Today's AI Pulse
Odyssey lands $310M Series B, valued at $1.45B
Odyssey announced a $310 million Series B round that values the AI lab at $1.45 billion. The round was led by Natural Capital and included backers such as Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, EQT and IQT. In parallel, Odyssey struck a preferred‑cloud deal with AWS to use Trainium silicon for large‑scale model training.
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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, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and Toto, siphoning streams and royalties. By instantly alerting rights holders and restoring control of verified catalog data, the service aims to protect artistic integrity and revenue. It extends label‑level safeguards to independent musicians navigating an AI‑driven landscape.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-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,...
Human‑AI Collaboration Unlocks Exponential Work Transformation
I didn't write this to add to the noise about AI replacing jobs. I wrote it because the real story...human + AI achieving things neither can alone...needs to be the real story. "Work Reimagined" is a blueprint for exponential performance...
AI Agreement Bans Domestic Surveillance of U.S. Persons
Here is re-post of an internal post: We have been working with the DoW to make some additions in our agreement to make our principles very clear. 1. We are going to amend our deal to add this language, in...
Your Showcase Primer: Armadin, Ricursive, and Raindrop
Software is evolving from static tools to autonomous agents that make real‑world decisions, prompting a rewrite of the entire stack. Armadin, founded by Travis Lanham, is building AI‑driven red‑team capabilities and has closed a $24 million seed round while courting a...
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...
From Co-Pilots to Superagents: HR’s 2026 Shift
HR is expanding 60% faster than the broader workforce, now encompassing over 250 job titles and nearly a hundred capabilities. The proliferation of AI tools has shifted HR from isolated “co‑pilot” agents to integrated “superagents” that automate entire workflows, a...
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.
Vietnam Implements Sweeping AI Law
Vietnam’s new Law on Artificial Intelligence took effect on March 3, becoming Southeast Asia’s first comprehensive AI regulatory framework. The legislation mirrors the EU’s AI Act with a tiered risk system, banning high‑risk applications such as non‑consensual facial recognition and...
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
Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes
Ars Technica terminated senior AI reporter Benj Edwards after a story he co‑authored was retracted for containing fabricated quotations generated by an AI tool. The February 13 article misattributed quotes to engineer Scott Shambaugh, prompting an editor’s note that labeled...
ANE Achieves 80× Efficiency over Nvidia A100
"The ANE delivers 6.6 TFLOPS per watt, roughly 80x more efficient than an Nvidia A100." Wow.
Autonomous Infrastructure May Shift, Not Reduce Costs
Does autonomous infrastructure actually cut costs, or just move them around? While AI agents can maintain systems, reducing human labor, the real question is value. If lower reliability or costlier AI mistakes offset savings, is it truly worth it? #AI...
Box Inc (BOX) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Box Inc. reported Q1 FY2026 revenue of $276 million, up 4% year‑over‑year, and billings surged 27% to $242 million, driven largely by pricing increases and rapid adoption of its AI‑focused Enterprise Advanced suite. Remaining Performance Obligations climbed 21% to $1.5 billion, while net...
AI May Draw Talent to Mining, Not Replace Jobs
Q&A: #Artificialintelligence could attract new #talent to #mining rather than replace #Jobs – @geologic_ai #CEO | S&P Global Market Intelligence https://t.co/btVF3UiT1h
AI Frees Junior Lawyers for Higher‑value Work
Before AI, a junior associate might spend most of their week pulling clauses from old deals, reformatting templates, and chasing redlines across 14 email threads. Now that's a quick task. The question is now what they should be doing.
Scaling Earth and Space AI Models with Red Hat AI Inference Server and Red Hat OpenShift AI
Red Hat announced that its AI Inference Server now natively serves Earth and space foundation models such as NASA’s Prithvi‑EO, Prithvi‑WxC, and IBM’s TerraTorch models. The server leverages a hardened vLLM distribution and integrates with OpenShift AI to provide dynamic...
AI Video Breakthrough Sparks Excitement Beyond Hardware Concerns
This looks so good, I wanna watch a whole movie in this style, one of first times I've seen AI video escape the slop vibe
Build or Buy AI Voice Agents? A Decision Framework for Sales Teams
AI voice agents promise automated, human‑like outreach for sales teams, but deciding whether to build a custom solution or buy a managed platform is complex. The article outlines three decision criteria—engineering risk, speed to market, and competitive advantage—and shows that...
Token Efficiency vs Cognitive Efficiency: Choosing IaC for AI Agents
The Pulumi blog benchmark compares Terraform HCL and Pulumi TypeScript when generated by Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT‑5.2‑Codex. HCL consistently uses 21‑33% fewer tokens for initial resource creation, lowering raw generation cost. However, Pulumi’s TypeScript refactoring achieves higher deployable success...
AI‑native SaaS Rebirth Thrives as Legacy Valuations Collapse
What @eoghan did @intercom is one of the most impressive AI native "rebirths" in software. One upside of the massive downturn in SaaS valuations (if we're trying to be positive 😂) is the the market is estimating the residual value of...
AI Regulation Supporters Suddenly Become Opponents
Overheard in Silicon Valley: "Every single person who was in favor of government control of AI, is now opposed to government control of AI."
Ericsson and Intel Collaborate to Accelerate AI-Native 6G; Other AI-Native 6G Advancements at MWC 2026
Ericsson and Intel announced an expanded partnership at MWC 2026 to accelerate AI‑native 6G development, focusing on AI‑driven RAN, cloud‑native core, and next‑gen silicon. The collaboration leverages Intel Xeon AI acceleration and upcoming Ericsson silicon to deliver energy‑efficient, secure compute...
AI Agents Transform Revenue Cycle, Clinical & Payer Ops
Revenue cycle. Clinical workflows. Payer ops. AI agents that reason across your ecosystem — not just search it. Join the Anshar AI Pre-HIMSS VIP Reveal TOMORROW at 12PM EST. Save your spot 👇 https://t.co/RbBBgSRT3Y #AnsharAI #HIMSS26
VPNs Bypass NY Ban on AI Legal Advice
people will use VPNs to access affordable high quality legal advice, healthcare and education from AI. odd to think that we’re here now. sad really
Tess AI Raises $5M to Expand Enterprise Agent Orchestration Platform
Tess AI announced a $5 million seed round to scale its enterprise agent orchestration platform, which replaces traditional seat‑based software with autonomous AI agents that execute operational tasks. The platform integrates over 200 AI models and can handle up to 40...
Former Sabre Hotel Unit Lays Groundwork for AI Distribution — Exclusive
Aven Hospitality, the former Sabre hotel‑tech unit now owned by TPG, is integrating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) into its SynXis central reservation system. The protocol lets AI agents pull real‑time inventory, pricing and distribution controls from more than 35,000...
Leaders in ERP Podcast Episode 7 - Work, Reimagined: How AI Empowers People
In this episode, CPO Jennifer Sherman of Unit4 discusses how AI can finally deliver on ERP’s promise to make work easier by moving from generic, horizontal solutions to industry‑specific, vertically‑focused products that understand the nuances of each sector. She explains...
Future Infrastructure Automation Demands New Intelligent Approaches
Why the Next Wave of #Infrastructure Automation Requires a Different Kind of Intelligence https://t.co/NOhNN3qm6O https://t.co/LiuIKgG3if
Enterprise AI Adoption Lagging Behind Software Development Hype
Is everyone wrong about the timeline for AI changing software development? Depends on where you're looking. Enterprises don't move fast. Many are still getting going on "cloud migrations" and "DevOps." This might be different. Who knows. https://t.co/mNtDmqy7JW
Nvidia Considers Optical Circuit Switches for AI Infrastructure
Is Nvidia looking to add optical circuit switches to its AI infrastructure? $NVDA $LITE $COHR https://t.co/IG3DZZ6QcK