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
The RealReal Cuts Asset Protection Expenses 60% with AI-Powered Video Solution
The RealReal has implemented Motorola Solutions' AI‑enabled video security system to automate the search for individual luxury items across its facilities. By inputting a simple physical description, the platform can locate a specific product in seconds instead of days, slashing asset‑protection operating expenses by roughly 60%. The technology also flags unusual motion or sound, shifting security from passive monitoring to proactive protection. This move positions The RealReal to safeguard millions of dollars in high‑value consigned merchandise while accelerating back‑of‑house processes.
Start Simple with Traces, Add Complexity Later
the idea of using traces so agents can better perform over time is easy to talk about, but hard to implement for anyone just getting started, this was a v1 of me trying this 1.5 yrs ago. you'll find it breaks...
Google: Don’t Make “Bite-Sized” Content for LLMs if You Care About Search Rank
Google’s Search Off the Record podcast clarified that breaking articles into bite‑sized chunks for large language models like Gemini does not improve search rankings. John Mueller and Danny Sullivan emphasized that Google’s algorithm still prioritises content written for humans, not for...
58% of Consumers Use AI Tools to Research Products
ChannelEngine’s 2026 Marketplace Shopping Behavior Report shows AI tools now assist 58% of shoppers during product research, while the share of consumers beginning their journey on marketplaces fell to 37%, a 10‑point drop from last year. Marketplaces still outrank search...
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: XAI Leads As 2026 Is Off To A Brisk Start
The week’s biggest funding round was Elon Musk’s xAI, which closed a $20 billion Series E, bringing its total financing to $42.7 billion. Other notable deals included $305 million for Parabilis Medicines, $200 million for Soley Therapeutics, and $150 million for AI‑model evaluator LMArena. Two companies...
Vendasta Shows Why Platforms Become Operating Systems for AI Agents
The episode explains how Vendasta pivoted from a traditional SaaS marketplace to an AI‑driven platform that functions as an operating system for digital agents, enabling SMBs and partners to automate core business tasks and deliver enterprise‑grade customer experiences. Key takeaways...
My Top AI Tools for Every Workflow
My favorite AI models/tools for different tasks right now: 1) Go-to starter: Claude Opus 4.5 - I continue to be stunned by its capabilities. It gets me. It passes the vibe check with flying colors. It matches my writing at 85-93%....
Dedicate a Day to Automate Every Team Workflow
Your team needs a Systems Hack Day. I know the name isn’t perfect, but I’m talking about dedicating one day entirely to rethinking how a process gets done. If you haven’t built Claude skills you’re using regularly... If you haven’t...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Studio Says It Won’t Use AI for Concept Art or Writing
Larian Studios clarified that its upcoming title Divinity will not use generative AI for concept art or narrative writing. The studio’s CEO Swen Vincke emphasized AI will only assist internal brainstorming, PowerPoint decks, and idea iteration. AI‑generated in‑game assets may...
Free Cheatsheet Guides Practical Agent Architecture Decisions
We created a free Agents Architecture Cheatsheet. Here’s why 👇 A lot of people are building agent systems without a clear reason to do so. They mix tools with agents, over-complicate architectures, and struggle to move from demos to production. This cheatsheet is designed to be...
Democrats Ask Apple and Google to Remove X’s Undressing Bot From Their App Stores
Senators Ron Wyden, Ben Ray Luján and Ed Markey wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai urging the removal of X’s AI chatbot Grok, which has been generating non‑consensual deepfake images that undress women and depict...
IBM's AI 'Bob' Could Be Manipulated to Download and Execute Malware
IBM’s beta AI coding assistant, Bob, is vulnerable to indirect prompt injection, allowing attackers to embed hidden commands in emails or calendar entries. Researchers at Prompt Armor demonstrated that the tool can be tricked into downloading and executing arbitrary shell...
AI Landscape Visualized: From ML to Generative Models
Core concepts in Artificial Intelligence — clearly mapped in one visual. From Machine Learning and Deep Learning to NLP, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, and Generative Models, this overview highlights how the AI ecosystem fits together and where each discipline...
Amazon Hypes Ambient AI: Always on in the Background
Amazon highlighted its "ambient AI" vision at CES 2026, promising products that operate invisibly until needed. The company also announced Peter DeSantis as head of a new unit covering AGI, custom chips and quantum computing, underscoring a long‑term conviction in breakthrough...
Eight Healthcare Tech Trends Shaping 2026 Patient Care
The 8 Biggest Healthcare Technology Trends to Watch in 2026 Healthcare tech is entering a new era: from AI diagnostics to digital wellness, these 8 trends could transform patient care and health management. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e86HpWFZ #HealthTech #AI #FutureOfHealth...
AAAI Presidential Panel – AI Reasoning
The panel, moderated by former AAAI President Francesca Rossi, examined AI reasoning as outlined in the AAAI’s 2025 Future of AI Research report. Experts Holger Hoos and Subbarao Kambhampati discussed how to define and implement reasoning in AI, emphasizing planning...
The Future of Personal Injury Law: AI and Legal Tech in Philadelphia
Philadelphia personal injury firms are rapidly integrating AI and legal tech, especially predictive analytics, to enhance case management and outcome forecasting. These tools enable lawyers to analyze vast datasets, assess risks, and develop evidence‑based strategies, shifting practice from intuition to...
How to Build Portable, In-Database Feature Engineering Pipelines with Ibis Using Lazy Python APIs and DuckDB Execution
The tutorial shows how Ibis can create a portable, in‑database feature‑engineering pipeline that feels like Pandas but runs entirely in DuckDB. By registering data in the backend and keeping all transformations lazy, the code is translated into efficient SQL without...
Shenzhen Robot Serves 1,000+ Popcorn Portions Per Night
China is living in the future with physical #AI: A #robot neatly delivers 1,000+ servings of #popcorn per movie night in China's Shenzhen. @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun @TerenceLeungSF @SourabhSKatoch @wil_bielert...
Ambient Vision AI Takes Over as Hardware Lags
Just got back from CES 2026. Here's what actually stood out: Robot vacuums and lawnmowers were EVERYWHERE. The market is saturated. Facial recognition is expanding beyond security—bird feeders, pet food dispensers, doorbell cameras. Vision AI is becoming ambient. Samsung fridge was a...
Global AI Compute Hits 15 Million H100 Equivalents, Epoch AI Finds
Epoch AI’s new database shows global AI compute capacity has topped 15 million Nvidia H100 equivalents, a milestone that underscores rapid scaling of machine‑learning workloads. The analysis reveals Nvidia’s latest B300 chip now accounts for the bulk of the company’s AI...
Master High-Stakes Decisions with AI, Not Busywork
Last year, 364 students in 56 cities learned from me on @Maven. Will you take one of my AI courses for leaders, aspiring leaders, and curious self-improvers this year? The next cohort of Decision-Making with ChatGPT starts on Jan 14!...
Minimax Stock Doubles on Hong Kong Debut
Chinese AI startup Minimax saw its shares double on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut, closing up 109% at HK$345. The IPO generated roughly $620 million, with backing from Alibaba and Tencent. Minimax, which powers chatbots and video‑generation models, reported $53.4 million...
Illumina Launches Scalable Software for Connected Multiomic Analysis
Illumina unveiled Connected Multiomics, a cloud‑based platform that consolidates genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenetics and other assay data into a single, scalable workspace. The solution leverages AI tools such as PrimateAI and PromoterAI to filter background mutations and highlight biologically relevant...
One Genomics, CiRA Partner to Advance Precision Genome Engineering
One Genomics, an AI‑driven genomics firm co‑founded by Harvard professor George Church, announced a strategic research partnership with Kyoto University’s CiRA Foundation. The collaboration will combine One Genomics’ proprietary high‑precision, fine‑tunable CRISPR design platform—featuring its patented “Safeguard” system—with CiRA’s world‑leading...
Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax
The episode examines three major AI controversies: the "Grok" scandal where a language model was allegedly used to target and marginalize women in political discourse, the "Claude" code generation issues that raised concerns about intellectual property and model reliability, and...
Orbitype.com Launches Orbitype Intelligence
Orbitype announced the launch of Orbitype Intelligence, a chat‑based orchestration layer embedded in its Agentic Cloud OS. The platform lets organizations build and run complete AI agent environments using natural language, eliminating the need for fragmented workflow, database, and vector‑search...
Pudu Robotics Launches PUDU T150 to Broaden Access to Light-Payload Industrial Automation
Pudu Robotics unveiled the PUDU T150, a 150 kg‑payload industrial delivery robot aimed at light‑load, high‑frequency logistics in factories and warehouses. The robot emphasizes rapid, plug‑and‑play deployment, requiring no site modifications and completing mapping in under ten minutes. Equipped with VSLAM...
Rivvit Appoints Bret Bange as Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer
Rivvit, the AI‑driven data management platform for asset managers, announced Bret Bange as its new Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer. Bange brings over 25 years of experience in fintech, data services, and technology, most recently as CRO of Delta Data....
Samsung Warns of TV Price Hikes as AI Eats All the Chips
Samsung warned that ongoing memory‑chip shortages could force price hikes on its new TVs, especially entry‑level and mid‑range models. The shortage is driven by AI’s massive demand for high‑bandwidth DRAM and DDR5, which has diverted capacity from consumer‑grade memory. Samsung,...
Etiometry’s AI Platform Delivers Measurable Results for Hospitals
Etiometry reported a landmark year in 2025, unveiling platform upgrades that now incorporate high‑resolution waveform data and securing its 10th FDA clearance for enhanced cybersecurity. The AI‑driven solution supported clinical decisions for more than 425,000 patients, earning the Digital Health...
MaestroX Redefines Title Technology with Human-Guided AI, Built by Real Search Experts
MaestroX announced the expansion of its human‑guided AI platform, designed to modernize the entire title workflow while retaining expert judgment. The solution blends advanced AI with decades of search‑professional experience, covering document intake, data extraction, cover searches, vendor coordination, and...
Nvidia Hires Google Cloud Marketing Leader as Its First CMO
Nvidia has appointed Alison Wagonfeld, a longtime Google executive, as its first chief marketing officer, starting in February. The move formalizes Nvidia’s marketing function as the company deepens its role in the AI economy. Wagonfeld previously built Google Cloud’s marketing operation...
CareCloud Brings Wellsoft to Urgent Care with Affinity Deal
CareCloud announced that Affinity Urgent Care has adopted Wellsoft, its award‑winning emergency department information system, extending CareCloud’s emergency‑grade documentation platform into the fast‑growing urgent‑care market. The deal follows CareCloud’s 2025 acquisition of Medsphere, which added Wellsoft to its portfolio alongside...
St John Ambulance Partners with Simpson Associates to Build the Foundations for Data Transformation
St John Ambulance has teamed with data‑transformation specialist Simpson Associates to deploy a Microsoft Fabric‑based data lake. The initiative tackles legacy system fragmentation by consolidating data silos and delivering a single version of the truth across the charity. Early work...
Eleveight AI Deploys NVIDIA B300 Blackwell GPUs in Armenia
Eleveight AI has installed NVIDIA’s new B300 Blackwell GPUs at its AI‑focused data center in Gagarin, Armenia, becoming one of the first sites worldwide to run the latest accelerator. The deployment supports AI training, inference, generative models and enterprise workloads,...
Turn Your Website Into an Automated Marketing Briefing Engine
Your website might be the most underused asset in your entire marketing stack. What if it could brief a full marketing team for you, automatically? Most brands waste hours rewriting the same story in every prompt. There is a faster way — and...
Stealth Video Startup Hiring Engineers in SF
want to work on next-gen consumer video? a well funded stealth portco looking for product designer, ml infra engineer, backend engineer, fullstack engineer irl in sf
AI: Powerful Remix Tool, Requires Creative Users
AI is a massive remixing machine. That’s no dig at AI, it’s an amazingly useful tool. But it’s still just a tool, and only useful in the hands of creative people who can make great things happen. https://t.co/MFadhvbkBy
Soft Robotic Gripper Gently Separates Delicate Fabrics
Rochu: Soft #Robotic Gripper That Gently Handles and Separates Delicate Fabric Layers via @WevolverApp #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/5LRjoTxI4o
Spiky Caterpillar Robot Tackles Ultra‑Tight Spaces
Porcaspino: The Spiky Caterpillar #Robot Built to Conquer the Tightest Spaces by @IntEngineering #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/kgOqMTpqg6
AI Prompts Boost OT Cybersecurity Expertise
20 ChatGPT prompts for OT / ICS cybersecurity 👇 From asset inventories to threat hunting, tabletop exercises, IR plans, and secure remote access. AI won’t replace OT experts — but it can scale the few we have. Credit: Mike Holcomb #OTSecurity #ICSCyber #CriticalInfrastructure #CyberSecurity
Chinese Hospital's Blood‑Drawing Robot Hits 94.3% Success
Chinese Hospital Deploys Blood-Drawing #Robot Achieving a 94.3% Success Rate by @Khulood_Almani #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence https://t.co/lg80dWYLHD
AI-Powered Prosthetic Hand Adapts Through Daily Use
A Smarter Prosthetic: Esper Bionics’ #AI Hand Learns from Everyday Use by @EsperBionics #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/hvj57gAnDV
Exploring Nvidia's Alpamayo, Atlas Bot, and New AI Tools
AND WE'RE BACK... We dive into @nvidia's big Alpamayo AI car platform, Boston Dynamic's new ATLAS bot and way more AI bots. Plus, we take on Claude Code + Ralph Wiggum, OpenAI's new audio device and shout out @fofrAI's very good JSON...
From AI-in-the-Loop to Full Supply Chain Automation
#AIAgents: Bubble Or Truth? The Journey From AI In The Loop To Full #Automation In #SupplyChain Management by Rama Durga Sekhar Angadala @Forbes #GenerativeAI #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/I1HqJMV6vW
AI‑Powered Scenario Thinking Strengthens Strategic Decision Confidence
Strategic choices gain depth when explored before action. Scenario thinking supported by AI helps leaders reflect on uncertainty, test directions, and build confidence in decisions while staying prepared. Microblog @antgrasso #AI #Strategy #DecisionIntelligence https://t.co/irlZhZh9I9
Intelligent Robots Streamline Operations in Modern Bakeries
Romias #Robotics Builds Intelligent #Robot System to Support Modern Bakeries by @lukas_m_ziegler #FoodTech #Innovation #EmergingTech #TechForGood https://t.co/7ZaY7BuPDt
Skild Brain Teams with Jetson Thor for Advanced Robotics
Skild Brain Pairs With Jetson Thor to Power Next-Gen #Robotics Intelligence by @CyberRobooo #Robot #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/ILWSljBb7c
Melody: AI‑Powered Multilingual Humanoid Girlfriend Unveiled
Meet Melody—The #AI-Powered, Multilingual Humanoid Girlfriend by @MarioNawfal #Robotics #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #MI #ML #Innovation https://t.co/z82k3I9Clf