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
Singapore’s Next Data-Centre Growth Wave Lies in AI Inference: Digital Realty
Digital Realty says the next wave of data‑centre growth in Singapore will be driven by AI inference, which requires low‑latency, high‑density infrastructure close to end‑users. Because Singapore faces tight land and power constraints, training workloads are expected to migrate to nearby Johor and Batam, where space is cheaper. Vacancy rates in Singapore and Japan remain below single digits, prompting the operator to launch innovation labs showcasing AI‑focused racks. The firm also highlights data‑sovereignty rules as a catalyst for multi‑tenant, technology‑layer data centres.
Turn AI Into Your Enterprise’s Competitive Edge
On 3/26 @ 3 PM SGT, join me at @PeopleMatters2 TechHR Singapore 2026 as I share practical insights on how your enterprise can gain a true competitive edge in the era of AI and join me for a two-hour workshop...
After Deep Staffing Cuts, Agencies Seek Mix of Hiring and AI Tools to Rebuild Capacity
Federal agencies are grappling with massive staffing cuts from the Trump administration, with the General Services Administration shedding nearly 40% of its workforce and the Environmental Protection Agency losing about a quarter. To restore capacity, both agencies are deploying artificial‑intelligence...
Automate Any Web Task with Simple Text Prompts
You can now automate any browser workflow with just a text prompt. Skyvern just killed the "you need custom scripts" excuse for web automation. It uses Vision LLMs + computer vision to navigate websites it's never seen before. → Fill out any form...
Howatson Releases In-House AI Creative Platform as ‘a Moat Around Our Core Work’
Australian agency Howatson has launched Unicorn, an in‑house AI platform that automates the rollout of master creative into hundreds of digital and out‑of‑home formats. The service costs $5,000 per campaign—roughly a 95% reduction from traditional $100,000 rollouts—and delivers assets within...
Anthropic Launches "Code Review" To Fix AI Code Security Issues
In this episode, host Jaden Schaefer discusses Anthropic's new "Code Review" tool, which automatically analyzes AI‑generated pull requests to flag logical errors and security risks before they reach production. He explains how the flood of AI‑written code has created a...
Reading Test File First Solved Pilot Debugging Delays
This test drove me crazy. A solid proof that Pilot works but each pass takes forever when you're debugging infra. 4 days... - Python wrapper to run Pilot (Go) inside Harbor's benchmark harness - Migrated to Daytona sandboxes - ~50 failed attempts on config, wrapper...
ChatGPT More Likely To Criticize Brands Near Purchase
BrightEdge research finds Google’s AI Overviews generate 44% more overall negative brand sentiment than OpenAI’s ChatGPT, yet ChatGPT concentrates criticism 13 times more heavily when shoppers are near purchase. Negative mentions appear in roughly 2.3% of Google AI queries and...
AI Predicts Asymmetric Cross‑coupling, Slashing Lab Time and Cost
A new AI-driven workflow predicts the outcomes of asymmetric cross-coupling reactions, enabling chemists to efficiently identify optimal molecular structures while significantly reducing laboratory time and costs. drugdiscovery
AI Could Soon Decode Animal Language, Bridging Species Communication
What if AI helps us make first contact, not with aliens, but with animals? According to @kevinweil, researchers are now using AI to decode sperm whales, creatures with structured communication, social bonds, and active vocabularies. If we crack that code, understanding what...
This OnePlus App Is One Built-In Feature You're Probably Not Using, but Should Be
OnePlus’s built‑in AI Recorder lets users capture audio and receive real‑time or post‑recording transcriptions plus AI‑generated summaries. The feature is available on the OnePlus 13, 13R, 15 and 15R, and can auto‑name files for easier organization. Journalists and professionals can...
Latest AI Models Clash: Performance Showdown
AI comparison test: GPT-5.4 vs Claude 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Grok 4.20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmiAGfGbjlo
Firms Make Billions From 'Cash Sweeps.' Could AI Take that Away?
Broker‑dealers earn billions by sweeping uninvested client cash into bank loans, a practice that generated $3.17 billion for Charles Schwab in Q4 alone. The launch of Altruist’s AI‑driven tax manager has sparked concerns that similar AI tools could automatically move idle cash...
Intuit and Anthropic Partner to Bring Custom AI Agents and Financial Intelligence to Businesses
Intuit announced a multi‑year partnership with Anthropic to embed Claude AI agents into its ecosystem. The deal lets mid‑market firms build secure, customizable financial assistants while exposing Intuit services such as QuickBooks, TurboTax and Credit Karma within Anthropic’s products. It...
How to Make Your E-Commerce Product Visible to AI Agents? Use This New System Trusted by L’Oréal, Unilever, Mars &...
Azoma has launched the Agentic Merchant Protocol (AMP), a machine‑native framework that lets brands push product data directly to AI shopping agents. The system, already adopted by L’Oréal, Unilever, Mars and Beiersdorf, centralizes catalogs, enforces brand guidelines and promises measurable...
HIMSS26 Executive Summit: The ROI of AI – CIO Vs. CFO
At HIMSS26 Executive Summit, senior leaders from Parkland Health and AltaMed debated how to quantify AI’s return on investment in healthcare. They highlighted the difficulty of measuring hard financial gains while acknowledging that AI can free clinicians from documentation and...
Data Activation Vs. AI Frustration: Analyzing Boomi’s 2026 Platform Evolution
Boomi unveiled a 2026 platform upgrade that pivots from AI pilots to "data activation," introducing the Meta Hub as a unified system of record to eliminate fragmented data. The new Agent Control Tower adds governance, session logs, and observability for...
Unify AI Stacks: Converge CCaaS and Service Management
Why are you still running separate AI stacks for your employees and your customers? The "service" logic is identical. Convergence between #CCaaS and #ServiceManagement is the only way to achieve true enterprise velocity. Stop managing silos; start managing the flow. 🔗...
Machine Learning for Derivative Pricing and Crash Prediction
Recent research demonstrates that machine learning can dramatically accelerate the pricing of complex derivatives and improve crash‑prediction analytics. A two‑stage framework using a Gaussian Process Regressor (GPR) trained on full volatility‑surface inputs delivers near‑instant valuations with sub‑percent errors for variance...
Employees Across OpenAI and Google Support Anthropic’s Lawsuit Against the Pentagon
Anthropic sued the Department of Defense after the Trump administration labeled the company a supply‑chain risk for refusing to enable domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Hours later, roughly 40 engineers and researchers from OpenAI and Google filed an...
IAG Prepares Integration Engineering for AI
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) is embedding generative AI into its integration engineering, moving roughly 600 APIs onto MuleSoft’s Anypoint API Experience Hub. The insurer is encouraging engineers to adopt AI prompts and "skills" to automate API migration and creation, aiming...
Magister Agents Now Have Autonomous Email Inboxes
Magister sneak peek #1: Managed email Every Magister agent now gets its own email address. It can send and receive emails autonomously — no forwarding, no API keys, no setup. Why this matters: email is still how most tools communicate. Alerts, reports,...
AI Success Requires Behavioral Shift, Not Simple Drop‑In
Only 5-25% of enterprise AI projects show a positive ROI. 📉 If you’re just "dropping" AI into existing processes, you’re planning for failure. Stop treating AI like a standard software update. It’s a behavioral shift. Read why: https://t.co/EDcbE2J13x #CIO #AI #EnterpriseTech #DigitalTransformation
New AI Agent Is ‘a Paradigm Shift’ for COF Synthesis
Researchers led by Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi have created an AI agent built on GPT‑4o that automates the entire covalent organic framework (COF) synthesis workflow. The system achieved a 350 % increase in crystallinity for a benchmark COF and discovered a...
Intensive AI Oversight Triggers Acute “Brain Fry” Fatigue
"The emergence of acute, overwhelming mental fatigue with intensive AI oversight—as distinct from burnout—adds new complexity to the picture." https://t.co/Dx7dlBRPZu < it's not burnout, but heavy AI users are experiencing "brain fry" as they exceed their cognitive limits
Google’s AI Ranking Prioritizes Expertise over Generic Content
Liz Reid on how Google designs ranking algorithms in the age of AI content Wired ⚡️: Personal Perspectives, Expertise, Effort Tired 😴: Content that says what everyone else knows https://t.co/JFS1su3Sha
New Jersey to Use AI to Score Standardized Writing Tests
New Jersey will deploy an artificial‑intelligence system to score most writing portions of its new adaptive statewide assessments for grades 3‑10 and high‑school juniors. The AI engine, trained on human‑scored practice tests, will automatically grade essays and short answers, flagging...
AI‑Driven Lab Loop Cuts Protein Cost 40%
OpenAI ran 86,000 experiments in 2 days. AI is talking to robotic labs in a tight loop. Result: a protein synthesized at 40% lower cost. This is the new scientific method.
AI Pilots Need Clear Rollout Plans, Not Just POCs
RT Launching AI pilots without a clear deployment path is the new shadow IT. Brilliant POCs don?t matter if they never scale. Co-author success criteria, plan for rollout and treat experimentation as just one milestone. #AI #CIO @Star_CIO https://t.co/I4avqKjxVA
Collision Avoidance, the AI Way
Australian firm 4AI Systems, spun out of a 2016 university robotics project, now offers AI‑driven perception suites that sit onboard trains to detect obstacles in real time. Israeli startup RailVision complements this approach with digital‑twin analytics, piloting video‑AI sensors on...
AI's $5 Trillion Power Surge Is Doable for US
100 GW worth of power buildout for AI implies roughly $5 trillion in hardware, software, and data centers. Absurd? Maybe. Unthinkable for America? Not at all.
Three AI Tools Multiply Your Writing Productivity
Wispr Flow + Cotypist + Claude Code is the productivity trifecta 🤝 Wispr Flow = speech-to-text 3x faster than you can type Cotypist = text autocomplete everywhere 2x faster than you can type Claude Code = AI agent that can do anything
Oracle Launches AI-Powered Predictive Safety Platform for Construction Projects
Oracle has launched the Construction and Engineering Advisor for Safety, an AI‑powered platform that predicts safety incidents on construction sites. The solution leverages a pre‑trained model built from more than 10,000 project‑years of industry data and integrates with Oracle Aconex,...
AI Confidential Exposes Algorithmic Dangers in Modern Life
The @BBCTwo series “AI Confidential w/ Hannah Fry” is deeply revealing & thought-provoking. Very relevant to the ongoing discourse about AI in our lives as humans—esp. S1: 3. “The Assassin and the Algorithm” Brilliant job, @FryRsquared! https://t.co/IYOsQaXYoW
Leaders Must Tackle Bias, Misinformation, Not Just Hallucinations
Ethical AI literacy requires more than worrying about hallucinations; leaders must confront bias, misinformation, and overly "yes-driven" cultures that pressure data to fit the narrative. #EthicalAI #CIO #CHRO #CEO https://t.co/aiB5P99ido
Aerospace Update | February 2026
The February 2026 Aerospace Update outlines AI’s expanding role in optimizing aerospace operations, safety, and strategic planning. It highlights microgravity biomanufacturing as a promising yet IP‑intensive frontier, while noting Thinkorbital’s recent seed round as evidence of rising investment in orbital technologies....
Grok AI Agents Rank Among Top SEO Tools Today
Grok AI Agents are here. I’m beyond excited to “make” my own agent for content. Out of all the SEO tools I’ve tested since 2018, Grok is in the top 3. https://t.co/ChuecWNsGd
My 2021 Deepfake Timeline Prediction Was Spot On
Looking back I think my prediction about the timeline for realistic deepfakes in 2021 was kind of right. Spooky.
Conversations Reshaping the Grid: Registration Opens for 2026 DTECH Data Centers & AI Event
Registration is now open for the 2026 DTECH Data Centers & AI conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, scheduled for May 12‑14. The event will gather utilities, engineers, and technology providers to address the rapid megawatt‑to‑gigawatt load growth driven by hyperscale data...
OpenAI Aims to Help 100 Scientists Win Nobel
Discussing with @kevinweil how OpenAI is accelerating science across the board. Their goal? 100 scientists winning Nobel Prizes by using AI. @Abundance360 https://t.co/SH1hZ231dx
AI Forum 2026: Real Strategies From Top Minds
🔥 Ready for what's next in AI? Join the brightest minds at the AI Forum 2026 on March 19 in Menlo Park, CA. Bold talks. Real strategy. No fluff. AI for real-world impact. 👉 https://t.co/ushjGUcRmI #AIF2026 #AILeadership #GenAI https://t.co/fEizH7xpLl
Moody Humans Should Let AI Handle Bad Public Feedback First, Study Finds
Researchers found that automated review monitoring systems (ARMS) reduce public, angry replies to negative customer feedback and boost restaurant ratings. After ARMS adoption, average weekly Dianping scores rose by 0.358 stars, especially for low‑rated venues. The AI‑driven workflow creates structured...
Nvidia's Near Groq Deal Validates AI Chip Startups
When Nvidia all-but acquired Groq for a reported $20B, it inadvertently validated the entire AI chip startup landscape (featuring commentary from @vsora_dsp @SambaNovaAI @dMatrix_AI) https://t.co/65Jk6Fe7I5
Plaud: Not a Plumber’s Claude, Just Another AI Pin
for a sec i thought plaud was like claude for plumbers but it’s a more generic wearable ai pin (how many are there now?)
Take Control of AI in Your Organization: A PR Leader’s Guide to Governance Done Right
PR leaders are urged to adopt practical AI governance. Andrea Gils Monzón outlines steps: map the AI footprint, create a one‑page usage guide, vet vendors, enforce transparent disclosure, and collaborate across HR, IT, and legal. The approach emphasizes lean, inclusive,...
2026 Marks AI Dominance as Agents Outpace Humans
@ericschmidt on the San Francisco consensus: - 2026 is the Year of Agents. - 100 researcher labs are bottlenecked by electricity. - Claude Opus 4.6 flipped the ratio from 80/20 human-to-AI to 20/80. - The exponential-curve explosion hits in 2 years....
AI Speeds Coding, but Verification Prevents Technical Debt
This is the part people underestimate. AI coding tools massively increase development speed. But speed without an independent verification layer just accelerates technical debt. Creation systems and integrity systems serve very different roles in modern engineering. Get 1 month free of Qodo’s Teams plan...
Claude Code Automates Shopify Stores, but Hides Risks
Has Claude Code obliterated a Shopify store yet? It's only a matter of time. There are enough merchants saying "oh yeah Claude just built me a Shopify MCP to control my store" and have no idea of the risk.
Same AI for Code Generation and Review Undermines Auditing
Claude moving into code review is interesting. But letting the same AI generate your code AND review it feels like removing the separation between author and auditor. Generation optimizes for fluency. Review should optimize for catching mistakes. Those are not the same system.
Pentagon Brands Anthropic with Supply-Chain Risk Label
The Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label — previously used only for foreign firms that present national security threats, like Chinese tech firm Huawei Technologies — is a “scarlet letter designation for Anthropic,” Wedbush Dan Ives wrote in a note https://t.co/gHeLolQfwf @nypost