit They May Have Been Wrong About AI Never Replacing Human Jobs
A new forecasting study involving 69 economists, 52 AI specialists and 38 super‑forecasters finds that experts are now assigning a tangible risk that AI could erode employment. The panel gives a 47% chance of "moderate" AI advances by 2030 and...