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
OpenAI Acquired OpenClaw and Hired Peter Steinberger
OpenAI announced the acquisition of OpenClaw and the hiring of veteran engineer Peter Steinberger. The move aims to accelerate development of next‑generation personal AI agents and embed multi‑agent capabilities into OpenAI’s core offerings. OpenClaw will be transitioned to an open‑source foundation that OpenAI will continue to support. Steinberger will lead the strategy for intelligent agents that interact autonomously for user benefit.
Unlock the ROI of Mobile Robots: Roboteon Launches New Complimentary Robotics Investment Impact Analysis
Roboteon has introduced a free Robotics Investment Impact Analysis that leverages its vendor‑independent simulation platform to model warehouse automation scenarios. The service promises detailed insights into robot‑human staffing, cost per pick, throughput, and ROI within a 2‑3 week timeframe. It...
Hardware Acceleration Drives OpenCV Speed Differences
OpenCV Speed Secrets: Hardware Acceleration Explained Why does OpenCV fly on some devices but crawl on others? 🚀🐢 It’s not just your code-it’s hardware acceleration. Behind the scenes, OpenCV swaps generic C++ routines for optimized backends like Intel IPP, ARM NEON,...
The Age of Physical AI: Inside Oshkosh’s Blueprint for an Autonomous Future
Oshkosh Corp., led by EVP Jay Iyengar, is championing a "moments of autonomy" strategy that embeds physical AI into high‑value, repetitive or hazardous tasks rather than pursuing full automation. The company is rolling out autonomous jet‑bridge docking systems that align...
COSO Releases Guidance on Internal Controls for AI
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) issued new guidance on internal controls tailored for generative AI. It adapts COSO’s five‑component framework—control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information & communication, and monitoring—to address AI’s probabilistic, dynamic, and scalable nature. The guidance...
Stop Delaying AI: Start Small, Involve Legal, Gain Time
I continue to hear from companies and marketing teams that are reticent to lean in holistically on the AI opportunity. So here I've parsed the most common push-backs as well as how I respond to each. 1️⃣ “We don’t have...
AMD Readies Ryzen AI 400 Gorgon Point for AM5 Desktops in Q2
AMD is preparing to launch its Ryzen AI 400 “Gorgon Point” processors for AM5 desktop platforms in the second quarter of 2026. The chips, derived from the Strix Point and Krackan Point families, will bring the company’s AI‑focused NPU and...
Eye on Innovation: Advancing AI Maturity
Planview’s Chief Data Scientist outlines why most AI pilots stall, citing low AI maturity as the core barrier. MIT’s four‑stage maturity model shows the biggest financial gains when firms move from pilot‑centric Stage 2 to enterprise‑wide Stage 3. Planview’s Anvi platform tackles...
At HIMSS26, eClinicalWorks Will Introduce New AI API Tool for EHRs
At HIMSS26, eClinicalWorks will launch the AI API Workbench, a platform that lets developers create custom autonomous AI agents for electronic health records. The company is positioning AI as an active participant in daily operations, with tools like healow Genie...
Why Teaching AI Right From Wrong Could Get Everyone Killed | Max Harms, MIRI
In this episode, Max Harms of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute discusses the existential risks posed by artificial superintelligence, emphasizing that a misaligned AI could irrevocably reshape the world and threaten humanity’s survival. He critiques the prevailing approach of instilling...
Thinking About DAM In 2026? Start Here
Rich media now permeates every digital channel, prompting organizations to move digital asset management (DAM) from creative‑team silos to an enterprise‑wide foundation. Modern DAM platforms offer automated tagging, metadata enrichment, and embedded brand guidelines, enabling broader, safer access across revenue...
Google Unveils Two New US Data Centers As $185 Billion Commitment Gets Underway
Google announced the construction of two new data centers—one in Wilbarger County, Texas, and another in Pine Island, Minnesota—as part of a $185 billion capital‑expenditure plan for 2026. The Texas site will employ advanced air‑cooling technology and partner with AES Corp....
Funding the Rebellion: Backing Bold, Humanity‑scale Innovators
If you're solving massive problems for humanity and making people feel uncomfortable along the way... We should probably talk. I want to fund the wild, weird, and unconventional. As my son puts it, “We want to fund the rebellion.” Today, it looks like investing...
Altais Cuts Prior Authorization Review Time by 45% and Reduces Manual Errors by 54% with Autonomize AI
Altais Health Solutions and Autonomize AI announced a clinician‑led partnership that leverages AI to automate prior‑authorization workflows. The deployment cut case‑review time by 45% and reduced manual errors by 54%, while half of routine requests now process automatically. Clinicians still...
G6 Hospitality Announces Partnership With Protect24.ai to Enhance Safety Intelligence
G6 Hospitality, the parent of Motel 6 and Studio 6, announced a strategic partnership with security‑intelligence firm Protect24.ai. The AI‑driven platform will be rolled out across more than 1,500 U.S. and Canadian locations to flag suspicious foot‑traffic, illegal escort operations, repeat high‑risk...
Andy Yeoman: When AI Rewrites Risk Transfer | TRP #162
In this episode, Andy Yeoman of Concierus walks hosts Jared and Ben through the evolution of InsurTech, from early marine analytics to the current AI‑driven platform that delivers both speed and certainty in underwriting. He stresses that technology must be...
The Market Shift Reshaping Legal AI: Here’s What Comes Next
Clio highlights how consumer‑facing AI, like Claude’s legal plugin, can lower barriers to legal information for the 70% of people who never see a lawyer. At the same time, the firm warns that generic foundation models lack the verified, jurisdiction‑specific...
Detecting Deep Fakes
Legal tech expert Craig Ball was invited to speak in Texas about the growing threat of deep‑fake evidence in litigation. He highlighted how AI‑generated videos can now mimic real people with near‑photographic fidelity, complicating evidentiary verification. The article outlines emerging...
4 Ways Cities Can Shape Data Center Impact
Climate Mayors, together with Bloomberg Associates, released a report outlining how U.S. cities can shape the rapid expansion of hyperscale data centers driven by AI growth. The guide highlights four leverage points—site selection, electricity costs, environmental impacts, and local economic...
Mastercam 2026.R2 Delivers GPU-Accelerated Simulation and AI-Powered Assistance
Mastercam unveiled its 2026.R2 update, the second release in a new semi‑annual cadence, delivering GPU‑accelerated simulation and an AI‑driven Copilot assistant. The GPU engine reduces verification times from roughly 90 minutes to just over 22 minutes while preserving accuracy. Copilot...
Innovation Thrives Across All Four Generative AI Layers
The Generative AI stack is evolving fast — but its foundation remains the same. This Gartner visual breaks down the four essential layers powering today’s AI ecosystem: • Infrastructure – Compute, storage, and the platforms that make AI possible •...
The Age of Physical AI: Inside Oshkosh’s Blueprint for an Autonomous Future
Oshkosh is championing a hybrid autonomy model that delivers physical AI where it adds the most immediate value, such as automating repetitive, hazardous tasks. The company has deployed AI‑driven solutions ranging from airport jet‑bridge alignment to on‑demand trash‑collection robots and...
Pinsent Masons Selects Legora for Corporate, Commercial and Property Groups – Interview
Pinsent Masons announced on 23 February that it has rolled out the legal GenAI platform Legora across its corporate, commercial and property groups, expanding its user base to 1,000 lawyers. The firm completed a focused pilot that began in November,...
Basis Secures $100M Series B for AI Accounting Agents
Basis secured $100 million in a Series B round, valuing the AI accounting platform at $1.15 billion. The funding, led by Accel with participation from GV, Khosla Ventures and a roster of tech luminaries, will accelerate development of more sophisticated autonomous...
Secure AI‑Driven DevOps via Signal‑Powered SideChannel
Introducing a new tool called "SideChannel". A secure alternative to OpenClaw. Utilizes signal for communication and has Claude integration. I built SideChannel, an open-source Signal bot that connects Claude AI to your entire development workflow. End-to-end encrypted. From your pocket. The real...
Collate Introduces Semantic Intelligence Graph to Make Enterprise Data Understandable to AI
Collate, a semantic intelligence firm, unveiled a new Semantic Intelligence Graph that converts enterprise metadata into a machine‑readable RDF‑based graph. The launch includes AI Studio, offering four pre‑built agents—Data Quality, Tier Management, Documentation, and SQL Query—to automate data tasks. An...
Navy Pushes AI From Experiments to Everyday Warfighting Functions
The U.S. Navy is moving artificial intelligence from experimental pilots into routine warfighting functions, aiming to embed trustworthy AI across all mission areas. Deputy Director Christopher Page emphasized the need for a common taxonomy and lexicon to ensure data quality...
Rightmove Launching AI Search App on ChatGPT
Rightmove has submitted an AI‑powered property search app to the ChatGPT app directory, allowing users to query listings via the @Rightmove command. The app, available to both free and paid ChatGPT users, returns property suggestions in a conversational carousel based...
StormHarvester: Using AI to Improve Wastewater Management
StormHarvester, a Belfast‑based startup, leverages machine learning and hyper‑local rainfall forecasting to give wastewater utilities real‑time insight into sewer levels, blockages and inflow. The company now works with 11 UK utilities, has deployed over 270,000 sensors worldwide and offers a...
AI Won't Make Your Game, but It Can Lighten the Load
AI won’t build an entire game, but it can dramatically speed up asset creation for indie studios, according to Ludo.ai CTO Jorge Gomes. The technology excels at generating concept sketches, sprite animations, and 3D props, turning tasks that once took...
Hidden Labor Inflates AI Hype, Robots Follow Suit
AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.
Pylon Secures $51M Series B for AI‑Native B2B Support
In this episode of Founder Firesides, @harjtaggar talks to the founders of @usepylon - @marty_kausas, @advith_c, and @rengrenghello - who recently raised a $51M Series B. Pylon is an AI-native customer support platform built for B2B companies. It helps support, success,...
Radio Workflow Expands Its Platform
Radio Workflow has upgraded its cloud‑native broadcast platform, unifying sales, production, traffic and management for small‑to‑mid‑market stations. The expansion introduces Broadcast Buddy, an AI‑driven assistant that handles meeting prep, email summarization, contract drafting and system navigation. New sales tools let...
AI Boosts Climate Research—But Beware Its Pitfalls
As a rare climate scientist working in Silicon Valley, I've been drinking from the AI firehose a lot more than my peers. I thought it would be helpful to lay out my experiences of both the promise and pitfalls of...
AI Accelerates Threat Groups' Attack Speed
Threat groups move at record speeds, as AI helps scale attacks | Cybersecurity Dive https://t.co/frfbUAXzlI
Podcast: Rethinking Industrial Equipment Sales: Inside Corbel’s AI-Driven Approach
Corbel, a next‑generation CPQ platform, is using generative AI to overhaul industrial equipment sales. The system mines unstructured data—PDFs, videos, sales transcripts—to deliver instant technical answers and embeds financing options directly into the buying flow. By keeping human sales reps...
Machine Learning Shifts KPI Focus to Right Signals
How machine learning reframes KPI design: systems optimize relentlessly. So the real leadership question isn’t “Are we tracking performance?” It’s “Are we tracking the right signals?” https://t.co/FfVafJZaUk via @mitsmr #AI #MWC26 https://t.co/qKrkhqgMNN
AdSense for AI: Koala Labs Unlocks New Monetization Channels
There is no consumer AI wave without new monetization channels for consumer AI businesses. @koahlabs is AdSense for AI. In 13 months, they've processed 170M queries and 35M native ad impressions. @nicoleahjohnson led the seed last year and we've now invested again...
AI Fails without Real‑time Data Architecture
"AI makes real-time data table stakes. When an AI system is automating work flows, interacting directly with customers, and making decisions without a human in the loop, it just doesn't work if its running on stale data. It will give you...
AI Cuts Development Costs, Distribution Remains Challenging
AI is makes software cheaper to build, but not easier to distribute This is the core conflict for years to come
Gemini Pro 3.1 Replaces PowerPoint with Instant Slides
PowerPoint is officially dead. With Gemini Pro 3.1, anyone can now design breathtaking slide decks in seconds 🤯 Steal the prompt below 🧵↓ https://t.co/3Q9G7kykus
AI SEO Success Demands Classic Change Management Playbook
The AI SEO transformation requires a decades-old proven playbook: Organizational change management. https://t.co/S1mGzgdyUf via @Kevin_Indig, @sejournal
Superintelligent Agents Need More than Clever Programming
How to Create a Superintelligent Agent? Today’s AI systems, however impressive, are still the result of clever programming and smart technology. https://t.co/8KzOlzc5Xz by @grattonboy #AI #MWC26 @grattongirl https://t.co/sbivULlDJQ
Leaders Optimistic on AI-Driven Clinical Innovation, Wary of Costs
This survey of leaders from #healthcare plans, health systems, and innovative solution providers reflects optimism about clinical innovation and emerging #AI use, balanced against concerns over costs, payment models, and politics: https://t.co/xFXpbqfhbY via @TTCapPartners https://t.co/tG3a2CGn90
AI Will Replace Most Knowledge Workers; Healthcare Stays Last
SaaS may be in its bloodbath moment but as @Bob_Wachter says: When AI replaces doctors it means we are all out of jobs. Doctors, writers, lawyers, consultants, knowledge workers, etc. Healthcare is highest regulation, liability, risk. It’ll be one of the...
AI Enables F‑35 to Rapidly Identify Enemy Defenses
AI Is Now Helping The F-35 Spot Enemy Air Defenses New artificial intelligence technology is giving the F-35 the ability to pick out confusing threat emissions and get them properly identified faster. https://t.co/Kq5RxLhQzc
AI Now Powers Half of All Jobs
A year ago, 1 out of every 3 jobs had at least 25% of their job showing up in Claude conversations … now it’s 1 out of 2 jobs. https://t.co/uqD3SD1cqQ
Cheap AI Cognition Fuels a Vibrant, Efficient Market
AI will unleash the most vibrant new market there could be. Cognition becoming cheap means we will do more with less, emphasis on doing more. https://t.co/jGKgs06jTi
Complete WorldView Walkthrough: Features, Data Layers, Agents
Full WorldView walkthrough is up on the channel. Every feature, every data layer, and how I used agents to put it all together. Check it out here: https://t.co/H2chyeYRik https://t.co/6rLZS1aper
AI-Driven Fintech: Robot Money and Humanless Companies
Really enjoyed this conversation on robot money, zero human companies, and what will happen to Fintech in the AI era