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
Coca-Cola Expands AI Use in Marketing and Product Development
Coca‑Cola is scaling artificial intelligence from experimental projects to a core component of its marketing and product development operations. AI tools now analyze consumer behavior, generate and test creative assets, and inform flavor and packaging concepts such as the Y3000 Zero Sugar limited edition. The company leverages AI to accelerate campaign rollout across its global bottling network, delivering faster feedback loops and tighter targeting. This shift reflects a broader industry move toward “persuasion‑led” growth, replacing price‑driven margin protection.
AI Transforms ‘Dangling DNS’ Into Automated Data Exfiltration Pipeline
Dangling DNS records—stale domain pointers left after cloud resources are shut down—are being weaponized by attackers to create automated data exfiltration pipelines for AI agents. By hijacking the abandoned hostname, threat actors embed hidden prompts that AI assistants interpret as...
RethinkBH Launches Session Note AI for ABA Clinicians
Rethink Behavioral Health unveiled Session Note AI, an artificial‑intelligence driven documentation tool for applied behavior analysis (ABA) clinicians. The solution creates structured session summaries directly from real‑time session data, cutting manual entry and ensuring compliance with payer standards. It promises...
The Firm that Never Forgets: Rowspace Launches with $50M to Make AI for Private Equity Actually Work
Rowspace, a San Francisco startup founded by MIT alumni Michael Manapat and Yibo Ling, announced a $50 million seed and Series A round led by Sequoia and Emergence Capital. The company’s AI platform stitches together a firm’s structured and unstructured private‑equity data—deal...
Join Us on 25 March: Inside Harvey’s AI Agents & Shared Spaces
Harvey’s AI agents, launched a year ago, automate multi‑step legal workflows, while the newly released Shared Spaces platform enables real‑time collaboration between in‑house teams and external counsel. The company will host a TalkingTech webinar on 25 March to demonstrate these tools,...
U.S. Military Moves to Turn C-130J Into Drone
Merlin Labs announced the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review for its Merlin Pilot autonomous system on the C‑130J Super Hercules, clearing a key technical hurdle with U.S. Special Operations Command. The milestone unlocks the Critical Design phase, where...
Advanced AI Boosts Accuracy in Complex Scientific Modeling
🚨 New Q1 Journal Research Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming scientific modeling and predictive analytics. My latest research published in the Q1 Elsevier journal Results in Engineering explores how advanced machine learning architectures significantly improve predictive accuracy in complex scientific systems. @ElsevierConnect ...
Yanik Guillemette Announces Development of an Artificial Intelligence Module at Accolad to Transform Employee Recognition in Large Organizations
Yanik Guillemette, chair of Accolad’s External Advisory Committee, announced an AI‑driven module that will redesign employee recognition programs for large enterprises. The system will ingest compensation data, tenure, demographics, hierarchy and existing reward practices to generate customized recognition strategies. By...
Hedge Funds Rank AI as Their Top Priority – but Experts Say They May Be Ignoring This Blind Spot
A Hedgeweek survey shows 41% of hedge funds now rank AI integration ahead of talent and cost optimisation, making it the sector’s top priority for 2026. Roughly one‑third have already embedded AI into research and trading, while another quarter are...
AI Won’t Shortcut Education. Unless We Let It
Pearson warns that generic AI can shortcut education, but purpose‑built AI embedded in its e‑textbooks can actually strengthen active reading. A 2024 Wharton study linked general AI use to weaker long‑term outcomes, while Pearson’s analysis of 79 million interactions showed its...
SuperDrive 6.0 From PlusAI Enables Night Driving and Construction Zone Handling
PlusAI unveiled SuperDrive 6.0, adding night‑driving and construction‑zone handling to its autonomous‑truck platform. The upgrade accelerates AI model training tenfold and cuts data‑labeling costs by three times, thanks to a new Transformer‑based Reflex layer and distributed Nvidia hardware. Early Texas deployments...
LexisNexis Brings Deepfake and Fraud Defense to Epic MyChart
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is expanding its identity‑verification suite within Epic’s Connection Hub, enabling U.S. hospitals to embed advanced security tools directly into MyChart. The integration adds AI‑driven behavioral analytics, OTP authenticators, and other modular components to protect patient health data...
Harrison.ai Secures the US FDA 510(k) Clearance for Acute Infarct Triage on Non-Contrast CT Brain
Harrison.ai has received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its Acute Infarct Triage software, which analyzes non‑contrast CT brain scans to identify acute ischemic strokes. In validation studies the algorithm achieved roughly 89% sensitivity on thin‑slice CT and 86% on thicker...
New AI Hub to Empower Space-Enabled Connectivity
The European Space Agency announced a new AI Hub at its ECSAT campus in Oxfordshire, backed by the UK Space Agency. The facility will provide a testbed for AI‑driven satellite and converged communications, extending the capabilities of ESA’s existing 5G/6G...
March 2026 Patch Tuesday Forecast: Is AI Security an Oxymoron?
Developers are increasingly embedding AI into software, but the tools themselves are proving vulnerable, highlighted by Google’s Gemini AI flaw in Chrome (CVE‑2026‑0628) with an 8.8 CVSS score. Malicious AI‑powered browser extensions are also surfacing, harvesting data from unsuspecting users....
Datasea Accelerates Global Commercialization of Acoustic + AI Health Care Robots, Expanding Scalable Applications in China and International Markets
Datasea Inc. announced its first technical‑service revenue from a partnership with Yizhimei Technology, marking the shift from pure technology enablement to product commercialization. The acoustic + AI health‑care robots are now operating in over 300 service locations across more than 50 Chinese...
Axiom Partners Launches with $52M Fund I to Back “AI for the Real World”
Axiom Partners, led by former Khosla Ventures partner Sandhya Venkatachalam, closed an oversubscribed $52 million inaugural fund focused on “AI for the Real World.” The seed‑stage firm aims to back startups that use artificial intelligence to alleviate the global “capacity crunch”...
ImageSource Releases ILINX on Microsoft SharePoint Embedded, Bringing AI-Powered Process Innovation to Microsoft 365
ImageSource announced ILINX on Microsoft SharePoint Embedded, embedding its intelligent automation platform directly into Microsoft 365 tenants. The solution stores unstructured content natively, applies Advanced Capture AI to classify and extract data, and triggers business rules for automated workflows. Available...
Melbourne Agency’s AI Integration to Deliver $20 Million in Savings for Four Clients
Melbourne‑based Arcadian Digital has signed AI integration projects with four logistics and warehousing clients—Bowens Timber and Hardware, Minus 1, uTenant and Steel Chief—projected to generate more than $20 million in savings over the next 12 months. The agency is delivering bespoke, API‑first middleware...
Challenges and Projects for the CISO in 2026
CISOs face a 2026 threat landscape where AI‑driven attacks are faster, cheaper, and more credible, forcing a shift from prevention to rapid response. Experts warn that a growing internet monoculture and quantum decryption threats will magnify breach impact. Identity verification...
Legal Advocacy Group Raises Concern About AI Use in Federal Student Aid
Student Defense, a legal advocacy group, has launched a public‑interest investigation into the Trump administration’s use of artificial intelligence for federal student aid programs. The group filed 12 Freedom of Information Act requests covering AI‑driven handling of student inquiries, loan‑forgiveness...
Special Episode: Rethinking the ERP Upgrade Path
In this special episode, Intuit’s Executive Vice President and General Manager of Mid‑Market, Ashley Still, challenges the traditional belief that fast‑growing companies must abandon QuickBooks for a heavyweight ERP. She introduces Intuit Enterprise Suite, an ERP that retains QuickBooks‑like usability...
AI Literacy and Psychological Adaptation: Leadership in the Age of Human–AI Collaboration
AI is no longer a back‑office utility; it now participates in strategic decision‑making across hiring, finance, and product development. This shift turns AI literacy into a core leadership competency, requiring executives to grasp how models work, their limitations, and the...
WEBINAR: Want to Scale ITS ? Edge AI Can Help
The webinar hosted by ITS International featured OnLogic VP Sheldon Sun and Intel technologist Tony Abuta discussing how edge artificial intelligence can help scale intelligent transportation systems (ITS). They emphasized maximizing existing assets and selecting the right rugged hardware to...
WHOOP Selects Viant as Strategic Ad Platform
Viant Technology announced a multi‑year strategic partnership to serve as the DSP of record for WHOOP’s connected‑TV advertising. The collaboration will enable household‑level CTV activation, linking media exposure directly to measurable business outcomes. Viant’s AI‑powered, transparent programmatic platform will provide...
Tidal Cyber Featured in SageTap H2 2025 Cybersecurity Report
Tidal Cyber, a pioneer of Threat‑Led Defense, has been featured in SageTap’s H2 2025 Cybersecurity Report, which examines verified security buying decisions from 264 leaders. The report highlights growing enterprise investment in AI‑enabled platforms that turn threat intelligence into measurable actions....
Simulation Gaps Halt Robotics; Real‑World Physics Demo at GTC
Your model crushed the benchmark. Then it couldn’t pick up a cup. … the reality nobody talks about. You train in simulation, it falls apart on real hardware. You collect real-world data instead (months of teleop, physical setups, safety protocols)...
CobbleStone Software Announces Major VISDOM AI Enhancements to Accelerate Contract Review and Collaboration
CobbleStone Software has rolled out major upgrades to its VISDOM AI platform, boosting document processing speed and embedding AI tools directly into its collaborative editor. The new preloading feature lets users drag‑and‑drop contracts for background OCR and analysis, eliminating long...
AI-Native HRTech: Embedding Intelligence At The Core Of Workforce Strategy
AI has progressed from add‑on chatbots and resume parsers to becoming the foundation of modern HR platforms. Early point solutions improved efficiency but remained peripheral, prompting a shift toward AI‑native HRTech that embeds machine‑learning directly into data structures, workflows, and...
AI Begins to Take Root in Emerging Market Firms
AI adoption is gaining traction in emerging market firms, with roughly 40% reporting use of AI for internal processes or customer‑facing products. Digital‑first companies lead the wave, achieving a 64% adoption rate, while newer startups founded after 2015 exceed 50%...
Blend Enters Mexico as a Strategic Client Market and Operational Center, Deepening Collaboration with AWS to Accelerate Enterprise AI Across...
Blend announced the launch of an expanded Mexico operation, establishing offices in Polanco and Guadalajara to serve as a strategic hub for enterprise AI transformation. The company aims to tap the high‑growth Mexican market and provide nearshore delivery for clients...
VistaPrint Launches New Generative AI Logomaker, Turning Small Business Ideas Into Professional, Print-Ready Logos in Minutes
VistaPrint unveiled AI Logomaker, a generative‑AI logo creation tool tailored for small businesses. The platform generates original, print‑ready logos from simple user prompts and delivers free SVG, PDF and PNG files. It features an intuitive guided workflow, extensive editing controls,...
The Most Interesting Retail Story This Week Isn’t Amazon, Shopify, or Walmart
OpenAI announced it will stop processing purchases directly inside ChatGPT, moving transactions back to merchants’ own apps and websites. The change follows data showing users rely on the model for product research but rarely complete checkout within the chat, and...
Protected: AI for Lawyers Feedback on Redacting Documents
Tech4Law has posted a password‑protected article titled “AI for Lawyers Feedback on Redacting Documents.” The piece appears to focus on how artificial intelligence can assist lawyers in identifying and removing sensitive information from legal files. While the full content is...
Human Brain Beats AI in Efficiency and Adaptability
Every time someone tells me AI will soon surpass the human brain, I pause. An NVIDIA H100 can perform around 200 trillion operations per second. It requires massive power, cooling systems, and heavy infrastructure. Your brain? Roughly one quadrillion synaptic operations per second. Running...
Taming the AI Chaos in Drug Discovery
Biopharma R&D is witnessing a rapid influx of specialized AI models for tasks such as structure prediction, retrosynthesis, and image analysis. While each tool delivers measurable benefits, their isolated deployment creates fragmented data streams, hidden costs, and increased cognitive load...
Inside Life360’s Plan To Build An Ad Platform On Top Of Nativo
Life360 has accelerated its entry into advertising by acquiring Fantix’s AI‑driven ad unit and the native‑ad platform Nativo for $120 million. Nativo generated $63 million in revenue in 2023, and its white‑label ad server now powers Life360’s family‑focused ad stack. The combined...
Liquid AI Releases LocalCowork Powered By LFM2-24B-A2B to Execute Privacy-First Agent Workflows Locally Via Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Liquid AI unveiled LFM2-24B-A2B, a 24‑billion‑parameter sparse Mixture‑of‑Experts model, paired with the open‑source LocalCowork desktop agent. The architecture activates only about 2 billion parameters per token, fitting into a ~14.5 GB RAM footprint on an Apple M4 Max. LocalCowork runs entirely offline,...
GPT‑5.4 Powers Instant AI‑Generated Reports and Videos
What does @OpenAI GPT 5.4 (just released this morning) mean for developers? You talked about it. My AI agents read it. Wrote a report. Sent it over to @NotebookLM. Which made this video. Using the new cinematic quality released yesterday. This was...
HubSpot Automation Guide 2026 | Sales & Marketing Workflows
HubSpot’s 2026 automation suite centers on the Breeze AI Assistant, which creates workflows and specialized agents from natural‑language commands. The platform separates high‑volume marketing automation via Workflows from one‑to‑one sales automation through Sequences, while AI agents handle prospect research, data...
Ericsson, Optus Partner on AI Model for Accurate 5G SA Coverage Prediction
Ericsson and Australian carrier Optus have launched a joint trial of an artificial‑intelligence model that predicts whether a device on one 5G Standalone frequency layer is also covered by another. The model, trained on months of live Optus data, can...
What Happens when AI Teams Compete Against Human Hackers
The NeuroGrid competition, hosted on Hack The Box, pitted 120 AI‑augmented teams against 958 human‑only teams across 36 security challenges. AI‑augmented participants completed 73% of challenges, far outpacing the 46% completion rate of human‑only teams. The advantage was strongest on...
Thyme Care Launches Integrated Social Support (ISS) Model Powered by AI Acuity Engine
Thyme Care has launched an Integrated Social Support (ISS) model that places licensed master‑level social workers as the first point of contact for cancer patients. The model proactively screens 100% of members at enrollment, uncovering that 53% face financial toxicity,...
Webinar | 15 April 2026 | Agentic AI in Banking: Exploring Key Applications and Best Practices for Implementation
An upcoming webinar on 15 April 2026 will examine how agentic AI is reshaping banking. It will showcase use cases such as real‑time fraud prevention, predictive credit‑risk analytics, and back‑office automation, while addressing ethical, privacy, and regulatory concerns. Speakers will...
Telegram AI Beats ChatGPT for Everyday Users
I've ran OpenClaw for over a month now I've had it in a group chat with 26 friends who all played with it, tried to hack it, made a pretty cool game with it which it kept self improving called...
Finance Leaders Stress Data Foundations Over Analytics
Most FP&A teams don’t struggle with analytics. They struggle with data. 💡Finance leaders from PepsiCo, BILL, and Workday shared how they build strong data foundations and a single source of truth to enable AI and predictive decision-making: https://t.co/FnD9BnrjT6 #fpatrends
Evaluate Agentic AI Use Cases on Outcomes, Data Maturity, Integration Feasibility & Governance Readiness: Harnath Babu, KPMG
KPMG partner Harnath Babu warns that most agentic AI projects stall between proof‑of‑concept and production because organizations treat pilots as deployments. He outlines a four‑step playbook—prove value, harden the platform, institutionalize governance, and scale autonomy—to move agents from isolated tasks...
Align AI with Teaching Priorities and Overcome Hesitation
📣 A new episode of the Easy EdTech Podcast is out now. 🛠️ Learn how to clarify AI’s place in teacher workflows and align it to instructional priorities. 💬 I also cover ways to respond to hesitation and keep dialogue productive. https://t.co/CxtPjrrldA
Enterprise AI Demands Complex, Strategic Content
Moving Beyond “Simple” Content: The Reality of Enterprise AI by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/xoVl3qVnAP @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Marketing #Leadership #ArtificialInteligence #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews
Accountability Shifts to Decision Rights in AI Agents
Who’s Accountable when AI Agents Act “Agency isn’t a feature—it’s a transfer of decision rights,” says McKinsey Partner Rich Isenberg. “The question shifts from ‘Is the model accurate?’ to ‘Who’s accountable when the system acts?’” https://t.co/Lgqcxr3zq4 @McKinsey #AIGovernance