Today on Pulse on AI: Yandex scales transformer recommenders with ARGUS, modeling full context–item–feedback sequences over long histories and deploying via fast two-tower vectors; Amazon debuts Chronos-2, a universal zero-shot time series forecaster using group attention and in-context learning; OpenAI launches Atlas, an AI-first browser with agent mode and optional memories; AWS shows serverless deployment for SageMaker Canvas models; we unpack an OpenAI math-claim miscommunication; discuss ethical concerns over AI-generated fundraising imagery; cover Locstat’s graph AI funding, Indian IT’s AI-heavy mega deals, WeRide’s Hong Kong listing path, and a few consumer AI tidbits. Three takeaways: scale plus task framing matters, AI is shifting from assist to act, and precision and ethics underpin trust.

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• FY26’s Record-Breaking Indian IT Deals
• M5 iPad Pro tested: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before
• Serverless deployment for your Amazon SageMaker Canvas models
• SA AI startup Locstat raises $2.3m pre-Series A funding to accelerate UK/EU expansion
• Aid groups use AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ to juice fundraising efforts
• AI Upended My Company’s Product Roadmap. Here’s How We Pivoted — and Kept Customers Bought In
• WeRide Passes Hong Kong Listing Hearing, Poised to Become “First Robotaxi Stock” on HKEX
• As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025
• Leading OpenAI researcher announced a GPT-5 math breakthrough that never happened
• Scaling Recommender Transformers to a Billion Parameters
• Introducing Chronos-2: From univariate to universal forecasting
• ChatGPT Atlas: OpenAI launches web browser centered around its chatbot
• OpenAI's Atlas Browser Takes Direct Aim at Google Chrome
• My cat and I both love this self-cleaning litter box, and it just got a big discount