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

JioHotstar, OpenAI Launch ChatGPT Content Search
JioHotstar announced a partnership with OpenAI to embed ChatGPT‑powered voice discovery into its streaming app. The new multilingual cognitive search lets users speak natural language queries to receive context‑aware recommendations for both on‑demand and live sports content. The assistant also integrates with ChatGPT, providing JioHotstar links when users ask entertainment questions. The rollout will start with select experiences and expand in phases across India.
Tailor and Sync Prompts per Model for Success
Since I now use multiple models, I customize all of my prompt files (soul, identity, skills etc) for each model. This critically important. For example, Opus 4.6 prompt best practices says don’t use ALL CAPS to emphasize things. GPT5.2 explicitly...
Figma's Answer to the AI Software Sell-Off
The episode examines Figma’s latest AI integration with Anthropic’s Claude Code, exploring how the partnership emerged organically and what it means for the design‑to‑code workflow. Host discusses Figma’s steep stock decline amid a broader SaaS AI sell‑off and probes CEO...
Agentic AI Era: Cloud Security Shifts From Asset Protection to Identity-First Zero Trust
At the ETCIO Cloud Summit, leaders from Starbucks India and Jio argued that cloud security must shift from protecting static assets to continuously validating identities, especially as AI agents and autonomous workloads proliferate in hybrid environments. They emphasized that bots,...
Agent Identities Demand New Sandboxing and Access Controls
Agent identities is going to be a super fun and hard problem for software in the coming years. Most agentic systems today assume that the agent can do everything the user can do, and just operate as an extension of...

Stop Layering AI on Your GTM Stack
In this episode, Emir Atli, co‑founder and CRO of HockeyStack, explains why the traditional, tool‑heavy GTM stack can’t simply have AI bolted on—it must be rebuilt around a unified, AI‑native platform with a single data foundation. He outlines HockeyStack’s evolution...
AI's Easy; Scaling Software 100x Faster Is the Real Hurdle
What people seem to be struggling with the most is not the truly novel parts of building with AI, it's the table stakes. It's not the AI part that's so hard (turns out systems have never been wholly deterministic 😉), it's...

AI Racing Drone Beats Human Controlled FPV Racing Drones on Aerial Racetrack: An Overlooked ‘AlphaGo Moment’ with Future War Implications
In April 2025, an autonomous racing drone equipped with a neural‑network AI outperformed three human FPV champions at the A2RL Drone Championship in Abu Dhabi. The AI‑controlled craft completed the complex aerial course faster than the pilots, marking the first...

From Acceleration to Exposure: Why AI Demands Mature AppSec
AI‑driven development is dramatically speeding code creation, reviews and releases, but application security (AppSec) has not kept pace. Autonomous AI actions now make decisions on dependencies, configurations and remediation, turning isolated flaws into system‑wide risks. When AppSec foundations are immature,...
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[Tutorial] Building a Visual Document Retrieval Pipeline with ColPali and Late Interaction Scoring
The tutorial demonstrates how to build a visual document retrieval pipeline using the open‑source ColPali model. It walks through creating a stable Python environment, rendering PDF pages as images, and generating multi‑vector embeddings for each page. Late‑interaction scoring matches natural‑language...

Q4: Omnicom’s IPG Merger Is An AI Test Case
Omnicom reported Q4 results after closing its $13.5 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group, positioning AI as the chief growth driver for the merged firm. The company highlighted its Omni platform, now integrated with Acxiom’s Real ID and Flywheel’s Commerce Cloud, to...
Q4: Omnicom’s IPG Merger Is An AI Test Case
Omnicom reported its first earnings after completing the $13.5 billion acquisition of IPG, positioning AI as the core growth engine for the combined firm. The company highlighted its Omni platform, now linked with Acxiom’s Real ID and Flywheel’s Commerce Cloud, to...
EDiscovery AI: Trial, Deposition, and Discovery Preparation with Early Case Intelligence Solutions
eDiscovery AI introduced its Early Case Intelligence™ suite—Insight ECI™, Case Elements™, and CaseBot™—to accelerate litigation preparation. The platform leverages AI to turn raw electronically stored information into actionable intelligence, supporting deposition strategy, discovery planning, and trial readiness. By automating early...

Just 15 Minutes of Lawyer Work – AI-Driven Law Firm Targets Remortgages
Former DLA Piper UK managing partner Paul Firth is launching AI‑driven law firm LEXcelerate, promising to cut remortgage lawyer time to 15 minutes and complete transactions in nine working days. The platform automates about 90% of administrative tasks, delivering roughly...

CJC Calls for Declaration About AI Use in Drafting Witness Statements
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has issued an interim report proposing that litigators must declare they have not used AI to generate the content of trial witness statements, while allowing AI assistance for other court documents provided the responsible lawyer’s...

IPAA ACT Virtual AI Summit: Building a Trusted Digital Future
The Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) is hosting a virtual AI Summit on 18 March 2026. The half‑day event will focus on building a trusted digital future for the public sector, featuring breakout sessions on workforce upskilling, AI governance, digital stewardship,...

UK Medical Device Testing Hits Record High as MHRA Backs Growth in Brain and AI Technology
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency reported a 17% rise in approved clinical investigations for 2025, setting a record high. Average approval times fell to 51 days, outpacing the 60‑day target, while neurotechnology now accounts for roughly a...
Momentum.io Showcases Enterprise AI's True Work System
Congratulations to Santiago Suarez Ordoñez , Ashley Wilson , Moiz Virani , and the entire Momentum.io team. It’s been a privilege to support you on this journey. Momentum embodied several themes we consistently look for in native AI companies: -->...
AI's Rapid Diffusion Outpaces Our Adaptation Capacity
AI is eating industries and jobs. For sure. But new ones will be created. However, we’ve never seen tech diffuse this rapidly. It’s the speed of digestion that we are struggling with the most. https://t.co/KApUVISD5g
Epam Systems Inc (EPAM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
EPAM Systems reported Q4 2025 revenue of $1.4 billion, a 12.8% year‑over‑year increase, and AI‑native revenue topped $105 million, on track to exceed $600 million in 2026. The company posted GAAP EPS of $1.98 and non‑GAAP EPS of $3.26, while free cash flow...
AI Boosts HR Efficiency, Yet Demands Human Empathy
The Paradox of #AI in #HRStrategy: Efficiency, Empathy, and the Human Factor https://t.co/LiIGmm7GKI #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator

Anthropic Predicts Autonomy Surge Till
per @AnthropicAI ‘s own numbers, interesting that 99.9 percentile model autonomy straightlines up through 2025 and immediately takes a nosedive after opus 4.6 launch. you can really see the efficiency work start to kick in after the pioneering work of...

‘An AlphaFold 4’ – Scientists Marvel at DeepMind Drug Spin-Off’s Exclusive New AI
Isomorphic Labs unveiled IsoDDE, a proprietary AI engine touted as an “AlphaFold 4”‑level breakthrough in drug discovery. The 27‑page technical report claims the model outperforms AlphaFold 3, the open‑source Boltz‑2, and traditional physics‑based methods in predicting binding affinity and antibody‑protein interactions. Researchers...
Sonnet 4.6 Delivers Fast AI Chrome Performance
AI Chrome extensions felt largely unusable because of how slow they were. Sonnet 4.6 is the first one that changes that for me. While in meetings, I am kicking off browser tasks and unlike Opus 4.5, it actually finishes before...
Update Governance Now or Drown in Agentic AI Chaos
Agentic AI is rising, but are your governance frameworks still stuck in 2023? Autonomous systems don't wait for committee approval. CIOs: lead the orchestration or get buried by the chaos. 🤖⚡️ Deep dive here: https://t.co/dJs86sTyRD #CXOtalk #AgenticAI #TechLeadership

Agentic AI, Enterprise Control: Self-Hosted Duo Agent Platform and BYOM
GitLab 18.9 launches a self‑hosted Duo Agent Platform for online cloud license customers, enabling AI‑driven automation while keeping models on‑premise or in approved clouds. The new offering uses a usage‑based billing model powered by GitLab Credits, delivering transparent per‑request metering...
Agentic AI Redefines B2B Marketing: Lean Teams, Strategic Humans
The future of agentic AI in B2B marketing is finally coming into focus. The B2B marketing org structure has to change, with fewer layers and more shared accountability across a unified data layer. The human role will shift to something...

Win $1000 Creating AI Video for Claude Code
Just for fun: AI music video contest In celebration of Claude Code’s 1 yr bday, I will give $1000 USD to the best* music video for “Ode to Claude Code” To submit: - Find the song on Spotify - Use AI to create music...
Jimmy Hoover: Can AI Give You a Seat Inside the Supreme Court?
The nonprofit project On the Docket uses artificial intelligence to generate video avatars of U.S. Supreme Court justices reading their opinions aloud, pairing AI‑created visuals with authentic archival audio. By recreating the experience of the court’s public gallery, the initiative...
Everlaw: Generative AI’s Growing Strategic Value for Corporate Law Departments
Everlaw and the Association of Corporate Counsel released a survey showing generative AI use in corporate law departments has more than doubled, reaching 52% of U.S. respondents. The share of firms merely planning AI projects fell to 14%, while outright...

Booking CEO Touts Ties With Independent Hotels as Agentic AI and Airbnb Seek Gains
Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel emphasized the platform’s deep ties with independent hotels, which supply the bulk of its room nights, as the company confronts rising pressure from AI‑driven travel agents and Airbnb’s expansion into the boutique‑hotel segment. He announced...
Chief AI Officer Alex Deer Speaks at India AI Summit
Our Chief AI Officer @alexanddeer will take the stage at the India AI Impact Summit. Date: Thursday, February 19 Time: 1:53pm IST // 12:23am PST Watch the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/WgW7cC-kHgY
Amazon Teams with OpenAI for Custom Shopping AI
🚨 My new exclusive at @ReadTheAisle Amazon has discussed w/ OpenAI working on custom shopping-related AI tied to Rufus, after using its own models and then Anthropic’s, according to sources briefed. The focus goes beyond Rufus’ main use of product Q&A https://t.co/60Z6WBfyvh

ChatGPT Search Often Switches To English In Fan-Out Queries: Report via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern
ChatGPT Search rewrites user prompts into multiple “fan‑out” queries for its search partners. An analysis of 10 million prompts and 20 million fan‑out queries found that 43 % of those sub‑queries run in English, even when the original prompt is non‑English. Overall, 78 %...
High‑Voltage DC Cuts AI Data Center Costs
High-voltage DC design targets AI data center costs #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/xe594PCmhP
Replit on Databricks Reveals Why Software Stocks Slump
When start vibecoding your business apps with Replit directly on your Databricks you get why the market is so bearish on software stocks.
Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out
ETS’s Futurenav Adapt AI test, a 30‑minute assessment, gauges teachers’ ability to recognize, ethically navigate, evaluate, and apply generative AI in classrooms. The test, piloted with 75 secondary teachers, delivers individual and district‑level dashboards of strengths, gaps, and equity concerns....
AI Skill Automates Faxing Healthcare Requests in 2026
It's 2026, so... I just wrote a Claude Skill that faxes a request form to my healthcare provider.

Zoho's OS of Intelligence Unifies Data, Ensures Sovereignty
Zoho’s @rajuv just finished a great presentation describing @Zoho’s systems philosophy, summing up to following 3 key outcomes at #ZohoDay 2026 in Austin. - Operating System of Intelligence - Unified Business Context with live data - Sovereignty by design https://t.co/y6UWOmv1dv
New Agent Framework Matches Human-Engineered AI Systems — and Adds Zero Inference Cost to Deploy
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara introduced Group‑Evolving Agents (GEA), a framework that evolves entire groups of AI agents instead of single individuals. By sharing a collective experience archive and using a reflection module, GEA combines innovations across agents, leading to...

AI Automates Cytology, Streamlining Cell Pre‑Screening
AI automates cytology, which is a laborious, manual, human subjective task, for pre=screening cells for abnormalities and making initial diagnoses today @Nature https://t.co/ZI3F2pkMxE https://t.co/WsUcRjkHFN https://t.co/mdz1DM6xs7

The Blueprint for Commercializing Breakthrough Healthtech
AI‑driven medtech firms must prove tangible ROI for patients, providers and payers to move from lab to bedside. Brent Ness outlines three pillars—capital efficiency with payer alignment, rigorous evidence and reimbursement pathways, and operational scalability paired with strong IP—that determine...
Inside the DOE’s 26 AI Challenges for Genesis Mission
The U.S. Department of Energy unveiled 26 artificial‑intelligence challenges that underpin its Genesis Mission, spanning nuclear systems, grid modernization, materials science, advanced manufacturing, microelectronics and national security. The announcement shifts AI from a purely analytical tool to the connective tissue...
Opus 2 Winter Release Accelerates Case Strategy and Preparation Workflows Following Strategic Acquisition
Opus 2 announced its winter 2026 release, embedding Uncover’s AI technology into the Opus 2 Cases platform after a three‑month integration. The update introduces an AI Assist suite—Matter Assist, Document Assist, General Assist, and a Prompt Library—enabling rapid, secure analysis, drafting and...

TreviPay Leverages AI to Help Businesses Anticipate Buyer Behavior
TreviPay unveiled its AI‑powered Growth Center, a module inside the client portal that flags early signs of buyer dormancy and suggests targeted incentives. In a pilot with a U.S. retailer, the system identified 60 previously inactive buyers who generated $103,946...

Another Early AI Accounting Startup Just Bit the Dust
Botkeeper, an early AI accounting platform founded in 2015, announced its closure after eleven years despite achieving high‑accuracy transaction coding and a sophisticated AI suite. The company raised substantial venture capital and built an “Infinite” platform that could reconcile data...
EVMbench Tests AI Agents on Real Smart Contract Vulnerabilities
OpenAI and Paradigm launched EVMbench, a benchmark testing AI agents’ ability to detect, patch, and exploit real smart contract vulnerabilities. What's the meaning of it? Come join us! https://t.co/2YgOdrosIO
Opkey Launches Design Studio for ERP Implementation Planning
Opkey introduced Design Studio, an AI‑driven module within its application lifecycle automation platform that streamlines ERP and HCM implementation planning. The visual canvas embeds more than 20 domain‑specific AI agents to automate discovery, requirements capture, process mapping, and configuration design....

AI Won’t Replace SaaS: Key Misconceptions Clarified
When asking if AI will replace SaaS, here are some very key aspects to consider and questions to ask. I will have more to share, but there is a LOT of misunderstanding and assumptions being inserted into the public conversation that...

Managing Legal Risk in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: What Key Stakeholders Need to Know Today
In 2026 enterprises are scaling AI from pilots to company‑wide deployments, prompting a surge in legal exposure across governance, compliance, privacy, contracting and IP. Boards face heightened fiduciary duties under the Caremark standard, yet only 36% have formal AI oversight...