Today's AI Pulse
Malaysia launches $440M sovereign AI cloud to boost security
Malaysia is committing roughly $440 million to build a sovereign AI cloud, aiming to keep sensitive data such as military and intelligence information within the country while still welcoming global cloud providers like Google, Microsoft and AWS.
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By the numbers: ASML invests $1.4B in French AI startup Mistral AI
Napster Returns as an AI Companion for Your MacBook – Seriously
Napster has relaunched as a hardware and software AI company with Napster View, a $99 holographic screen that mounts to MacBooks (M1+) and surfaces a library of some 15,000 agentic AIs for tasks from design and wellbeing to business planning. The agents draw on models from partners including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google’s Gemini, can access your screen and camera with permission, and support features like digital twins and cross‑user interaction; access will carry additional service fees. The move recasts the old music brand as an AI gadget player with potential enterprise and prosumer use cases, but raises privacy and user‑comfort questions that could limit adoption.
AI SEO, Claude Gets New Skills, and the UK’s Big AI Training Push
In this episode Paul and Martin cut through AI hype for marketers, emphasizing that generative search demands high‑quality, well‑structured content and strong distribution rather than chasing fleeting "AI SEO" tricks. They review Anthropic’s new Haiku 4.5 and Claude Skills, note Claude’s...
From Fine‑tuned CNNs to ChatGPT’s Pixel‑perfect Descriptions
It do be like that these days... 😅 I remember when we had to fine-tune an ImageNet-pre-trained CNN and preprocess the image to then send it and get a top-5 classification that was somewhat accurate... Now ChatGPT describes every pixel...
Should an AI Copy of You Help Decide if You Live or Die?
Researchers at the University of Washington are piloting research into AI “surrogates” that could one day help doctors and families make end‑of‑life decisions for incapacitated patients, though no hospital has yet deployed such systems. The project, led by resident fellow...
AI Could Predict Who Will Have a Heart Attack
Startups including Bunkerhill Health, Nanox.AI and HeartLung Technologies are applying AI to routine chest CT scans to automatically detect and quantify coronary artery calcium (CAC), potentially flagging millions of patients at elevated risk of heart attack who are currently missed....
Energy, AI, and Policy Converge at ADIPEC 2025
How do we power a world demanding more energy, intelligence, AND resilience – simultaneously? Nov 3-6, Abu Dhabi becomes the epicenter of this transformation at #ADIPEC2025 🌍⚡ Energy. Intelligence. Impact. Excited to see prominent US leaders joining: 🏛️ Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior...
2026 Robotics Trends: AI Goes Physical, Transforming Work
The 5 Robotics Trends In 2026 You Must Get Ready For Now In 2026, #artificialintelligence is moving from software into the physical world through humanoid #robots , #autonomous vehicles, and collaborative machines, transforming workplaces and cities. From #robotaxis operating in...
Wikipedia Says Traffic Is Falling Due to AI Search Summaries and Social Video
The Wikimedia Foundation reported an 8% year‑over‑year decline in human pageviews after updating its bot‑detection systems, revealing that unusually high traffic in May–June came largely from evasive bots. Foundation chief Marshall Miller attributed the drop to search engines increasingly delivering...
One Human's System Beats Billionaire AI Teams
Spent the entire day with @blevlabs. My first prompt in his system completely outclassed the results I got from Grok, Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT. Breakthroughs are possible. From a 20-year-old who has been working on his system for seven years. Gave me hope...
Meta Bans Third‑party AI Chatbots on WhatsApp
No more #ChatGPT and #Perplexity on WhatsApp! Meta quietly updates its policy on third-party AI chatbots https://t.co/511MLKZ83e #WhatsApp #META #aichatbot #AI #artificial_intelligence @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova @postoff25 @Khulood_Almani @anand_narang @NutritiousMind @baski_LA @TanyaSinha_ @devaang @AlAmadi1 @jeancayeux @enilev @efipm @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33 @RagusoSergio @FrRonconi @Shi4Tech @sallyeaves...
Too Burned Out to Travel? This New App Fakes Your Summer Vacation Photos for You
Designer Laurent Del Rey launched Endless Summer, an iPhone photobooth app that uses Google’s Gemini Nano‑Banana image model to generate AI‑created “vacation” photos of users and recently added seasonal themes like Halloween. The app lets users produce a limited free...
Overreliance on AI Risks Undermining Critical Decision-Making
The danger of AI dependency https://t.co/HFtMCYQf9g #AI #GenAI #TechNews #Technology #healthcare #Innovation #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence
Internal AI May Replace Risky Open‑Source Contributions
Even though this particular example worked out as you'd expect today, Open Source dynamics will certainly change. Accepting and merging contributions is always a risk and has high cost, so trusting an internal AI system for minor codebase improvements may become...
WhatsApp Changes Its Terms to Bar General Purpose Chatbots From Its Platform
Meta-owned WhatsApp updated its Business API terms to bar general-purpose AI chatbots from its platform, effective January 15, 2026, prohibiting AI providers from using the API to distribute assistants whose primary function is conversational AI. The change targets recent unanticipated...
Defining “Large” In Language Models: GPU Limits
how large the model should be to be called large language model? if it doesnt fit on home gpus, its large?
Avoid the RL Hammer: Choose the Right Tool
If you sub-optimally define any problem to require RL, when most can be solved with different approaches, then of course the RL hammer looks like the right solution! Rather than defending RL thru semantics, better would be to ask: how can...
'Much Like Apple': Elon Musk's "Macrohard" Project Will Take a Leaf Out of Cupertino's Book as It Takes on Microsoft...
Elon Musk announced “Macrohard,” a new xAI initiative to build an AI‑driven software and platform ecosystem that sets standards, licenses software and defines system requirements while outsourcing physical manufacturing to partners much like Apple. Backed by xAI’s Colossus supercomputer and...
Obsessed with the Fresh Claude Interface Design
I am so very obsessed with the new Claude layout. https://t.co/BdqmCg9BU2
Meta Gives Parents New Tools to Block Flirtatious AI
"Meta" Grants Parents Wider Powers to Protect Teens from "Flirtatious AI" https://t.co/LvkJaPspkc #ParentingTips #parenting #Meta #AI #artificial_intelligence @PawlowskiMario @chidambara09 @Ym78200 @CurieuxExplorer @efipm @bigfundu @sayedflah @Ronald_vanLoon @cyngn @belindabeibi @odisseiaalfa @DigitalColmer @MyCompanionsAI @KirkDBorne @patricegorissen @jeffkagan @EdwardKens50830 @enilev @insom_ai333 @ChrisCCrowley @sallyeaves @gurmeet_judge @VairagyaSadhana @andresvilarino...
Abstract or Die: Why AI Enterprises Can't Afford Rigid Vector Stacks
The rapid proliferation of vector databases—ranging from pgvector and DuckDB VSS to Pinecone and Milvus—has created mounting stack instability and costly migration risk for enterprises deploying AI. The piece argues that rather than chasing a single “perfect” backend, companies should...
Williamsburg Launches New AI Safety Company
the ai safety company of williamsburg https://t.co/EWwuDys8Ry
Rethinking the Meaning of Personal AI
Thinking about the definition of “personal ai.”
Silicon Valley Spooks the AI Safety Advocates
Prominent Silicon Valley figures — White House alum David Sacks and OpenAI official Jason Kwon — drew widespread online backlash this week for dismissive comments about organizations advocating for AI safety. Their remarks reignited tensions between tech insiders and safety...
Skilled Trades Set to Profit From AI Boom
👀🚨🤷🏽♀️ AI isn’t just for coders. It’s creating a boom for builders. 🏗️ Nvidia’s Jensen Huang told CNBC that electricians, plumbers & carpenters are the big winners of the AI era, powering the data centres that fuel intelligence itself. Nvidia’s investing $100B+,...
Salesforce CEO: AI Lacks Soul, Just Cut 4,000 Jobs
After going for AI agents, laying off 4,000 employees; Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says: AI doesn't have a soul, it is not... https://t.co/Pz3MRjV15F #Salesforce #artificial_intelligence #AI @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun...
🧑🚀 ONE HUNDRED WAYS TO USE AI
The post introduces a hands‑on playbook titled “100 Ways to Use AI,” designed to turn readers into AI power users through 100 practical, ready‑to‑try examples covering personal, work, and creative tasks. Each entry details the use case, benefits, step‑by‑step instructions,...
AI Mimics Emotion, But True Empathy Remains Human
Why AI Will Never Truly Understand Your Feelings — And Why That Matters Empathy, nuance, and emotional intelligence remain deeply human traits. This article explores why AI can mimic emotion but can’t genuinely feel—and the implications for trust. Read more...
AI Shifts Power From FAANG to Emerging Players
From the #FAANG gang to #MANGO: how AI came to dominate US tech https://t.co/y2hDAPZx2o #AI #artificial_intelligence #UStech #technology #US @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova @postoff25 @Khulood_Almani @anand_narang @NutritiousMind @baski_LA @TanyaSinha_ @devaang @AlAmadi1 @jeancayeux @enilev @efipm @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33 @RagusoSergio @FrRonconi @Shi4Tech @sallyeaves @LaurentAlaus @Fabriziobustama @smaksked @MargaretSiegien...
Vibe Coding’s Hype Collapses: AI’s Messy Reality
The rise and fall of Vibe Coding: The reality of AI slop https://t.co/LQPaM6b4Jg #vibecoding #artificial_intelligence #AI #codingforlife #Coding @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun @TerenceLeungSF @SourabhSKatoch @wil_bielert @HsrYueli @faustospain @Whats_AI @kaifulee...
Thinking Less Can Outperform Chain‑of‑Thought Prompts
Last week, I had the chance to attend the Conference on Language Modeling (COLM 2025) here in Montreal - a must-attend conference for anyone starting out in AI/LLM I was lucky to get an invite, it was awesome. Almost every session circled...
Ruben Hassid Releases Free Comprehensive AI Guides
Ruben Hassid (@RubenHssd) is one of the biggest AI voices on LinkedIn. He just shared all his AI guides in a single doc. And made it free! 🔥 → Great guides on prompting, LLMs, workflows, image models → Custom GPTs → His fave AI courses Really...
Free 36‑page Guide Mastering N8n Workflows
By far the best n8n guide I’ve seen. Nate’s worked with 1,000s of users and just wrapped everything he’s learned into this 36-page guide! 🔥 → Clear lessons on JSON, nodes and debugging → Cloud vs self-host setup → AI integrations & LLM chains Totally...
Low‑Quality Data Causes LLM Cognitive Decline and Safety Risks
🧠 Can LLMs Get “Brain Rot”? A new study says… yes. And the implications for AI safety are massive. When large language models are continually pretrained on low-quality, high-engagement web data — think clickbait, meme threads, and influencer chatter — they begin...
Distributed AI Community’s Aesthetic Inspires Across Organizations
The aesthetics and language of the distributed AI training / homebrew AI community are fascinating and motivating, and this is true across multiple organizations ranging from Prime Intellect to Nous to Exo. It's cool!
Mystery “World Models” Spark VC Excitement
World models: No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative. It gets the VCs going.
Reevaluating BERT: Still an LLM?
do we still consider bert as an llm?
Google Launches Free Course on Real-Time Voice Agents
Google just dropped an ace new course on building real-time voice agents using ADK + Gemini. You’ll learn how to build agents that can search, call APIs, remember context, and talk naturally. 100% free (link in 🧵↓) https://t.co/enAatsRTjV
New Humanoid Robot Promises Real Human Connection at Home
Yogi: New #humanoid robot capable of ‘genuine human connection’ could take over homes! https://t.co/r2EL55yYv4 #humanoidrobot #Robotics #Robots @PawlowskiMario @chidambara09 @Ym78200 @CurieuxExplorer @efipm @bigfundu @sayedflah @Ronald_vanLoon @cyngn @belindabeibi @odisseiaalfa @DigitalColmer @MyCompanionsAI @KirkDBorne @patricegorissen @jeffkagan @EdwardKens50830 @enilev @insom_ai333 @ChrisCCrowley @sallyeaves @gurmeet_judge @VairagyaSadhana @andresvilarino...
Credibility Will Dictate Visibility in the New Grok Algorithm
When Grok takes over the algorithm in a few weeks it will reward people it knows better. Or penalize them, it knows all my sins deeply. Either way it already has everything about me. First tip. It will know whether you...
Figma Uses AI to Turn Designs Into Code Instantly
LIVE FROM DREAMFORCE: Kris Rasmussen (@kris_rasmussen), CTO of @figma, sat down with us at @salesforce’s biggest conference of the year to share how Figma is bridging design, code, and AI. “We’re always trying to meet users where they are — building...
AI Remote Workers Need Context, Policies, Values, and Goals
What does an AI actually need to be a useful remote worker? And for folks who like to follow along with my AI predictions - what already exists today and what is coming? 1) CONTEXT (docs, email, PPT, meetings, Slack, SFDC,...
Layoff Sparks Reassessment of Work, Family Balance
Yesterday my wife @maryamie was laid off. @VMware and @broadcom have been very good to us for eight years. In a way it was a quiet sponsor of what I do, she was very well compensated. I am very grateful for...
AI Races Ahead, Leaving Institutions and Users Scrambling
AI is moving faster than institutions, slower than expectations, and sideways to almost everyone’s plans. Enterprises are still debating “AI strategy” while startups ship new agents every week. Researchers are sprinting ahead while regulators write think pieces. And users? They’re experimenting in...
Reward Hacking with Mjlab's Seamless Wandb Integration
We do a bit of reward hacking. Enjoying mjlab's robust wandb integration for tracking runs and storing chkpts Always a fan of wandb but usually too lazy to do the integration for the stats/files like this We'll see if I ever actually make...
Open Datasets Explosion Empowers Everyone to Train Models
I love the diversity of trending open datasets these days. There’s no excuse anymore not to train your own models! - Fineweb and a shuffle of it by @karpathy - Webscale-RL, a large-scale reinforcement learning dataset from @salesforce - SVQ, an audio...
Tiny Robots Swarm, Adapt and Self‑Heal
These Tiny #Robots Can Swarm, Adapt, and Heal Themselves https://t.co/Uze63KNzpO @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech @Fisher85M @kalydeoo @Ym78200 @Nicochan33 @chboursin @3itcom @Fabriziobustama @sallyeaves @helene_wpli @ahier @rwang0 @EvanKirstel @RLDI_Lamy @Analytics_699 @Khulood_Almani @tewoz @chidambara09 @IsabellePiel29 @ClementIsa @SvetBnov @mallys @jeancayeux @aure79lien @EricTIXADOR...
UAE to Automate Work Permits Entirely via AI
Work permits in #UAE soon to be fully approved, and issued by #AI without human involvement! https://t.co/BmK7lnlLzx #workpermit #artificial_intelligence #AIAgent #agenticAI @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun @TerenceLeungSF @SourabhSKatoch @wil_bielert @HsrYueli...
RBI Launches DPIP AI to Preempt Digital Fraud
RBI’s New Weapon- ‘DPIP’ The AI Platform That Will Spot Digital Fraud Before They Can Happen! https://t.co/Pp1Cn0qKSS via @The420in #RBI #DPIP #fraud #scam #AI #CyberSec #artificial_intelligence @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech @Fisher85M @kalydeoo @Ym78200 @Nicochan33 @chboursin @3itcom @Fabriziobustama @sallyeaves...
RL Fine‑tuning LLMs Caps at 61% Success Rate
It's hard to overstate how devastating this paper is, not only for reinforcement learning. They spent $4m of compute to find out that RL on LLMs basically taps out at 61% "asymptotic pass rate" (exact rate depends on context), but they...
Enterprise Virtual Employees: The Future of Workforce
Introducing enterprise virtual employees.