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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Third-Party AI Agents Can Now Plug Into LiveRamp’s Platform
LiveRamp announced that third‑party AI agents can now plug directly into its data collaboration platform, removing the need for custom API calls. The integration enables agents to automate audience planning, segmentation, measurement and to interact with partner and proprietary agents. Customers such as Uber, Coca‑Cola, Paramount and The Trade Desk can license external agents via the Data Marketplace, accelerating insight‑to‑action cycles. LiveRamp also contributed its User Context Protocol to IAB standards, positioning itself as an agent orchestration layer for marketing operations.
Claude Code Adds Free Voice Mode for Faster Prompts
🚨 Voice Mode is officially coming to Claude Code. Currently rolling out to ~5% of users (Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise). It's super simple to use. Here's how: 1️⃣ Use `/voice` to enable 2️⃣ Hold Space to talk, then release 3️⃣ Mix typing and voicing...
AI Now Embedded in Telecom Networks, Driving Revenue
AI in telecom has crossed the pilot phase. 66% are actively using AI. 90% report revenue lift + cost reduction. Network automation now leads ROI. The real story? AI is moving into the network fabric — edge inference, agentic AI, AI-native RAN ahead of...
The Mobile-AI Gap: The Problem in Legal Tech No One Is Talking About
Law firms and in‑house teams are now using generative AI daily, yet most AI interactions still occur on laptops. A Harvey‑commissioned study of 200 lawyers shows 86% rely on smartphones or tablets away from the desk, while 75% access AI...
MediaTek Puts Spotlight on AI and Connectivity at MWC 2026
MediaTek used Mobile World Congress 2026 to unveil its "AI For Life: From Edge to Cloud" showcase, highlighting breakthroughs from 6G radio interoperability to AI‑driven connectivity. The company demonstrated the world’s first 5G‑Advanced CPE with Wi‑Fi 8, delivering up to 40%...
Sabre Unveils Once-in-a-Generation Company Rebuild and Its AI-First Platform at ITB Berlin 2026
Sabre announced the completion of a multiyear, AI‑first rebuild at ITB Berlin 2026, unveiling its unified Mosaic platform built on a cloud‑native, AI‑native architecture. The platform integrates over 50 petabytes of travel data and leverages Google Gemini to deliver agentic‑ready APIs...
Claude Back up After Anthropic’s AI Models, Tools Suffer Second Outage in 24 Hours
Anthropic restored access to Claude after a second outage within 24 hours. The disruption affected Claude Opus 4.6, Claude CoWork, Claude Code, and Claude Console, causing elevated errors globally. The outage coincided with AWS data‑center issues in the UAE after a...
AI Erodes Moats; only Proprietary Data Survives
AI is killing traditional moats. Process, capital, and information edges now vanish when anyone deploys a model in days through cheap APIs. The winners own proprietary data, embed AI into core workflows, and build feedback loops like Netflix, Tesla, and Amazon. Speed matters...
The Learning Impact of AI Can and Must Be Benchmarked
The article argues that AI’s rapid adoption in education must be paired with rigorous, evidence‑informed benchmarking rather than waiting for post‑deployment proof. It debunks the myth that only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can provide evidence, highlighting a spectrum of quantitative,...
Snaptrude AI: Conceptual Design and Beyond
Snaptrude, a browser‑based BIM challenger, is concentrating its AI development on the conceptual and schematic design stages, where architects spend most time. Its proprietary Universal Graph Representation provides a project‑wide, relationship‑based model that lets modular AI agents handle high‑friction tasks...
How Mumsnet Harnessed AI to Become a Data and Insights Powerhouse
Mumsnet has turned its 25‑year‑old forum into an AI‑powered insights engine, leveraging 1.5 million new words daily and a 6.5 billion‑word archive. Within six months of ChatGPT’s launch the company built MumsGPT, a chatbot that extracts real‑time sentiment on brands, politicians and...
Building Data Foundations for the Future
HSO’s aec360 platform combines Microsoft Dynamics 365 with AEC‑specific tools to deliver AI‑driven automation for architecture, engineering and construction firms. A highlighted feature is an AI‑enabled RFP agent that evaluates proposals, scores success probability and generates Go/No‑Go decisions with project...
Design-to-Build in the Age of AI
Allplan, led by Sunil Pandita, is transforming from a structural‑engineering‑focused authoring tool into a full design‑to‑build platform that leverages openBIM, AI‑driven automation, and hybrid cloud‑desktop workflows. The company emphasizes data sovereignty under EU regulations while expanding downstream into detailing, fabrication,...
6 Ways to Automate Gemini (Google AI Studio) with Zapier
Google’s Gemini model is now accessible through Zapier’s Google AI Studio integration, enabling businesses to embed generative AI across thousands of apps without custom code. The article outlines six practical use cases—from automated email drafting and labeling to multimodal analysis...
AI Reshapes Finance Jobs as Entry-Level Roles Come Under Pressure
Artificial intelligence is reshaping finance employment, pushing digital and technical skills to the forefront while diminishing the perceived value of traditional accounting tasks. Only 14% of finance leaders consider classic accounting abilities essential for new hires, and 41% prioritize AI...
US Air Force Awards Oracle $88M to Expand Cloud One Modernization with OCI, AI Database
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Oracle an $88 million firm‑fixed‑price task order to expand its Cloud One modernization effort using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The contract authorizes OCI use across multiple classification levels, including Top Secret SCI and DISA Impact...
Practo’s New VP & Head of AI Is Cijo George
Practo has hired Cijo George as vice‑president and head of artificial intelligence, after a four‑and‑a‑half‑year stint at Observe.AI. George brings a decade‑plus track record in machine learning, data science, and platform engineering from roles at NetApp, Belong.co, and Nokia Siemens...
Secure Agility Sets Sights on AI, Security, IoT and Telco-Led Growth in 2026
Secure Agility, a Sydney‑based tech services firm with roughly 100 staff and $70 million in annual revenue, is shifting from a low‑profile engineering focus to aggressive customer acquisition and national expansion. The company now offers production‑ready AI, IoT and cybersecurity platforms,...
A Strong Dose of Digital for U.K. Pharma and Life Sciences
Earlier this year the UK government pledged £82.6 million to AI‑focused drug‑discovery firms, underscoring its ambition to lead the global digital health transformation. Major players such as AstraZeneca are launching dedicated health‑tech units like Evinova to accelerate clinical‑trial design, while the...
Iran War Heralds Era of AI-Powered Bombing Quicker than ‘Speed of Thought’
The U.S. military employed Anthropic’s Claude AI model in a massive strike campaign against Iran, launching roughly 900 attacks within the first 12 hours. Integrated with Palantir’s machine‑learning platform, the system accelerated the kill‑chain from target identification to legal clearance...
AI to Develop Metals with Enhanced Durability for Naval Vessels
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Swansea University are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to create metal alloys that resist corrosion in harsh marine environments. Backed by a £42.5 million Defence Materials Centre of Excellence partnership that includes...
Too Lost Launches Profile Defender to Shield Artists From AI-Driven Fakes
Too Lost has introduced Profile Defender, a real‑time monitoring tool that flags and removes unauthorized AI‑generated tracks from major streaming services. The feature responds to recent high‑profile incidents where fake releases appeared on Spotify under the names of Blaze Foley,...
Agencies Grapple with Economics of a New Marketing Currency: The AI Token
Marketing agencies are confronting the economics of generative‑AI tokens as they embed large‑language‑model tools into campaigns. Tokens, which meter compute, can add up quickly—Coca‑Cola’s recent ad required millions of them—prompting agencies to devise new pricing structures. Some firms, like Merge...
WTF Is Meta’s Manus Tool?
Meta has embedded an AI agent suite called Manus into its Ads Manager, following a $2 billion acquisition of the Singapore‑based startup Butterfly Effect. The tool promises automated competitor analysis, audience research, campaign measurement and reporting across Facebook and Instagram. Early...
OpenAI’s Ad Push Begins, and The Knot Is Co-Piloting
OpenAI has launched a trial ad platform inside ChatGPT, enlisting The Knot Worldwide as one of its first brand partners. The wedding‑planning service is testing ad performance, brand‑safety protocols, and data insights while also debuting its own app within the...
GMKtec EVO T2 with 180 TOPS, Panther Lake as the Technical Foundation of the AI Mini PC
GMKtec unveiled the EVO T2 mini PC, claiming up to 180 AI TOPS powered by Intel’s Panther Lake Core Ultra X9 388H. The platform combines a Xe3‑based Arc iGPU (~122 TOPS), NPU5 (~50 TOPS) and CPU (~9 TOPS) to reach...
OpenAI's Ad Push Begins, and The Knot Is Co-Piloting
In this Digiday episode, hosts Kamiko McCoy and Tim Peterson discuss OpenAI's recent moves, including a controversial Pentagon partnership and the launch of its first ad‑tech deal with Criteo, signaling the start of ads on ChatGPT's free tier. They interview...
How AI Coaching Data Helps Talent Leaders Prove Leadership Readiness
Talent development leaders are shifting from completion‑based metrics to AI‑driven behavioral coaching data that captures how managers apply leadership skills in real work situations. Continuous AI coaching records patterns such as delegation, feedback delivery, and style adaptation across teams, providing...
AI-Driven Market Dispersion Hits Multi-Decade Highs
From The Wall Street Journal: “Market ‘dispersion’ is hitting levels not seen in decades as investors sort AI winners from losers.” (Recall that Dispersion — both within and across sectors and economies — is one of the three key themes I’ve...
Add AI Skill to Find a Mentor Instantly
If you're anything like me, you're barely leaving your terminal anymore. Claude Code, Cursor, whatever your setup – the workflow has changed. So we built something that fits into it: a small skill that lets you ask your agent to...
A Coding Guide to Build a Scalable End-to-End Analytics and Machine Learning Pipeline on Millions of Rows Using Vaex
The MarkTechPost tutorial walks through building a production‑style analytics and machine‑learning pipeline with Vaex on a synthetic 2 million‑row dataset. It showcases lazy feature engineering, approximate city‑level aggregations, and seamless integration with scikit‑learn via Vaex‑ML. The guide also demonstrates model training,...
AI SEO Bot Turns Slack Into Full‑Time Optimizer
I have an OpenClaw SEO agent that sits in my team Slack for helping us with our internal SEO. It's connected to GSC, GA4, and our content creation product, ClickFlow + our CMS WordPress. When you insert a bot armed with...
AI Shifts to Edge, Demands Open 5G and Future 6G
#AI is leaving the data center for robots, sensors, drones, and #XR. 🥽 It needs open, programmable #5G now and AI-native #6G next. 5G SA brings slicing, automation, and open APIs. 🔗 Read more on Börje Ekholm’s blog: https://t.co/0AP5Zz84dm via...
Governance Is the Real Differentiator in AI-Led Lending: Markandey Upadhyay, Piramal Finance
AI governance is emerging as the key differentiator for Indian NBFCs, according to Piramal Finance’s Chief Data & Analytics Officer Markandey Upadhyay. Piramal has built an AI‑native operating model that embeds unified data, agentic decision systems, and risk‑specific scorecards across...
NGMN AI‑6G Report Turns Bearish, Omits GPUs
My review of @NGMN_Alliance report on AI & 6G Surprisingly bearish / realist And no mention of the word “GPU” https://t.co/cLwuiA0xCN
AI Pushback Reflects Natural Human Instincts, Not Hostility
Employee resistance to AI often stems from good human instincts, not a negative place. It's a natural response to change, fueled by basic human needs. #AI #ChangeManagement https://t.co/FTl7j0C1Bo
Alphabet Vs. The Trade Desk: Which Is a Better Buy?
Alphabet posted an 18% revenue jump to $113.8 billion in Q4, with Google Cloud surging 48% and net income rising 30%, underscoring strong AI‑driven growth and operating leverage. The Trade Desk reported $847 million in revenue, up 14% YoY, but its growth...
Designing 6G Networks for the AI Era
Be sure to tune in to my #MWC26 Keynote "Architecting 6G for the AI Era" today, Tuesday March 3 at 9:30 AM CET. https://t.co/Ods5sCOn8j
Defining What ‘AI‑Powered’ Actually Means
Let’s have an honest conversation about what “AI-powered” really means. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #Automation #TechLeadership https://t.co/xggvSNtNfW
FDA Clears Ultrasound AI Tool for Accurate Delivery-Date Prediction
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted De Novo clearance to Ultrasound AI’s Delivery Date AI, a cloud‑based software‑as‑a‑medical‑device that predicts a pregnant woman's delivery date using only standard ultrasound images. The model was trained on more than one million...
Fresh Content Wins: How Google Discover Recommends
Ever wonder how Google Discover works? Discover is a recommender system. This article reviews how recommender systems work, showing why fresh content ranks better and other interesting takeaways. https://t.co/T8SlXYb6lE
Clinicians Discuss Real-World AI Applications on Zoom
I’ll be joining a Zoom discussion hosted by Roon on March 5, 1:30-2:30 ET. We'll discuss how clinicians are using AI in actual practice and the implications. I'll be joined by 3 eminent colleagues: Mandy Cohen, Sara Murray, & Spencer...
Employees Becoming More Open to AI in Pay Decisions
Employees are growing more comfortable with artificial‑intelligence tools influencing compensation, with 67% of job seekers more likely to accept offers from firms that use AI in pay decisions. The Resume Now poll shows 90% would accept AI‑driven compensation if clear expectations...
Google's AI Landing Page Patent Targets Low‑conversion Feeds
😺📢That Google patent about AI Generated Landing pages? It only applies to low-conversion product feeds, shopping pages, and advertisements. https://t.co/NyMwj1zBys
Anthropic’s SaaS Plugins Trigger Market Shake‑up
.@AnthropicAI vs. SaaS: A nuanced view https://t.co/ZsLAg5fkSQ Anthropic has been portrayed as a SaaS assassin. Anthropic launches connectors and plugins to various enterprise apps and SaaS stocks tank.
Will AI Make Construction Cheaper for Owners?
The KP Unpacked episode debates whether AI will actually lower construction costs for owners or simply boost contractor margins. It examines why most AI startups focus on general contractors, the prisoner’s dilemma of passing savings to clients, and the risk...
AI Workloads Reshape the Future of HR Operations
The future of AI workloads (and more) @McKinsey https://t.co/6GX9k6FbRS #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Appoint Dedicated AI Liaisons to Keep Teams Grounded
Want an AI-literate culture? Assign people whose sole responsibility is tracking, documenting, and sharing AI developments so teams stay grounded in what AI can and cannot do. #DigitalTrailblazers #AI https://t.co/aiB5P99ido
AI-Based Spam Data Must Be Shared in Hours, Trai to Telcos
TRAI has ordered all Indian mobile operators to share AI‑based spam detection data on a blockchain platform within hours, requiring terminating carriers to flag suspected spam CLIs and originating carriers to notify senders and verify KYC. If five or more...
🛑STOP Installing OpenClaw on Your Computer
The episode warns against installing OpenClaw, an autonomous AI coding agent, directly on personal computers, likening it to leaving a front door open. It explains that such agents can read and modify files, execute terminal commands, and access sensitive data,...