Pulse of the day
On weekdays, an AI issue is released here: strong sources pass through an AI editor and are assembled into a calm briefing, short versions for channels, and a finished podcast. On weekends the rhythm changes: on Saturday a weekly issue on robotics is released, on Sunday one on technology, so that neural networks, hardware, and tools stay in one stream.
Meta launches the Muse Image model, Anthropic secures a $19B infrastructure deal with TeraWulf, and a critical vulnerability in Google's Dialogflow CX is patched.
Anthropic researchers uncover a hidden 'J-space' in Claude, Tencent releases the open-source Hy3 model, and new regulatory actions emerge regarding AI companions and safety laws.
Meta's new 'Watermelon' model matches GPT-5.5 performance, Cloudflare introduces granular AI traffic controls, and major funding rounds hit Kling AI, Symbotic, and Tripo AI.
This week's digest covers Sony's exit from physical game media, a major supply chain breach at Apple, Google's final antitrust defeat in Europe, and China's breakthrough in GPU-free supercomputing.
This week's digest covers Apptronik's new 90,000-square-foot 'Robot Park' in Austin, Figure 03's deployment at BMW's Spartanburg plant, and Wayve's $8.5 billion valuation. We also explore the 'rent-a-robot' market in China, new funding for Chinese humanoid startups, and updates on Waymo, Tesla, and Amazon Robotics.
Sam Altman proposes a US-led AI safety forum and a 5% government stake in OpenAI. Microsoft launches a $2.5B enterprise AI engineering unit. TML and Bridgewater demonstrate specialized AI performance, while NVIDIA introduces new cloud financing models.
Anthropic relaunches Fable 5 with new cybersecurity filters, Meta explores a cloud business to monetize compute capacity, and Together AI secures $800M in funding.
Anthropic launches Sonnet 5 and restores Fable 5 access, Google releases new Nano Banana and Omni Flash models, and the infrastructure sector sees major funding and engineering commitments from Etched, OpenAI, and AWS.
Meta advances non-invasive brain-to-text technology with Brain2Qwerty v2, while consulting firms begin shifting to outcome-based pricing models. Additionally, Cursor launches an iOS app for agent management, and Anthropic releases new data on AI usage patterns.