Today's AI Pulse
Salesforce to acquire AI‑agent platform Fin for $3.6B
Salesforce announced a $3.6 billion purchase of Fin, the AI‑agent platform formerly known as Intercom, to strengthen its Agentforce suite. The deal comes as Salesforce reported strong Q1 results and a $50 billion buyback program. Fin’s technology enables automated customer support across chat, email, WhatsApp, phone and Slack.
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By the numbers: Waymo acquires Apple’s Arizona Proving Ground for $220M
VCs Are Betting Billions on AI’s Next Wave, so Why Is OpenAI Killing Sora?
The Equity podcast highlighted how AI infrastructure is colliding with real‑world constraints, from a Kentucky farmer rejecting a $26 million data‑center offer to OpenAI pulling its Sora app. Meanwhile, venture capital is pouring billions into the next AI wave, exemplified by Kleiner Perkins’ $3.5 billion raise and sizable investments in drone logistics firms like Zipline and Lucid Bots. The episode also noted two recent court verdicts against Meta, suggesting a potential “tobacco moment” for social media. Overall, the discussion underscored the shift from hype to tangible, regulated AI applications.
Syntiant and Novi Space Successfully Demonstrate Low-Power AI Inference in Orbit
On March 26, 2026, Syntiant Corp. and Novi Space completed a successful in‑orbit demonstration of real‑time AI object detection on a commercial LEO satellite. Using Syntiant’s quantized neural network models deployed on Novi’s SP240 space‑edge computer, the system identified ground...
VR‑controlled Robot Swarms Expose Military AI Governance Gap
Drones disrupted modern warfare. Now, a vision of a single operator with a VR helmet directing a swarm of robots ready for combat. This isn’t an episode of Black Mirror. It’s the near-future. Tech is outpacing doctrine, law, and ethics. That gap is where...
AI at the Bedside: Scaling Innovation Without Compromising Patient Safety
Artificial intelligence has moved from pilot projects to core clinical tools, with the FDA authorizing more than 1,400 AI‑enabled medical devices by the end of 2025, most via the fast‑track 510(k) pathway. Radiology dominates usage, but AI is expanding into...
Deezer Licenses AI Music Detection Technology to Hungarian Rights Organization EJI
Deezer has licensed its proprietary AI music detection technology to Hungary’s rights collective EJI, making the organization the first in the country able to flag generative‑AI recordings. The tool, which identifies AI‑generated tracks that now account for about 39% of...
AI Agents Are About to Overtake Cybersecurity — for Better, or Worse?
At RSAC 2026 the cybersecurity community warned that AI agents are moving from a defensive tool to a primary weapon for attackers. These autonomous agents can hijack identities, rewrite security policies and launch supply‑chain attacks at machine speed, outpacing traditional...
Marketing Hackathon Shows Power of Custom GPT Workflows
One of the highlights of #B2BMX this year was the AI Hackathon. Well… it wasn’t a bunch of marketing managers suddenly learning how to code. 😊 Instead, we rolled up our sleeves to build custom GPTs, or AI agents designed...
Honeywell Expands Security Portfolio in Bid to Catch AI Wave
Honeywell announced a strategic alliance with security specialist Rhombus to embed AI‑powered video analytics into its access‑control platforms. The integrated solution will be sold through Honeywell’s channel partners, allowing existing building systems to gain cloud‑based AI detection without full replacements....
How AI Is Changing Astronomy
Artificial intelligence is now central to modern astronomy, handling data volumes that far exceed human capacity. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will generate roughly 20 TB of raw data each night, prompting AI-driven pipelines for real‑time analysis. Machine‑learning models have already...
Reading Is Hard to Teach. Can AI Help?
Experts predict AI-powered reading tools will soon be commonplace in K‑12 classrooms, offering adaptive instruction and real‑time feedback. These technologies aim to personalize literacy learning, addressing persistent gaps in reading proficiency. However, educators caution that excessive dependence on AI could...
AI Output Now Outpaces Centuries of Human Writing
In 2025, AI written output surpassed centuries of human output. We are witnessing a shift from written record to synthetic and humans are prompting it (for now). Source @ARKInvest
Hitem3D Integration with OpenClaw Enables Automated AI-Driven 3D Model Generation
Hitem3D has announced a native integration with OpenClaw, enabling fully automated, AI‑driven 3D model creation. The partnership merges Hitem3D’s generative design engine with OpenClaw’s workflow orchestration, allowing users to produce printable models from simple prompts. Early tests show design cycles...
☕️🤖 Tutorial: Stop Filling Out PDF Forms Manually. Claude Does It Now.
Anthropic’s Claude now offers a built‑in workflow that reads PDF forms, extracts field labels, and populates them with user‑provided data—all without manual typing. The tutorial walks users through uploading a document, prompting Claude to map fields, and exporting a completed...
AI Data Centres Can Warm Surrounding Areas by up to 9.1°C
AI‑powered data centres generate enough waste heat to create localized "heat islands" that can raise surrounding land temperatures by as much as 9.1 °C. Researchers estimate up to 340 million people live close enough to feel this effect. Real‑estate firm JLL predicts...
In the Age of AI, Home Depot’s Stores Have ‘Never Been More Relevant’
Home Depot is embedding generative‑AI tools, branded as Magic Apron, into its omnichannel ecosystem to streamline product discovery and advice. A partnership with Google Cloud now lets shoppers converse in plain language, receiving personalized recommendations and compatibility checks. The retailer...
Vendor Notebook: AI Tackles an Evolving Menu of Organizational Needs
Healthcare vendors are rolling out a suite of AI tools aimed at streamlining billing, coding, imaging, and fraud prevention. CentralReach’s AI agents cut revenue‑cycle work by up to 40%, while Innovaccer’s Flow Capture autonomously codes roughly 80% of patient encounters....
Apple’s Next Device Might Not Have a Screen at All
Apple is reportedly developing an AI‑powered pin, roughly the size of an AirTag, that could launch as early as 2027. The device would attach to clothing or accessories and act as an ambient sensor hub, feeding camera and microphone data...
TaxGPT AI Agent Aims to Complete the Whole Tax Return
TaxGPT unveiled an AI‑driven tax‑prep agent that can complete a full return by automating browser interactions within existing web‑based tax platforms. The agent extracts documents, enters data, runs diagnostics, and then hands the work to a review AI called Agent...
UCLA Health Creates Leadership Role for AI Innovation
UCLA Health has appointed Katherine Andriole, PhD, as the inaugural associate dean for health AI strategy and innovation at the David Geffen School of Medicine, effective March 26. She also assumes directorship of the UCLA Center for AI and SMART Health....
Top Apps and Enterprises Leverage LangChain for AI
I asked Google aimode who is using LangChain. Popular Apps & Tools Built with LangChain •Cursor: An AI-powered code editor that uses LangChain’s orchestration to help developers write, debug, and understand code through smart autocompletion. •Perplexity: An AI "answer engine" that leverages web...
AI Is Everywhere in the Enterprise — But Governance Is Nowhere Near Ready
Enterprises have embedded AI across operations—from document drafting to autonomous agents—making it a core dependency. However, governance frameworks have not kept pace, remaining paper‑based and reactive. This mismatch creates shadow AI, visibility gaps, and uncontrolled autonomous actions. Leaders now face...
I Built a Dashboard That Shows My Entire Empire
The author spent roughly 30 minutes each morning juggling six browser tabs to verify automations, review Notion content, monitor publishing status, and troubleshoot errors. To eliminate this friction, they prompted an AI to build a single-page dashboard that aggregates all...
Why Reproducible Analytics Is Critical for AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences
AI adoption in healthcare and life sciences is surging, with physician usage climbing to 66 % and firms investing heavily in machine‑learning platforms. Despite this momentum, a reproducibility crisis looms, as more than 70 % of researchers report difficulty replicating results, jeopardizing...
Predicting Failure Before It Happens: A New Playbook for Transportation Risk
A new Predictive Reliability Index (PRI) framework uses machine learning to forecast carrier‑level pickup defects, achieving an 85% accuracy rate and a 30% reduction in high‑risk defects. The model ingests over 147 data points, distills them to 20 key predictors,...
NYC Health + Hospitals Rolls Out AI Tool to Boost Maternal Safety
NYC Health + Hospitals has launched a $2.75 million program deploying PeriWatch Vigilance, an AI‑driven early‑warning and decision‑support system for maternal‑fetal care. The tool, currently active at the North Central Bronx hospital, will be expanded to all 11 system hospitals by...
Deciding Who Controls Military AI: DoD vs Industry
The negotiations between the United States Department of Defense and Anthropic have highlighted who gets to make choices about AI in the military. Who should get to make these choices? https://spectrum.ieee.org/military-ai-governance
Announcing Raia Hadsell (Google DeepMind) at RAAIS 2026
Raia Hadsell, now VP of Research at Google DeepMind and co‑leader of the Frontier AI unit, has been announced as a returning speaker for the Research and Applied AI Summit (RAAIS) on June 12, 2026 in London. Hadsell’s career spans...
AI Generates Complete PowerPoint Decks From Simple Prompts
IMO, 90% of the time you spend on presentations is wasted. Formatting slides. Fixing alignment. Browsing templates. Rewriting bullet points. Templafy just launched a free AI tool that skips all of that. You type a prompt —> You get a complete, polished PowerPoint...
96GB VRAM Setup: 4× Intel ARC Pro B60 GPUs
96GB VRAM - 4x 24GB Intel ARC Pro B60 GPUs for local AI LLMs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aEHitayNts 🤓
The Next Step in Smart Plant: Excavators that Record and Analyse Near Misses
Sumitomo Heavy Industries and NEC are creating an AI‑driven system that automatically extracts near‑miss video clips from hydraulic excavators and generates detailed safety reports. The extraction model, trained on SHI’s excavator data, identifies risk scenes, which NEC’s generative‑AI engine then...
Make AI Outputs Deterministic: Mark’s Practical Data Workflow
Most people vibe-code with AI agents and wonder why the output is unreliable. Mark spent weeks figuring out how to make it more deterministic. The AI space is moving fast, and everyone is figuring it out as they go. In this...
Anthropic Is Officially Running on Azure, Completing Its Hyperscaler Set
Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, announced it is now running its models on Microsoft Azure, joining Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud to cover all major hyperscalers. The move gives Anthropic access to Azure’s AI‑optimized GPU clusters and deepens...
AI Detects Severe Symptoms in Childhood Cancer Survivors
AI models can accurately assess the health care needs of childhood cancer survivors by analyzing patient conversations, with complex prompting strategies significantly improving detection of severe symptoms and their impact. healthtech
Debating Whether AI Assistance Dilutes Authentic Human Effort
I'm very curious where society is going to land on this conversation about LLMs being a "thinking partner." Is it more honorable to do the work unassisted? Does it the work matter more/become more valuable when it's in it's purest, most...
AI Will Only Replace White-Collar Jobs If We Forget What Makes Us Human
The article argues that AI will only displace white‑collar roles when organizations overlook the uniquely human traits that drive value. While machine learning can automate data‑intensive tasks, skills such as empathy, creativity, and nuanced judgment remain irreplaceable. Companies that integrate...
LLM Outputs Mirror Their Underlying Architecture, Not Just Prompts
🤔Time to think... In "Social Aims," Emerson wrote, “What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.” These words suggest, at least to me, something interesting about the output...
House Pushes Contested Chip Export Controls to Curb AI Smuggling
House panel advanced legislation that would require the Commerce Department to demand chipmakers do more to keep AI tech from being smuggled to China Despite incessant cheerleading from some quarters, members understand the many problems with this bill... https://t.co/kBjLLxHfN9
RSAC 2026: How Zscaler Is Securing the AI Ecosystem
At RSAC 2026 Zscaler unveiled an AI Security Suite that moves beyond point‑solution fixes to protect the entire AI ecosystem. The platform delivers an inventory of AI assets, applies zero‑trust controls to AI traffic, and automates lifecycle defenses such as...
AI Slides Fail, Spark Powerful Lesson on Critical Thinking
A student recently "winged it" and read an AI-generated presentation to my class. The slides weren't even on task. He had some knowledge — but the presentation didn't reflect it. What happened next became one of the best teaching moments of...
Customers Want AI Strategy, Not Just Features
Everyone's shipping AI features. Meanwhile at $10M ARR, Hewitt Tomlin's customers aren't asking for a single one. They want him to tell them how AI fits their work. https://t.co/vyKbEA9iwT
Oracle Unifies AI Data Stack for a Single Truth
🔺 Oracle converges the AI data stack to give enterprise agents a single version of truth https://t.co/YfnvGBO7C7 https://t.co/kkvDJLju6Z
Invisible AI: Finance Benefits Without Seeing the Model
The best AI harness for finance will be invisible You won't see the model You'll see the outcome Faster settlements Better risk management Smarter capital allocation The tool disappears when it actually works
AI Compute Shortage Looms After Last Year's Data Center Overbuild
Last year everyone spoke about over building of AI data centers, likely this year will start to demonstrate that there is not nearly enough compute to meet demand I think to degree to which AI is currently subsidized depends on...
Huawei AI Chip Wins ByteDance, Alibaba Orders
Huawei's new AI chip finds favour with ByteDance, Alibaba which plan to place orders ...tech firms intend to use the new 950PR more extensively, as chip is more compatible with Nvidia's CUDA software system and has better response speed...Huawei plans to...
Developers Choose CLI Over Bloated MCPs, Composio Delivers
I won’t pretend I don’t use MCP - I do! But facts are facts: the ecosystem is getting way too bloated. If @composio’s universal CLI can actually just work in one command and remove the config nightmare... .. I’m 100% sold 🫡
Data Literacy Gap Causes 95% AI Project Failures
The Data Literacy Gap: Why 95% of AI Projects Fail - Digital Download https://t.co/Hm2A7Yq1jJ via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #TechNews #AgenticAI #AIAgents #Agentic #AI #FutureOfWork #Strategy https://t.co/WRDepMLNmx
Let SAP Business One Agents Automate Your ERP Tasks
2026: the year your ERP starts doing the work. Stop staring at dashboards: let SAP Business One agents handle the heavy lifting 🤖 $SAP #SAPBusinessOne #ERP #AI #Automation #Wholesale #Distribution Schedule a meeting with me: https://info.quaintbusiness. https://t.co/s1WiQMkWva
When to Use AI English Vs. Human English
How AI English and human English differ – and how to decide when to use artificial language https://t.co/O1jW7182ix via @ConversationUS #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews https://t.co/B0sGaqC2Wy