Today's AI Pulse
Meta builds AI agents for WhatsApp to unlock new revenue streams
Meta is developing AI‑driven agents for WhatsApp to turn the messaging platform into a revenue engine. The agents will embed large‑language‑model capabilities that can book appointments, handle shopping and provide customer support directly in chats, aiming to boost business‑to‑consumer interactions and generate commerce‑fee income.
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Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Have a ‘Legitimate AI Researcher’ by 2028
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company aims to create an AI system capable of functioning as a “legitimate AI researcher” by 2028. The roadmap hinges on two pillars: continued breakthroughs in core algorithms and a dramatic increase in “test‑time compute,” meaning the amount of processing power an model can devote to solving a problem. By extending inference compute, OpenAI expects its models to reason more deeply and generate research‑grade insights. The target underscores OpenAI’s push to move from task‑specific tools toward autonomous scientific discovery.
Six Key LLM Insights Every Leader Must Know
🎙️ New article published: “𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀” At the core of today’s most powerful AI applications are Large Language Models (LLMs). We use them daily—often without realizing it—but how many truly understand what powers...
Elloe AI Wants to Be the ‘Immune System’ for AI — Check It Out at Disrupt 2025
Elloe AI founder Owen Sakawa pitched his platform as an “immune system” for artificial‑intelligence, a layer that sits on top of any large language model to filter bias, hallucinations, errors, misinformation and compliance breaches. The startup, a Top 20 finalist in...
AI Forces Brands to Rebuild Marketing Funnels From Scratch
Almost every brand will need to rebuild their marketing funnel from the ground up. Alex Sherman, CEO of @Bluefish_AI, explains how brands are adapting to AI: “Marketers have always split budgets between organic and paid, but AI is forcing a rethink. What’s...
VC Vinod Khosla Says the US Government Could Take 10% Stake in All Public Companies to Soften the Blow of...
Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, proposed that the U.S. government acquire a 10% equity stake in every public company and redistribute the proceeds to citizens as a way to share the wealth generated by artificial general intelligence (AGI). He...
OpenAI Pivots to Consumer Glasses and Phones.
Jony Ive is having to eat his words, I learned from an industry leader last night who has inside connections to @OpenAI. Can't disclose who it is, but he says that OpenAI is readying a full court consumer products push...
Human Workers Fuel Next Robot Breakthrough
Robot breakthrough. This is why the 12,000 workers at @Tesla's Fremont Factory are so important. I hear groups of them are training the robots, doing tasks over and over to give its simulator enough data to help it build very advanced...
GitHub's Agent HQ Aims to Solve Enterprises' Biggest AI Coding Problem: Too Many Agents, No Central Control
GitHub unveiled Agent HQ at its Universe 2025 conference, turning the platform into a unified control plane that lets enterprises manage AI coding agents from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Cognition, xAI and others within a single interface. The service, bundled with...
MiniMax-M2 Boosts Performance with Full Attention and Per‑Layer QK‑Norm
Just saw the MiniMax-M2 benchmarks, and the performance is too good to ignore :). So, I just amended my "The Big LLM Architecture Comparison" with entry number 13! 1️⃣ Full attention modules: As shown in the overview figure below, I grouped...
Impending Unitree IPO Could Spark Robotics Investment Boom
A huge robotics bubble forming? Learned last night at the @1x_tech party from an investor that @UnitreeRobotics is preparing a public offering, but that USA investors are being rebuffed. The guy I talked to wanted to put in $200 million and...
Predictions 2026: The “Agentic Commerce” Race – And Some Potential Regrets – In Digital Commerce
Forrester forecasts three pivotal 2026 trends in digital commerce driven by generative AI. First, five leading US or European brands will build unified "agentic commerce" experiences that handle returns, exchanges, logistics, payments and product recommendations in a single AI‑driven interface,...
Architecture and Data Trump Size in Small Language Models
In this AI Chitchat episode, we sit down with Fernando from Liquid AI to unpack the rise of small language models (SLMs) and why architecture + data now matters more than raw parameter counts. We cover hybrid transformer/convolutional designs, neural...
Live Q&A: Nonprofit Controls, LLC Transforms to PBC
Jakub and I are going to do a livestream and answer questions today at 10:30 am pacific. We have a lot of things to talk about--of course we will cover our new corporate structure, but we will also discuss our new...
LocWorld54 Shows Why Localization Can Be the Next Strategic Powerhouse — And What’s Holding It Back
At LocWorld54 in Monterey, localization leaders argued that the function is moving from a cost center to a strategic AI powerhouse, showcasing sessions on making large language models reason like linguists, SPA‑RAG for targeted generation, and operationalizing enterprise‑scale AI translation....
OpenAI Completed Its For-Profit Restructuring — and Struck a New Deal with Microsoft
OpenAI has finalized its for‑profit restructuring, converting its for‑profit arm into a public benefit corporation (OpenAI Group PBC) while the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation retains an equity stake valued at roughly $130 billion and continues oversight. The restructuring is paired with a...
Agentic AI & MCP Power Next‑Gen Enterprise Growth
🚀 The Future of Enterprise Transformation Starts Now 🔍 Harnessing Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Sustainable Growth 🔹 Businesses are entering a new era driven by autonomy, security, and intelligent adaptability. 🔹 Agentic AI and MCP are redefining...
The Download: Microsoft’s Stance on Erotic AI, and an AI Hype Mystery
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said the company will never build a sex robot and warned that chatbots that appear human risk misleading users, even as Microsoft unveiled new expressive and helpful features for its Copilot assistant. At the same time,...
Governing the Machine Book Launch – Miriam Vogel, Paul Dongha, and Ray Eitel-Porter
The post announces a special episode of the *In AI We Trust?* podcast where EqualAI CEO Miriam Vogel and co‑authors Paul Dongha and Ray Eitel‑Porter launch their new book *Governing the Machine*, outlining their motivation and the book’s core lessons...
Intuit Learned to Build AI Agents for Finance the Hard Way: Trust Lost in Buckets, Earned Back in Spoonfuls
Intuit unveiled Intuit Intelligence, an AI orchestration layer for QuickBooks that deploys specialized agents for tasks like tax compliance and payroll, querying verified financial data from native, third‑party and user‑uploaded sources instead of generating text. The system embeds explainability UI...
AI Research Agents Deliver Deep, Cited Analyses Faster
Ever tried using ChatGPT or Gemini for research, only to hit a wall when you need real multi-step analysis or technical synthesis? That’s why I tried OpenAI’s $200/Month plan for their research agent! After wasting hours piecing together reports and technical...
Adobe Launches AI Assistants for Express and Photoshop
Adobe unveiled AI assistants for its Creative Cloud apps Express and Photoshop, with Express offering a toggleable mode that generates images and designs from text prompts, and Photoshop’s closed‑beta sidebar assistant capable of understanding layers, auto‑selecting objects, creating masks and...
You Can Tell Adobe Express’s New AI Assistant to Edit Your Designs for You
Adobe has launched a public beta of an AI Assistant for its Express design platform, offering a chatbot‑style interface that lets users create or edit visuals through natural‑language prompts. The tool can handle vague requests like “make this pop,” specific...
Adobe Firefly Image 5 Brings Support for Layers, Will Let Creators Make Custom Models
Adobe unveiled Firefly Image 5, boosting native generation resolution to 4 megapixels and improving human rendering, while introducing layered and prompt‑based editing that lets users modify objects without losing detail. The update adds a closed‑beta feature for creators to build custom image...
Adobe’s New AI Audio Tools Can Add Soundtracks and Voice-Overs to Videos
Adobe unveiled two new generative‑AI audio tools, Generate Soundtrack and Generate Speech, in public beta on its Firefly platform. Generate Soundtrack analyzes an uploaded video and produces up to four instrumental clips—each up to five minutes—aligned to the footage, with...
Photoshop and Premiere Pro’s New AI Tools Can Instantly Edit More of Your Work
Adobe unveiled a suite of generative‑AI upgrades at its Max event, letting Photoshop’s Generative Fill run on third‑party models such as Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash and Black Forest Labs’ Flux.1 Kontext alongside Adobe’s own Firefly. The company also introduced a web‑based AI Assistant for...
“We Will Never Build a Sex Robot,” Says Mustafa Suleyman
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warned against building "seemingly conscious" AI while unveiling new Copilot features aimed at keeping users grounded in reality. The updates include a group‑chat mode, a "Real Talk" setting that reduces sycophancy, expanded memory for personal...
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#176: ChatGPT Atlas, ChatGPT Atlas Security Issues, Letter to Pause Superintelligence, Amazon’s Plan to Automate 600,000 Jobs & New Data...
The post introduces The Artificial Intelligence Show, a weekly podcast that distills AI news, analysis, and actionable insights for professionals and businesses. Hosted by Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput, the show blends timely updates, listener Q&A, and deep‑dive storytelling, aiming...
An AI Adoption Riddle
The author investigated whether companies are scaling back AI spending after recent setbacks, such as the underwhelming GPT‑5 launch and a report that 95% of generative AI pilots are failing. Despite widespread media narratives of an AI bubble, no firm...
Neo Robot Launch Prioritizes Everyday Chores Over Stunts
What is @1x_tech up to later today at 11 a.m.? Launching its Neo home robot. Here's @karpathy who I surprised with my Apple Vision Pro on right after he hugged Neo while teleoperating it in one of the demos at its party...
Predictions 2026: The Race To Trust And Value
Forrester’s 2026 predictions warn that economic and geopolitical volatility will persist, tempering AI hype and prompting leaders to shift from ambition to pragmatism. The firm advises marketers, CX and tech executives to prioritize trust, operational discipline, and accountable AI governance...
AI-Driven OS and Home Robots Redefine Tomorrow
Agreed. @flowith_ai's new OS is pretty mind blowing. More later after I play with it more. Just got home from @1x_tech which is launching its home-focused robot tomorrow. I'll have a lot more to say about that shortly. I am...
OpenAI Offers Free ChatGPT Go for One Year to All Users in India
OpenAI will give all users in India a free one‑year subscription to its ChatGPT Go plan if they sign up during a promotion that begins on November 4. The offer applies to new and existing ChatGPT Go subscribers, a tier that costs under...
Rethinking Clinical Trial Operations with AI and Remote Monitoring - with Scott Bradley of Novartis
The post highlights a podcast episode with Scott Bradley, Novartis’ VP of AI and Innovation, discussing how artificial intelligence and remote monitoring are reshaping clinical trial design, operations, and patient engagement. Key takeaways include AI‑driven trial optimization, real‑time data collection...
Personalization and Innovation in a Regulated Industry: Experian’s Kathleen Peters
The post features Experian’s chief innovation officer Kathleen Peters discussing how the company’s Innovation Lab leverages generative and agentic AI—especially after the 2022 democratization of tools like ChatGPT—to accelerate product development such as the Experian Assistant, which lets non‑technical users...
From Apple IIs to Robots: Tech’s Wild Leap
I just interviewed @karpathy for the first time in my life at @1x_tech. Right after he got a demo. I will have his video up later but turn up the audio and listen to what I have learned. The event here is...
Exploring New Control Features in Generative Video Tools
Trying the new “control” features in generative video tools https://t.co/vRDrz0B7zf
Screens Now Track Your Movements in Virtual Worlds
your screen now understands how you move in virtual worlds
Open‑source AI: Essential Foundation, Calls for Global Expansion
Great to see the shoutout from Jensen @nvidia for open-source AI & @huggingface. Open-source is the foundation of AI and we need much more of it in the US & around the world! https://t.co/kFtBAPbqZi
AI Multiplies Impact; Quality Data Determines Success
AI is a multiplier, not a miracle. Your data makes or breaks it.
AI Tools Shift From Research to Infrastructure when Delivering Value
If an AI tool creates motion without movement, it’s research. When it compresses a release cycle, trims spend, or expands revenue, it becomes infrastructure.
Seeking Reliable AI Face‑Swap Solution After Deepfake Setback
Best face swap method in ai right now? Progress got nuked during the deepfake drama and I have about 6 minutes of generated footage with a slightly off face that needs a reliable fix
AI Breakthroughs Imminent; Watch Videos for Insight
I'm hearing the same. That we are in a lull right now and that breakthroughs are coming. I'm uploading two videos with @blevlabs right now. He has one, and there are others. The videos are long, but worthy to see...
AI‑trained Unitree G1 Pulls 1,400 Kg Car
Researchers at Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) trained a Unitree G1 to pull a 1,400 kg car. https://t.co/uC9Xxw5Jap #unitreeg1 #Robotics #humanoid #AI @RLDI_Lamy @Ronald_vanLoon @baski_LA @labordeolivier @TysonLester
ChatGPT Go Launches in Brazil for R$39.99 per Month
1/ Hey Brazil, ChatGPT Go is now available for just R$39,99 per month — a more affordable way to use our advanced AI tool. https://t.co/UcfuEreIhg
OpenAI Shifts to Public Benefit Corporation Status
OpenAI conversion to PBC https://t.co/3tdPRWR4DU
Amazon's 750k Robots Replace Thousands of Warehouse Workers
🇺🇸 Amazon has more than 750,000 #Robots working in all their #warehouses. Each picking robot in the warehouse can replace 24 #workers #amazon #Robotics #humanoid @mvollmer1 @vinod1975 @helene_wpli @KirkDBorne @jeffkagan https://t.co/ylFLhlV6d7
AR + Generative AGI Enables Instant Expert Performance
Augmented reality + generative AGI means people can suddenly do expert-level work they never trained #AR #MR #XR #VR #GenAGI #GenAI #AugmentedReality #AI @anand_narang @antgrasso @Khulood_Almani @AlbertoEMachado @baski_LA https://t.co/dFrCsWVSh0
AI Frees Workers to Focus on Creativity, Strategy
AI is transforming job roles by letting humans focus on creativity and strategy while automating routine tasks. Ready to shift from creator to curator? Learn more: https://t.co/99Xzl56S7R #AI #FutureOfWork #IoT #IBM https://t.co/HGXLy1QbNZ
OpenAI Announces Major Leap in AI Capabilities
OpenAI is upping the ante massively https://t.co/MmMAdIF7GL via @ft https://t.co/olx1X0v4DJ
Finding the Balance: When AI Becomes Too Much
Voices : How Much AI Is Too Much AI? https://t.co/GlQ91uudUG #AI #artificial_intelligence @ipfconline1 @JagersbergKnut @Khulood_Almani @Nicochan33