U.S. Department of Labor Defines 5 Key Areas of AI Literacy
The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled an AI Literacy Framework that defines five core competency areas for workers to use and evaluate generative AI responsibly. The framework outlines understanding AI principles, exploring real‑world uses, directing AI effectively, evaluating outputs, and using AI responsibly, and offers guidance for employers, educators, and government agencies. It aims to embed AI education across the workforce and education systems, providing training principles and recommendations to accelerate safe AI adoption.
AI Startups Are Tying Fees to Completed Tasks. Will Hospitals Buy In?
Healthcare AI startups are moving from traditional SaaS subscriptions to transaction‑based pricing, charging per successfully completed task such as scheduling or intake workflows. Companies like Prosper AI, MedCalls.ai and Intelliclinic tie fees to usage, promising alignment with customer ROI. Investors...
EY Launches Agentic Sales Orchestration Platform with Snowflake and Canva
EY announced the launch of EY.ai Agentic for Sales, an AI‑driven sales orchestration platform built with Snowflake’s data cloud and Canva’s design automation. The solution integrates real‑time data intelligence, automated content generation, and EY’s consulting frameworks to streamline prospecting, outreach,...
Google Cloud to Showcase How Gemini-Powered AI Agents Are Transforming Healthcare at HIMSS26
Google Cloud announced a suite of Gemini‑powered AI agents at HIMSS26, partnering with major health players including Humana, CVS Health, Highmark, Waystar and Quest Diagnostics. The agents target patient engagement, workflow automation, revenue‑cycle management and lab‑result interpretation, leveraging the Vertex...
US Reportedly Considering Sweeping New Chip Export Controls
U.S. Commerce Department is drafting rules that would require government approval for any export of AI‑focused semiconductors such as those made by AMD and Nvidia. The proposal differentiates review intensity based on order size, with small shipments getting a basic...
With the Blessing of Ex-IRS Chief, Prime Meridian Unveils Free Tax Filing Platform
Prime Meridian, a Palo Alto startup, unveiled a free AI‑native tax filing platform on Thursday. The service guides users from document upload to filing, supporting both simple and complex returns such as K‑1s, investment income, and multistate wages. Backed by...
Online Lender Bets on 47-Second Mortgages in AI Race with Giants
Better Home & Finance has launched a ChatGPT‑powered underwriting tool that can evaluate mortgage applications in as little as 47 seconds, positioning the company as a mortgage‑as‑a‑service provider for banks, brokers and fintechs. The solution integrates Better’s Tinman engine with...
SANY Highlights AI Service Assistant and Remote Control at CONEXPO 2026
At CONEXPO 2026 SANY unveiled its AI Service Assistant (SASA), RootPilot 3D guidance system, and a 5G‑enabled Remote Control that let visitors operate an excavator 6,500 miles away. The company also highlighted telematics that integrate location, hours and maintenance data...
Global Change Award Names 20 Startups Targeting Fashion’s Next Tech Frontier
The H&M Foundation announced the 20 finalists for its 2026 Global Change Award, selecting them from 450 submissions across 81 countries. The cohort spans materials science, AI‑driven design tools, microbial dyes, seaweed‑based elastane and circular business models aimed at reducing...
NIST Director Nominee Commits to Support AI Standards-Setting, Manufacturing
Arvind Raman, a Purdue professor nominated to lead NIST, told the Senate Commerce Committee he will prioritize advancing AI metrology and establishing U.S. leadership in global AI standards. He emphasized aligning standards with American free‑market values and pledged to bridge...
Cardiologists Develop New AI Screening Tool for Structural Heart Disease
Columbia University cardiologists unveiled EchoNext, an AI algorithm that analyzes standard electrocardiograms to screen for structural heart disease such as severe aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation and heart failure. In a published JACC case report, the tool flagged an asymptomatic 84‑year‑old...
To Survive the AI Age, Publishers Are Finally Working Together
Publishers in the United Kingdom have launched SPUR, a standards alliance that brings together the BBC, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Sky News and The Guardian to protect their content from unchecked AI use. The group aims to establish guardrails for responsible AI, simplify licensing...
Co-Packaged Optics and the AI Data Center: From Skepticism to Strategic Adoption
Co‑Packaged Optics (CPO) is being touted as a solution to AI data‑center bandwidth, latency, and power challenges. While hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon are already testing CPO to slash interconnect power by up to 40 % and enable...
Validio Secures $30M To Enhance Enterprise AI Data Quality
Validio announced a $30 million Series A round led by Plural, bringing total funding to $47 million after an 800 % revenue surge. The Stockholm‑based startup offers an automated data‑quality platform that monitors billions of records, detects anomalies, and maps lineage in days rather...
Boulder Valley Schools, Colo., Ban ChatGPT for Students
Boulder Valley School District blocked ChatGPT on all student devices and Wi‑Fi after safety concerns about group chats, multimedia generation, and inadequate age verification. The district is promoting MagicSchool AI, a teacher‑approved platform with built‑in guardrails. The ban received backing from...
Schrödinger Stock – A Dead Cat Bounce?
Schrödinger’s stock has plunged 88% over five years, leaving a sub‑$1 billion market cap. The company’s AI‑driven software segment posted 11% revenue growth in 2025 and aims for modest 12% growth in 2026, while shifting customers to cloud contracts that compress...
The Rage at OpenAI Has Grown So Immense That There Are Entire Protests Against It
OpenAI’s recent Department of Defense partnership sparked unprecedented protests, with users abandoning ChatGPT for Anthropic’s Claude after a 300% surge in app uninstall rates. Demonstrations by the “QuitGPT” movement erupted in San Francisco and London, condemning potential job losses, environmental...
TestSprite 2.1 Released
TestSprite unveiled version 2.1, delivering a 4‑5× faster AI testing engine, broader test coverage, a visual Test Modification Interface, and native GitHub integration that runs tests on every pull request. The release targets the four chief developer pain points—speed, coverage, control,...
What SMEC’s Data Reveals About AI Max Performance via @Sejournal, @Brookeosmundson
Smarter Ecommerce (SMEC) examined over 250 e‑commerce Search campaigns that used Google’s AI Max feature. The study found a median 13% lift in conversion value but a 16% rise in cost per acquisition, indicating higher revenue at a higher price....
Lunit to Be Featured in 21 AI Imaging Studies on Breast Cancer, Lung Disease at ECR 2026
Lunit will showcase 21 AI imaging studies at the European Congress of Radiology 2026 in Vienna, including oral and poster presentations of its INSIGHT MMG, Scorecard and INSIGHT CXR solutions. A breast‑cancer risk‑assessment trial of 67,686 women showed risk scores...
Researchers Are Combining Drones and AI to Make Removing Land Mines Faster and Safer
Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have combined drone‑borne multisensor imaging with artificial intelligence to dramatically speed up land‑mine detection while reducing risk to human deminers. Their field trials showed that drone‑mounted magnetic sensors match ground‑based accuracy and can survey...
OpenAI’s New GPT-5.4 Model Is a Big Step Toward Autonomous Agents
OpenAI has launched GPT‑5.4, its latest model that combines advanced reasoning, coding, and professional‑task abilities with native computer‑use capabilities, allowing it to issue keyboard and mouse commands from screenshots. The model, available via the ChatGPT web app, Android, API, Codex,...
AI Spots Heart and Lung Conditions in Eye Images of Premature Infants
Researchers have developed a deep‑learning algorithm that reads retinal photographs taken during routine retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screenings to flag serious lung and heart conditions in preterm infants. In a study of 493 infants across seven NICUs, the model achieved...
Ex-Comscore Innovation Head Resurfaces At Tenetic
Tenetic, an AI‑powered insights platform for advertising buyers and sellers, announced the hiring of former Comscore innovation head David Algranati as Chief Research and Production Officer. Algranati is known for leading initiatives aimed at attracting Nielsen’s customers. The move is...
Not so Fast: Anthropic and US Military Might Do Business After All
Anthropic has resumed negotiations with the Trump administration to allow the U.S. military to use its Claude AI models after a $200 million Department of Defense contract fell apart over surveillance and autonomous‑weapon clauses. CEO Dario Amodei aims to avoid a...
Data Supply Chains: The New Framework for Managing AI, Analytics, and Real-Time Insights
Enterprises are shifting from static data warehouses to a data supply chain model that manages information as a continuous, end‑to‑end flow. The framework defines stages—ingestion, transformation, storage, distribution, and consumption—optimizing each to support AI, analytics, and real‑time insights. By integrating...
Plug-and-Play GMSL Camera Adapters Turn NVIDIA Jetson Orin Dev Kits Into Rugged Multi-Camera Vision Platforms
oToBrite unveiled plug‑and‑play GMSL2 camera adapters that convert NVIDIA Jetson Orin developer kits into rugged, multi‑camera vision platforms. The kits support four or eight GMSL2 cameras via standard FAKRA connectors and include driver bundles with JetPack 6.2 for immediate testing. Designed...
How Vibe Coding Is Filling the White Spaces in Advisor Tech Stacks
Vibe coding lets financial advisors generate custom applications by prompting AI models, bypassing traditional programming. Tim Witham’s $100‑per‑month Claude subscription produced a portfolio‑analysis tool that replaces YCharts and adds thousands of dollars in value. Advisors like Shaun Melby are building...
OpenAI Releases Symphony: An Open Source Agentic Framework for Orchestrating Autonomous AI Agents Through Structured, Scalable Implementation Runs
OpenAI unveiled Symphony, an open‑source framework that orchestrates autonomous AI coding agents through structured implementation runs. Built on Elixir and the Erlang/BEAM runtime, it leverages fault‑tolerant concurrency to manage hundreds of isolated tasks. The system polls issue trackers such as...
HIMSS
Microsoft unveiled Dragon Copilot, an AI‑driven assistant designed to slash clinicians’ administrative workload. The tool integrates with leading electronic health record systems, using natural‑language processing to auto‑populate charts, orders, and billing codes. Demonstrated at HIMSS25, Dragon Copilot promises up to...
Hexnode Adds Conversational AI to UEM Platform to Help MSPs Scale Operations
Hexnode has upgraded its Genie AI assistant with a conversational interface for its Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platform. The new natural‑language layer lets IT administrators ask for device data, run remote actions, and receive automated troubleshooting steps in real time....
Brighty Launches Banking AI Agents for Corporate Clients
Brighty, a European crypto‑native digital finance platform, unveiled a Banking API that lets AI agents perform full‑cycle business banking functions such as balance queries, payments, currency exchange, payroll, and reconciliation. The developer‑ready infrastructure enables autonomous invoice processing, approvals, and fund...
Edge AI Puts Real-Time Performance on a Millisecond Deadline
Edge AI is moving from data‑center inference to real‑time execution at the edge, where decisions must be made within milliseconds. Wind River CTO Paul Miller highlighted the role of its 45‑year‑old VxWorks real‑time operating system in delivering deterministic performance for...
Architecting Data And AI In The Era Of Enterprise Intelligence: Meet Shylaja Nathan, Principal Analyst
Shylaja Nathan, former senior vice president of architecture at Fidelity, joins Forrester as a principal analyst focusing on enterprise data and AI strategy. Drawing on more than two decades of experience modernizing data platforms for major financial institutions, she stresses...
University of Minnesota Launches AI Workforce and Innovation Hub
The University of Minnesota unveiled an artificial‑intelligence hub to serve as the campus’s central engine for AI strategy, education, and workforce development. The hub will deliver comprehensive AI curricula for students, staff, and K‑12 educators while fostering partnerships across academia,...
Demand for AI Data Centers Sends Prospectors Hunting for Land and Power
AI data center construction is accelerating, with tech firms targeting 85 GW of power by 2030—about 20% more than the current grid can supply. Start‑ups like Cloverleaf Infrastructure are emerging as “powered land” brokers, securing utility contracts and rural acreage for...
The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot.
Tech giants Amazon and Google are betting that generative AI assistants—Alexa+ and Gemini—will finally make smart homes practical for mainstream consumers. Earlier smart‑home attempts floundered because devices were hard to configure, required ongoing software updates, and raised privacy concerns. Executives...
Harmonic To Unveil Next Generation Spectrum X Media Service At 2026 NAB Show
Harmonic will debut its next‑generation Spectrum X media server at the 2026 NAB Show, showcasing a suite of AI‑enhanced video appliances and SaaS solutions. The new server streamlines ingest and playout, while the XOS Advanced Media Processor adds ATSC 3.0 and DTV+...
Vigloo Launches AI-Powered Creator Dashboard
Vigloo unveiled Vigloo Studio, an AI‑powered creator dashboard tailored for microdrama producers. The platform consolidates viewership statistics, regional breakdowns, episode completion rates, and paid‑viewership data into a single interface. It also delivers a revenue hub showing coin and subscription earnings,...
Ingram Micro Expands AI Automation and Digital Technology
Ingram Micro posted fiscal Q4 2025 net sales of $14.88 billion, up 11.5 % YoY, and net income rose 46 % to $121.4 million. Growth was driven by its Xvantage platform, which integrates over 400 AI/ML models to automate commerce functions such as pricing,...
How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI
In a March 5 2026 HBR Executive Live, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky discussed how AI is reshaping work. He argued executives must decide whether to use AI merely to optimize existing processes or to reinvent their business models for the future. Roslansky...
Autonomize AI Partners with ServiceNow to Build AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions for Payers
Autonomize AI announced a partnership with ServiceNow to co‑develop AI‑driven solutions for health‑plan payers. The collaboration will embed Autonomize’s healthcare‑specific AI agents into ServiceNow’s AI Control Tower, targeting claims processing, fraud detection, care management, and utilization management. By leveraging ServiceNow’s...
Netflix Buys Ben Affleck’s AI Startup
Netflix has acquired InterPositive, the AI filmmaking startup founded by Ben Affleck, integrating its team and appointing Affleck as an advisor. The stealth‑mode company built a proprietary video model that trains on raw footage to assist post‑production tasks such as...
GenFlux Closes $4.2M as Brands Race to Own the AI Answer
GenFlux announced a $4.2 million seed round led by Symbolic Capital to scale its AI‑search optimization platform. The startup monitors brand visibility across eight generative answer engines, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and provides tools for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and...
How Dartmouth Is Rolling Out AI on Campus Faster than Other Colleges
Dartmouth College appointed an English professor as special advisor to the provost on artificial intelligence, tasking him with a campus‑wide temperature check. His report identified lingering faculty resistance but also outlined 22 actionable recommendations for AI integration. The plan includes...
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Plots Massive Data Centers Across US, Canada
Kevin O’Leary’s O’Leary Digital announced a joint venture with West GenCo to build the Wonder Valley data‑center campus in Utah, targeting up to 7.5 gigawatts of power. A sister campus in Grande Prairie, Alberta, will mirror the capacity, creating an initial 15‑gigawatt...
The Next Phase of Search: AI SEO Playbook for 2026 and Beyond
Search is shifting from clicks to AI‑generated answers, with Google’s AI Overviews delivering roughly 49% more impressions while click‑through rates fall about 30%. Assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity cite only ~1% of listed sources, favoring high‑trust domains like...
Inside a Startup Building Tools for AI Agents
Circuit & Chisel, a New York startup founded by former Stripe crypto executives, raised $19.2 million to launch ATXP, an agent transaction protocol that enables AI agents to navigate and execute payments autonomously. The company’s backers include Stripe, Polygon Labs, and Samsung Next, signaling strong...
The Unchanged ROI Question: What Ambient AI Is Actually Delivering in Financial and Operational Returns
Ambient AI entered healthcare as a digital scribe, delivering 20‑40% documentation time reductions and easing clinician burnout. As pilots grew into enterprise rollouts, finance leaders began demanding returns beyond reclaimed hours. The technology’s next phase—real‑time autonomous coding and integrated denial...
Codenotary Trust Delivers Autonomous AI Security for Linux and Kubernetes
Codenotary unveiled Codenotary Trust, a SaaS platform that leverages artificial intelligence to detect, prioritize, and autonomously remediate security, configuration, and performance issues across Linux, containers, VMs, and applications. The solution is built for junior and mid‑level administrators, addressing the talent gap...