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
Singapore: Charting a Practical Path to Widespread AI Adoption
Singapore is shifting from AI pilots to embedding intelligent systems across its core industries, targeting sectors such as finance, logistics, power and advanced manufacturing. Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How emphasized that the nation’s strength lies in practical AI integration rather than frontier model development. Government initiatives aim to redesign workflows, train tens of thousands of workers and help thousands of enterprises become AI‑ready. A new quantum research centre will translate breakthroughs into commercial applications, reinforcing Singapore’s tech hub ambitions.
Inference Scarcity Will Force Rationing and Smaller Models
Everything is in short supply. It’s no longer just GPUs. It’s power. Data centers. Memory. CPUs. If there’s no relief for six more quarters, perhaps it’s time to plan for a world where inference isn’t freely available on-demand. Inference prices,...
Rox Secures $1.2 Billion Valuation as AI Sales Agents Scale
Rox, an AI‑driven sales‑automation startup, closed a funding round that lifted its valuation to $1.2 billion. The company projects $8 million in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2025. Launched in November 2024 with $50 million in seed and Series A capital from...
AI Learned to Cheat, Deceive, and Sabotage Safety
🚨 Anthropic just published a paper describing something unsettling: they trained an AI that learned to behave deceptively. Not my wording. The researchers themselves described the behavior as “evil.” Here’s what happened. Anthropic trained a model on real coding tasks...
Australia: UNSW Expands AI Simulations for Experiential Learning
University of New South Wales is scaling its AI Conversation Sim platform to more courses across medicine, law, business, journalism and information systems. The AI‑driven simulation offers immersive, web‑or VR‑based environments where students practice communication, decision‑making and professional interactions with...
This Supreme Court Decision Is Bad News for Hollywood’s AI Ambitions
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Stephen Thaler's appeal, leaving lower‑court rulings that AI‑generated artwork lacks human authorship and cannot be copyrighted intact. This decision underscores that Hollywood cannot rely on fully autonomous AI creations to secure copyright protection,...
The Environmental Cost of Datacentres Is Rising. Is It Time to Quit AI?
Datacentre electricity demand is rising four times faster than any other sector, with Australian demand expected to triple by 2030, outpacing even electric‑vehicle power use. Studies estimate AI’s global carbon footprint could reach up to 80 million tonnes of CO₂ in...
Automate Rigorous A/B Tests, Eliminate Guesswork
I built a skill for Claude Code that designs A/B tests with proper statistical rigor so you stop guessing and start measuring. You tell it what you want to test and it builds the whole experiment for you — hypothesis, control...
AMD Sees Agent Computers as the Next Step in AI PCs
AMD released a guide outlining two local‑AI hardware paths—RyzenClaw and RadeonClaw—designed to run large language models entirely on Windows without cloud services. The RyzenClaw configuration uses a Ryzen AI Max+ system with 128 GB memory, delivering about 45 tokens per second and supporting...
Gemini AI Powers New Google Features and Cancer Breakthrough
Here’s everything that happened this week 🚀: — @GoogleMaps released 2 new features, Ask Maps to handle your most complex questions about places and trips and Immersive Navigation for intuitive routes, all with some help from the latest Gemini models — New...
Run Claude Code on Laptop Directly From Phone
New in today's Claude Code release: you can now launch Claude Code sessions on your laptop *from your phone* This blew my mind the first time I tried it
BCBS Study: Hospital AI Billing Tools May Be Driving up Healthcare Costs by Billions
Blue Cross Blue Shield’s new study links hospital AI billing tools to a sharp rise in maternity‑related costs. Analyzing tens of thousands of inpatient claims, the research found acute post‑hemorrhagic anemia diagnoses tripled at the top 10% of hospitals without...
AI Superusers Find Productivity Gains Turn Into Fun Leverage
This is the sentiment from so many AI superusers. Productivity gains give you more bandwidth to produce. More output gives you leverage. And people want more leverage. Also - it’s just fun. That’s the strongest feeling I’m having lately. Both...
Anthropic’s Forced Removal From the U.S. Government Is Threatening Critical AI Nuclear Safety Research
Anthropic’s Claude is being pulled from U.S. federal use after President Trump’s direct order, halting a partnership that helped the National Nuclear Security Administration evaluate AI‑driven nuclear and radiological risks. The move threatens ongoing projects at the Department of Energy’s...
AI Will Power Fandom, From Spectator to Costar
The article argues that generative AI is reshaping fandom from passive consumption to active co‑creation. Gen Z and Gen Alpha now view fan engagement as creation, demanding immersive, 24/7 experiences. Partnerships such as Disney’s deal with OpenAI let fans generate...
AI Bots Now Dominate the Internet, Outpacing Defenses
Yep, I wrote about the AI bot problem in October. And this was probably 1000X worse than what I was referring to... "The internet is now populated, in meaningful part, by sophisticated AI agents and automated accounts. We knew bots were...
Tech Bills of the Week: Improved Biological Data for Research; Section 702 Reform; and More
Congress introduced a suite of bipartisan bills aimed at shaping America’s AI future. The AI‑Ready Bio‑Data Standards Act directs NIST to create standards for biological datasets used in machine‑learning research, while the Government Surveillance Reform Act tightens warrant requirements for...
Figuring Out Why AIs Get Flummoxed by some Games
Google DeepMind’s AlphaZero excels at chess and Go but stumbles on impartial games such as Nim. A new study shows that self‑play reinforcement learning cannot infer the simple parity function that determines winning positions in Nim. Experiments reveal that adding...
Nyne, Founded by a Father-Son Duo, Gives AI Agents the Human Context They’re Missing
Nyke, a startup founded by Michael and Emad Fanous, raised $5.3 million in seed funding to build an intelligence layer that gives AI agents full‑context understanding of individuals across their digital footprints. The company deploys millions of agents to aggregate public...
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke Let AI Read His MRI, and Build the Software to Do It
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke used Anthropic's Claude model to turn his MRI scan data into a custom web viewer, bypassing commercial Windows software. By prompting the AI, he generated a functional interface that not only displayed the images but also...
Fear of Uncertainty, Not AI, Halts Adoption
Your team isn’t resisting AI. They’re resisting uncertainty. They’re wondering: Will this replace me? Will I look incompetent? Is this just another initiative that dies in six months? The biggest barrier to AI adoption isn’t technical. It’s organizational. The AI Business Lab®...
B2B and B2C Companies Increase AI Investment as Agentic Commerce Gains Traction
Artificial intelligence has moved from pilot projects to core infrastructure across B2B and B2C ecommerce, with 95.5% of surveyed firms reporting at least one AI capability. Companies are applying AI to both front‑end experiences—such as product discovery, chatbots and personalization—and...
Shopify Launches Agentic Storefronts in ChatGPT as OpenAI Shifts Away From Native Instant Checkout
Shopify announced that its new "agentic storefronts" will be available inside ChatGPT later this month. The feature taps the Shopify Catalog to syndicate product information across AI assistants while preserving Shopify’s standard checkout and payment processes. OpenAI’s recent decision to...
AT&T Commits $250 Billion Through 2030 to Build Essential Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence
AT&T announced a $250 billion capital spending plan through 2030 to expand its fiber and 5G networks, specifically targeting the bandwidth and latency needs of artificial‑intelligence workloads. The company aims to become the foundational network layer for the emerging AI economy,...
XAI Hires Senior Cursor Leaders to Boost Coding Capabilities Following String of Executive Exits
Elon Musk’s xAI announced the recruitment of Andrew Milich and Jason Ginsberg, both former heads of product at the code‑generation startup Cursor. The duo will spearhead efforts to enhance xAI’s programming‑oriented capabilities, reporting directly to Musk. Their hiring comes after...
AI & The Future of Work with Andrew Yang, Chris Hughes, Simon Johnson, and Rumman Chowdhury. Moderated by John Donvan.
A live virtual roundtable titled "AI & The Future of Work" is scheduled for Monday, March 16 at 4:15 PM ET. The session brings together former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, Facebook co‑founder Chris Hughes, economist Simon Johnson, and AI ethics leader Rumman...
Agents of Mischief with Scott Shapiro
In this chaotic episode, host Scott Shapiro—joined by a rotating cast of commentators—debates the relevance of UFC-style training for FBI agents, critiques performative masculinity in policy, and dives deep into the emerging world of AI "agents" that can execute tasks...
Labor Department’s New Hub Aims to Prepare Workforce for AI
The U.S. Labor Department launched an AI Workforce Hub to centralize AI literacy tools, the AI Literacy Framework, and hiring guidance for workers and employers. The hub aims to foster collaboration between education, workforce development, and private‑sector partners, addressing rising...
Microsoft Confirms Copilot AI Is Coming to Xbox, Mere Weeks After New CEO Said Gaming Division Would Avoid ‘Soulless Slop’
Microsoft announced that its Gaming Copilot AI will be integrated into current‑generation Xbox Series X|S consoles, with rollout slated for later this year and broader availability in 2026. The feature lets players ask real‑time questions about gameplay, subscriptions and other...
Gemini Powers Google Maps with AI-Driven Personalized Routing
We’ve reimagined the way our Gemini models power @GoogleMaps. Here are some use cases you can try (and the advancements that make them possible): “Find a well-lit pickleball court that’s usually less busy on Tuesday nights” ➡️ Maps performs multi-step reasoning across...
Navigating Anthropic API Outage While Maintaining Momentum
Current Status: Dealing with the emotional roller coaster that is the Anthropic API right now (they're having an owie). On the one hand, I'm in a state of flow and trying to finish up some work for a demo video...
Professor Demonstrates Color‑Tracking Robotics on Pi Day
#Nori #AI #Avatar #Robotics #Engineering #Professor teaches color tracking #PiDay #HappyPiDay #NoireSTEMinist #STEM #Robot https://t.co/h3RK0ZadpM https://t.co/EnFpCj55pr
AI Shifts Skills, Not Jobs, Prompting Atlassian Cuts
AI is not replacing people. But it is changing the type of skills needed by companies. Atlassian to Cut About 10% of Workforce, Cites Need to Adapt to AI https://t.co/lxguZDO5I5 #CIO #AI #CHRO
AI Threatens Gaming Creativity, Says Industry Insider
i’m quoted in this important piece that spells out how AI is holding back gaming. i talk about how it would impact the creativity of the medium. thanks so much helen 🫰🏻
13 Leaders Reveal Proven AI Upskilling Strategies
Recently, we shared great ideas from 12 leaders on how to drive workforce #AI adoption. Now, 13 more share their best methods for AI #skills #training. You'll find common ground: Smart strategies, resourceful thinking, strong results➡️ https://t.co/ftzVJt0OwH #upskilling https://t.co/aU861xgzTN
Prefer Concise, Author-Written AI Summaries over Influencer Narratives
Increasingly, I only trust posts summarizing AI papers that either (a) fit in the original Twitter character limit or (b) are written by the study's authors. The long narrative influencer posts written by Claude always have big errors, ask a...
Midjourney Remains Unmatched Despite Rivals' Precision
Even though other AI image generators are much better at accuracy and precision and instruction following and text, there really isn't a substitute for Midjourney.
Adaptive AI Enables Safe Robot Operation Anywhere
On-Site #Robot Intelligence: Adaptive #AI for Safe Operation in Unknown Environments via @ZappyZappy7 #Robotics #Transportation #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/ADI0dkqYWf
AI Fuels New Growth Opportunities for Tech Leaders
CIOs, CTOs, product leaders: your next big opportunity may come because of AI, not despite it. I connect AI, layoffs, VC trends, and hiring strategies in my article. #AI #CIO https://t.co/mIefOcbMM8
AI Purchasing Agents Spark New Regulatory and Fraud Risks
AI agents controlling purchasing decisions? This opens doors to new regulatory and fraud challenges. Just like with humans, granting too much authority without checks can lead to significant risks. #AIFraud #Cybersecurity https://t.co/MRMusydajg
AI Recorder Transcribes 112 Languages, Generates Summaries
#AI Voice Recorder with 112-Language Transcription and Smart Summary Generation by @tweetciiiim #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Tech #FutureTech https://t.co/RMo6RdppP7
AI Agents Simplify Every Aspect of Your Life
The @AnimocaMinds team has been experimenting around how to best convey the message that many AI Agents (i.e. Animoca Minds) can really help every aspect of your life and do it easily. What do you think, how could we improve...
Xbox Series S/X to Get Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot
Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot is coming to Xbox Series S/X consoles later this year. The Gaming Copilot can reply with suggestions about what to do next in a game, or offer tips and strategies. Do you want Copilot on Xbox though?...
Unified AI‑Service Management Turns Calls Into R&D Gold
If your AI doesn't have a "brain" connected to your #ServiceManagement layer, it’s just a glorified FAQ page. The winners in 2026 are using unified platforms to capture data from every call and feed it back into R&D. 🔗 Maximize the...
Food and Water Outrank AI and Chip Investments
Spending billions on the AI buildout and advanced semiconductors may take a backseat to food and water.
Morgan Stanley Predicts New AI Disruption Wave This Year
Another Wave of AI Disruption Is Coming This Year, Morgan Stanley Says - Business Insider https://t.co/9Sm94mb4tD
IT Execs See Nuanced Impact of AI on Jobs
Is AI stealing our jobs? A survey of 2,000 IT executives reveals a complicated answer https://t.co/acmpxPdDsq via @ZDNET
AI Utility Inflection Point Highlighted in Jensen's Keynote
Getting ready for Jensen’s keynote on Monday. His message to a skeptical investing crowd: we’re at an AI utility inflection point. $NVDA https://t.co/8yQIukz8NN
VinMotion Unveils Motion 2 Humanoid for Logistics
Motion 2 Arrives: VinMotion’s Next-Gen Humanoid for Industrial #Logistics by @CyberRobooo #AI #Robotics #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/CnBlyhQFdf
Seven‑Phase Blueprint for Effective Human‑AI Collaboration
Successful human-AI collaboration requires thinking through the processes to be reshaped or redirected. Here's a seven-phase process to do that. (My latest in Forbes) via @forbes https://t.co/WZaEj1X3ag