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Intel has admitted it cannot keep up with exploding AI chip demand as orders outrun supply and shake markets, which means your AI roadmap may now need a backup plan and a slightly more forgiving timeline. Google is adding verification and security layers to education AI to fight deepfakes and ransomware, which is a gentle hint for professionals everywhere that trusting AI content blindly is so last quarter. Meanwhile BNY Mellon is already running with over 100 digital employees that finish tasks in minutes instead of hours, which means the future of work is officially here and it clocks in instantly without asking where the coffee machine is.

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• 🎓 Google – Secures Education AI With Verification.

• 🧑‍💻 Digital Employees – Transform Workflows At BNY.

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📉 Intel Can’t Keep Up With AI Chip Demand

🧠The Pulse

Intel warned investors that surging demand for server processors used in AI data centres has outrun production capacity. The company forecast revenue and profit below expectations, causing its stock to drop. Executives admitted they were caught off guard by AI orders and cannot fully meet customer requirements completely this quarter.

📌The Download

• Demand soars – Orders for Intel’s server chips have skyrocketed as clients build new AI clusters. Intel said demand outstrips supply despite factories running at full capacity as generative AI deployment ramps across industries.

• Capacity constraints – The company acknowledged it cannot fulfil all orders because of manufacturing yield challenges and past capital‑spending decisions, which left it without enough production capacity to match sudden AI demand across its network.

• Financial impact – With revenue and profit forecasts falling short of analysts’ estimates, Intel’s shares tumbled around 13%. Executives said they will prioritise high‑margin products and may adjust pricing to manage limited supply over the quarter.

• Leadership response – CEO Pat Gelsinger and CFO David Zinsner said they were caught off guard by the AI boom but remain committed to building new factories and working closely with partners like Nvidia and SoftBank to increase output over time.

💡What This Means for You

If your organisation relies on AI infrastructure, expect chip shortages and price increases. Diversify hardware vendors, monitor supply‑chain risks and plan for longer procurement cycles. Professionals should coordinate with technology and finance teams to prioritise workloads and evaluate cloud providers that can absorb hardware constraints until supply catches up carefully.

🛡️ Google Adds Verification and Security to Education AI

🧠The Pulse

Google unveiled security upgrades for Workspace for Education, including SynthID to verify AI‑generated images and videos. The company will expand verification to audio and third‑party models. New admin controls detect ransomware, restore files and restrict live‑stream access, underlining the need for secure AI adoption, available worldwide this year for educators.

📌The Download

• Image & video verification – SynthID will watermark and verify AI‑generated images and videos created in the Gemini app. Educators and students can confirm authenticity, helping combat misinformation and deepfakes, and will label content generated by non‑Gemini tools and can help educators build citizenship lessons.

• Expanded scope – Google plans to extend verification technology to audio files and third‑party models, reflecting a broader push to ensure trustworthy AI across modalities so institutions can audit contributions across platforms and ensure ethical media literacy.

• Ransomware defence – New administrative tools will detect ransomware activity in Google Drive and automatically restore compromised files. A SecOps data connector will forward all Workspace logs to Google’s security platform, improving incident response and aid forensic analysis.

• Meet access controls – Google Meet hosts can restrict live‑stream access to specific users or groups. Combined with verification and security updates, these controls make AI‑powered education platforms safer and more compliant, helping schools enforce policies and privacy rules.

💡What This Means for You

As AI‑generated content proliferates, verifying authenticity becomes critical. Educators and professionals should adopt tools that watermark AI creations and monitor for ransomware. Anticipate stricter access controls in virtual meetings and ensure compliance with privacy and cybersecurity policies when deploying generative AI in classrooms or corporate training across industries and regions.

🧑‍💻 Digital Employees Transform Workflows at BNY and Beyond

🧠The Pulse

BNY Mellon now employs more than 100 digital workers—AI agents with employee IDs and human supervisors. These bots handle tasks like client onboarding, cutting completion time from 20 hours to under seven minutes. They show how organisations can integrate AI agents while retaining governance and oversight across industries securely today.

📌The Download

• AI agents employed – BNY has deployed over 100 digital employees across 200+ workflows. Each agent possesses an employee ID and reports to a human manager, providing transparency and accountability, handling data entry and reporting tasks.

• Productivity gains – Automating client onboarding and tasks has reduced processing time from about 20 hours to under seven minutes, freeing human staff to focus on high‑value activities and enabling client engagement and experiences.

• Governance frameworks – The bank emphasises governance: agents are governed by policies that detect and tag sensitive data, de‑identify personal information and enforce role‑based access controls, aligning with regulations like HIPAA and GDPR and ensures compliance with industry regulations.

• Industry precedent – Boston Scientific and other companies are adopting similar governance for AI. Integrating digital employees with human supervisors sets a precedent for safe deployment of AI agents in highly regulated industries, showing AI can coexist with humans around the world.

💡What This Means for You

AI agents will soon be part of many teams. Embrace them as efficiency boosters while advocating for clear oversight and data governance. Understanding how digital employees interface with humans will help you design workflows that leverage automation responsibly and maintain compliance with privacy laws and ethical standards in the enterprise.

IN AI TODAY - QUICK HITS

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Short, sharp updates to keep your finger on the AI pulse.

• Cleaning Giant Gambles 4 Billion Yuan on Robotics: China’s smart‑cleaning leader Dreame Technology registered two robotics subsidiaries, each with ¥2 billion capital, signalling a 4‑billion‑yuan bet on intelligent robots. The move shifts Dreame beyond vacuums into a “people‑home‑car” ecosystem, capitalising on China’s booming robot market and its own AI robotic arm expertise.

• OpenAI Scales DB: How 800 Million ChatGPT Users Are Served: OpenAI detailed how it scales its database to support 800 million ChatGPT users. A single primary Azure PostgreSQL server and nearly 50 read replicas handle millions of queries per second across multiple regions, a 10× load increase. Ongoing work migrates write‑heavy workloads to sharded systems for further resilience today.

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