Pulse on AI: Safety at the Source, Chips in Short Supply, and Smarter Features: Today’s Realities in AI

Today’s episode dives into practical shifts and structural realities shaping AI. We cover the push to unify sales workflows and prioritize rep effectiveness over tool sprawl; the UK’s plan to pre-test AI models for child-safety risks; ESET’s RMM integration for MSPs; OpenAI’s capital crunch versus broader CHIPS Act tax credits; Apple reserving over half of TSMC’s 2nm capacity and the ripple effects on AI compute; reports that Meta’s Yann LeCun plans a world-models startup; Google’s €5.5B AI data center investment in Germany and sustainability scrutiny; advanced feature engineering methods for high-stakes models; rising calls for secret key hygiene; Google’s LearnLM RCT in math tutoring and new education funding; research showing knowledge edits often decay after fine-tuning and that memorization can be separated from reasoning pathways (with math tied to memory); licensed AI voice marketplaces and improved transcription; evolving copyright and attribution norms; Samsung’s ambient AI; Google’s privacy-hardened cloud AI; and KPIT’s momentum in AI-defined vehicles. Three takeaways: prioritize effectiveness, embed safety and governance, and remember AI progress hinges on real-world infrastructure.

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• ESET to aid MSPs by integrating with ConnectWise Asio
• KPIT Reports 21st Consecutive Quarterly Growth with $232 Mn in New Deals
• Researchers isolate memorization from reasoning in AI neural networks
• Quantifying Edits Decay in Fine-tuned LLMs
• Our latest commitments in AI and learning
• Apple reserves over 50% of TSMC 2nm capacity for 2026
• Altman sticks a different hand out, wants tax credits instead of gov loans
• Expert-Level Feature Engineering: Advanced Techniques for High-Stakes Models
• UK plans pre-release AI testing to prevent child abuse imagery
• Leaks auf Github: Top-KI-Unternehmen haben ihre Keys nicht im Griff
• 5,5 Milliarden Euro: Googles "BIP-Booster" für KI in Deutschland
• Meta's chief AI scientist maps his exit
• OpenAI va a tener que pagar una fortuna en obligaciones crediticias en 2026. Hoy por hoy las cuentas no salen
• The secret to improving your sales team's success rate isn't more tools and data