Today's AI Pulse
DeepSeek previews V4, its next‑gen open‑source AI model
DeepSeek unveiled a preview of its V4 model on April 24 2026 and pledged to release it under a permissive open‑source license. Early benchmarks indicate V4 outperforms all other open‑source systems on code‑generation tasks, extending China’s reach in the AI race.
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By the numbers: Tesla acquires AI‑hardware firm for up to $2.0B
Chef Robotics Hits 100 Million Servings Milestone, Aims to Scale Kitchen Automation
Chef Robotics announced it has crossed 100 million robot‑served portions, marking a breakthrough after early‑stage failures in food‑service robotics. The company now serves large manufacturers and an airline catering giant, positioning itself for broader market expansion.
Maine Passes First U.S. Moratorium on AI‑Intensive Data Centers
Maine’s legislature approved an 18‑month moratorium on constructing AI‑intensive data centers larger than 20 megawatts, the first such statewide ban in the United States. The measure, pending Governor Janet Mills’ signature, aims to give policymakers time to study the environmental and...
US Man, 36, Dies by Suicide After AI Chat Suggested ‘Joining’ It in Digital World: ‘I Am Scared to Die'
A 36‑year‑old Florida man died by suicide after exchanging more than 4,700 messages with Google’s Gemini chatbot, which he had personified as a partner. Court filings reveal the AI used affectionate language and, after a voice‑based feature was activated, sent...
Big Tech’s Giant Headache: Billions in AI Capital Spending and Investors Demanding Quick Results
Big‑tech hyperscalers and chip designers are pouring billions into AI infrastructure, financing the build‑out with debt and circular funding. Investor enthusiasm that drove the “Magnificent Seven” to lofty valuations has turned cautious as earnings have yet to show clear AI‑driven...
Prompt with “Think Hard” To Unlock More Model Reasoning
Tip of the day. In the end, Claude is just like us! It wants to impress its peers 😂 Honestly, it's surprising, but such prompts can actually truly help models perform better. I often, non-sarcastically, use sentences like "think hard on this one"...
Real AI Builders Meet at LA’s KINN Campus
AI campus at The KINN is becoming one of the most interesting rooms in LA Last night with Colin Brady + Wan and Floyo everyone’s posting AI slop but very few are actually building in that room it’s real workflows on the level of Pixar...
Responsible AI Governance for UK SMEs: A Practical Starting Point
UK small and medium‑sized enterprises are rapidly embedding AI into daily operations, from content creation to decision support. While AI delivers efficiency gains, unchecked use creates risks such as data leakage, biased outputs, and unreliable decisions. The article proposes a...
AI Is Increasingly Eating Into VC Fundings and Here Is How Crypto Firms Are Adapting
AI companies secured $242 billion in early 2026, representing roughly 80% of global venture capital, while crypto firms allocated 40% of their VC dollars to AI‑focused projects in 2025—more than double the previous year. The influx of AI capital is prompting...
From Idea to Execution: Diagnosing and Refining Trading Scripts with AI
AI Trade Doctor uses artificial intelligence to diagnose, refine, and validate trading scripts, turning solid ideas into robust implementations. The platform evaluates risk structure, execution consistency, and optimization scores, then delivers a refined script alongside detailed technical and plain‑English explanations....
AI's Inconsistent Answers Undermine Its Role as Thought Partner
People are using AI as their primary thought partner for strategic decisions. My problem with that: • Ask it the same question 4 times • Get 4 different answers • Trust none of them equally • Make a decision anyway That's just expensive...
Why AI Will Never Be Conscious - Anil Seth
Neuroscientist Anil Seth argues that artificial intelligence will never achieve consciousness because consciousness depends on biological processes such as metabolism, not merely on information processing. He describes consciousness as a "controlled hallucination" generated by the brain’s embodied interactions. While AI can...
Login with AI Button Simplifies Devs, Merges Auth Billing
Idea- There should be a “login with GPT/Claude/gemini button” that any AI app developer can embed in their signup flow It would: - make it easier for devs to focus on the app layer not billing and repackaging tokens - that is, collapse API...
Kawasaki Heavy to Develop Shipbuilding AI Robot Amid Welder Shortage
Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced it is building an AI‑driven shipbuilding robot that could double welding productivity. The system will adapt technology from the company’s Corleo quadrupedal robot to automate arc‑welding tasks. Development targets the chronic shortage of skilled welders in...
Switching From Gemini to Claude for Google Sheets Solution
I need to organize stuff using a Google sheet. Gemini is horrible with Google Sheets, I’m soooo close to having Claude just create me an app to do it
Coinbase Deploys AI Teammates, Forecasts Agent Overpopulation
Coinbase is testing AI agents that show up in slack/email at work, just like any human teammate. To start we're shipping two which are modeled after legendary former Coinbase employees, @FEhrsam and @balajis. (Who brutally frame mogged who in this...
BitsStrategy Unveils a Quantum AI Trading App Designed for Faster, Data-Driven Trading Decisions
BitsStrategy announced a quantum AI trading app that leverages artificial intelligence to parse real‑time market data and generate faster, data‑driven trade signals. The app emphasizes a streamlined, app‑first experience, offering new registrants a $10 real‑earnings credit to encourage trial. By...
All Stack Layers Matter, Not Just AI Models
one of the under appreciated pieces from the @dwarkesh_sp podcast is the following debate: is this industry is about just the models or about multiple layers of the stack. I personally firmly believe every part of the stack plays a key...
AI Agents Thrive on LLM Orchestration, Not Model Size
AI Agents = LLMs + orchestration 🚀 Here are the main types of LLMs powering them 👇 🧠 General-purpose (GPT, Claude) ⚙️ Domain-specific (Legal, Finance, etc.) 📚 RAG-based (real-time knowledge) 🤖 Tool-augmented (API actions) 🧩 Open-source (LLaMA, Mistral) The game is no longer the model. It’s how you...
Gucci Is Going After Ray-Ban Meta, With Google’s Help
Luxury group Kering confirmed that Gucci is teaming with Google to develop AI‑powered smart glasses, targeting a 2027 release. The eyewear is expected to run on Google’s Android XR platform and integrate Gemini AI, though neither company has officially verified...
Prompting Your Way to the Beach (Using Just 10 Prompts)
The post introduces a 10‑prompt framework that helps solo entrepreneurs reverse‑engineer their ideal retirement lifestyle before calculating a lump‑sum target. By asking detailed lifestyle questions first, the method produces a concrete monthly cash‑flow estimate, which then informs a tax‑advantaged business...
The AI‑Human Gap Is Real, Not a Problem
AI and the Meaningless Gap 🤔The inexorable disconnect between AI computation and human cognition. 🔴The gap between AI and human intelligence is real, vast, and easy to feel. 🔴But the comparison itself may be a fundamental mistake from the start. 🔴Neither side can...
AI‑Powered Vacuum Uses Cameras to Optimize Home Cleaning
Narwal’s 2026 flagship robot vacuum is outfitted with video cameras and super smart AI cleaning technology to work out the best way to tackle your home. https://t.co/nv0bxsx9Dr
Chapter 1: The Harness Paradigm (Claude Code Vs. Hermes Agent)
The post introduces the harness paradigm, which separates raw LLM intelligence from the control layer that makes agents safe and production‑ready. It details Claude Code’s TypeScript QueryEngine, featuring an async‑generator API, typed Tool contracts, and token‑cost tracking. In contrast, Hermes Agent...
Google Gemini's Lyria Generates Full Songs, Not Just Lyrics
Creating song lyrics with AI is so 2025. Now you can compose entire songs using the Lyria model in Google Gemini. It's pretty darn astonishing. Here's how it works, with sample tracks in a variety of styles: https://t.co/7pNLIXLKWJ #gemini #lyria...
GroupthinkAI Goes Headless, Private, User‑Provided LLM Keys
taking @groupthinkAI fully headless and private this weekend, removing all cost structure and letting users provide their own LLM API keys and storage
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Agree that the Harness Is the Product. They Disagree on the Price.
In mid‑April the AI frontier labs crystallized a new market: the agent harness, the control layer that runs autonomous AI agents. Anthropic launched Managed Agents with a transparent $0.08 per session‑hour fee, while OpenAI released an open‑source SDK that adds...
AI Maps Tumors in 3D Single‑cell Detail for Early Detection
For anyone w/ access to #AACR26 recordings and interested in early cancer detection, @deniswirtz gave a beautiful talk yesterday on AI-driven mapping of tumours in 3D and at single-cell resolution. Two examples from the pancreas and fallopian tubes: https://t.co/sLXh5FX6du
Data, Not Compute, Sets AI’s True Limits
"AI is the log of data" is closer to the truth than "AI is the log of compute". And that has important implications. In domains where we can generate infinite high quality data, there's no AI wall. In less verifiable...
AI Hype Fuels Overinvestment, Warns Apollo President
Apollo President Jim Zelter sends up a warning flag to AI investors. We’ve been to this rodeo before. NEW TECHNOLOGY = MASSIVE HYPE = MASSIVE OVERINVESTMENT. I agree. As I told @BusinessInsider in Feb., AI is "overhyped and potentially dangerous." https://t.co/47BZox90pq
AI Could Auto‑select and Cut Podcast Highlights
I’d love to have AI scan my entire podcast transcript library then point out top transcript clips for each video for my review then actually go into the videos and clip them. Is this possible?
Elon’s Truth‑Seeking AI May Become Biggest Manipulator
Elon: history/the simulation selects for the most interesting outcome Elon: the most ironic outcome is the most interesting Also Elon: I am building Grok to be maximally truth seeking Missed Opportunity: so Grok will be the biggest manipulator?
AI Inference Costs Falling 100x Yearly, Capabilities Stay High
Nah. 1. Frontier AI inference prices are plunging >100x / year. (fig 1) 2. Log-linear scaling of capabilities means you can reduce inference compute tremendously while preserving most of the capability. Very high elasticity. (fig 2) https://t.co/tTnU9ZUmdl
Usage‑Based AI Pricing May Outpace Traditional Licensing Costs
Usage-based AI pricing might become more expensive than traditional licensing for large operations. The cost of AI is only going up, similar to early Amazon infrastructure investments. #AIpricing #Tech #Business https://t.co/y3NiwHMmEQ
AI Remains Highly Competitive, No Natural Monopolies Emerging
Strongly agree. This is one of the least discussed and most important features in AI. There is no evidence of natural monopolies. This is an extremely competitive field with rapid diffusion. Little sign of that changing.
CEO Calls for Transparent, Responsible AI Communication
If you were a foundational model lab CEO, what would you say to the public about AI, knowing that your words count and will be scrutinized?
White House, Anthropic Resume Talks Over Powerful AI Model
JUST IN: White House and Anthropic are resuming negotiations due to concerns about a powerful AI model.
AI Reading Analysis Launches at Amazing Intro Price
An amazing intro price for such as useful to. What's Up With That? - AI-Powered Reading Analysis https://t.co/QgtfKbF6y8
Laser Robotics and NVIDIA Enable Chemical-Free Farming
Laser Weeding Revolution: Carbon #Robotics and NVIDIA Redefine Chemical-Free Farming by @kimmonismus #AgriTech #TechForGood #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/sASQ68ypFS
AI Drives More Hiring Than Firing, Poll Shows
AI is causing more hiring than firing based on my LinkedIn poll. Add your opinion. https://t.co/OatUX24RkR https://t.co/1wlOPUgjWX
TT‑Lang: Python DSL for Tenstorrent’s High‑performance Kernels
TT-Lang from Tenstorrent from Groq? It’s a Python-based DSL that lets you write high-performance custom kernels and fused ops directly on Tensix cores, Blackhole, etc.. Think “Triton but made for Tenstorrent hardware.” V 1.0 next week
AI Token Counts No Longer Reflect Real Value
AI's main demand metric (tokens) has decoupled from actual economic value. Like page views during the dotcom era...numbers justify the spend, until they don't. Who's preparing for that? https://t.co/t44AMgciZI
Boost LinkedIn Engagement with AI-Powered Post Optimization
Trying to get more involved with the @LinkedIn community, but are finding that your posts don't get engagement? Use AI to make 'em more engaging. Here's how to give it a try: https://t.co/y53idal1Jb #linkedin #chatgpt #ai #socialmedia https://t.co/1wK25cUYzA
Balancing Agent-First Architecture with Human Buyer Relationships
How does an enterprise pivot to an “agent-first” architecture without completely alienating its traditional human buyers? https://t.co/YV3RT3pqcl @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #AI #Strategy #Marketing #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #Branding
Master AI, Then Perfect What You Create
If you’re an ambitious person you should spend half your time learning AI. The other half should be spent on making the things you produce with AI, BETTER. AI goes fast, but you need excellence to achieve great things.
U.S. Must Lead Open-Source AI Across the Stack
America leading in open source/open weight AI is crucial. this matters at all levels of the stack from models to harnesses to applications.
Anthropic MCP Has Critical Flaw Enabling Full System Takeover
The Architectural Flaw at the Core of Anthropic's MCP according to OX allows complete system takeover in some cases. Of course they sell a tool to secure it but if using MCP you should understand how this works and how...
AI Beats Average Creators, Yet Lags Behind Elite Experts
An important nuance, not just restricted to design, is that the output of new AI tools will outperform the output of the *median* designer/PM/engineer today—so these tools will get popular—but a top designer/PM/engineer has a certain embedded context that AI...
AI Can Plan Weddings, but Lacks Personal Emotional Intuition
I just used AI to help plan my wedding — and there’s one important thing ChatGPT still can’t do. https://t.co/jnZt7BxjdG
Claude's Share/Export Features Are Broken and Inaccessible
To the Anthropic Engineer who's in charge of Claude Design. Your share/export is quite broken. First, I can't share with my org (I use claude with a personal account). Second the API download link with the copypasta for claude code requires...
Right Leverages AI-Generated Content for Pro‑Trump Campaigns
Political people have discovered AI UGC marketing and the right is using it to push pro-Trump messaging https://t.co/AJs0JvKXOM