AI Journal 173rd Edition

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August 01, 2025

Today’s Highlights

Cognizant and WRITER Partner to Scale Secure AI Agents for Regulated Industries

Cognizant has partnered with WRITER to help enterprises scale secure, domain-specific AI agents, especially in regulated sectors like finance and life sciences. Combining Cognizant’s industry expertise with WRITER’s agentic platform, the partnership enables organizations to streamline operations, enhance compliance, and accelerate AI adoption with confidence, control, and measurable impact.

Bill Gates on Thriving in the AI Era: Stay Curious, Embrace Change

As AI rapidly transforms industries and reshapes jobs, Bill Gates urges young people to embrace change by staying curious, reading, and mastering new tools. Acknowledging AI’s power to boost productivity, Gates warns of societal challenges due to its fast pace. He stresses the importance of adapting, upskilling, and using AI to engage in meaningful, impactful work.

Shadow AI Drives Up Cost of Data Breaches, IBM Reports Finds

According to IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, one in five organizations suffered cyberattacks linked to “shadow AI,” leading to data breaches costing $670,000 more on average. Despite AI's growing use, 97% of breached firms lacked proper AI access controls. The report warns that weak AI governance and supply-chain vulnerabilities amplify risks, urging stronger AI security and oversight.M Report Finds

Harmonic Launches Aristotle: Aiming for Hallucination-Free AI in Math and Reasoning

AI startup Harmonic, co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, has launched a beta chatbot app featuring its model, Aristotle, which aims to deliver hallucination-free answers in math-based domains. Using the Lean programming language for formal verification, Aristotle is designed for precise reasoning in fields like physics and computer science. Harmonic recently raised $100M at an $875M valuation.

  • PlayerZero, founded by Animesh Koratana at Stanford’s DAWN lab, raised a $15M Series A to tackle AI-generated bugs. Its AI agents detect and fix issues in large codebases, with enterprise adopters like Zuora already using the tech in production.

  • Julius AI, founded by Rahul Sonwalkar, raised $10M in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Acting as an AI data analyst, Julius simplifies complex data tasks via natural language and boasts 2M+ users and 10M+ visualizations.

  • Ramp, an AI-driven expense management startup, has raised $500M at a $22.5B valuation. The funds will expand AI agent development for finance automation. Despite rapid adoption, concerns around data security and trust in agentic AI remain significant.

 

INTERESTING POSTS

Most people can’t spot AI fakes—only 62% accuracy. Microsoft’s tool detects over 95%, revealing deepfake risks and challenges.

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AI video startups Luma and Runway are exploring robotics, self-driving, and gaming as major new markets for future revenue growth

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff argues AI augments, not replaces, workers—even as Salesforce automates 50% of tasks and uses AI to handle 85% of support and boost sales efficiency.

Experts from AI Now unpack Trump’s AI agenda, exposing Big Tech power grabs, real-world AI harms, and the myth of inevitability behind AGI’s billion-dollar, government-backed race.

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AI TOOLS

Top AI Tools for Smarter Email Management

  • Clippit AI : A lightweight browser extension using advanced AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to write, revise, and summarize emails in Gmail and more.

  • MailMaestro : AI-powered assistant for Outlook and Gmail. Instantly summarizes threads, drafts context-aware replies, and organizes your inbox—learns your tone and workflow.

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  • MailerLite : Email marketing platform with AI-powered subject lines, predictive send times, automation, and a writing assistant for creators or small businesses.

  • Rytr : An affordable, user-friendly AI writer for daily email and communication tasks—supports multiple tones and instant grammar corrections.

  • Shortwave : AI Gmail manager for scheduling, reminders, powerful search, draft replies, and integrating tasks/workflows into your email.

  • Lavender : AI sales email coach—analyzes your messages, offers writing tips, and helps improve reply rates for effective outreach.

AI IN HEALTHCARE

  • Bon Natural Life launches AI-driven drug discovery platform, accelerating identification of promising compounds from traditional Chinese medicine for faster breakthroughs. Link

  • MedTiles Transforms Diagnostics with AI: A startup in Portugal, MedTiles, developed AI tools to analyze medical scans, delivering faster and more accurate diagnoses in dermatology, radiology, and pathology. Link

  • AI Health Coach Avatars with Memory: LeggUP now offers AI health coach avatars with long-term memory to support behavioral and mental wellness, providing personalized coaching and continuity for stress, burnout, and anxiety. Link

  • Mediwhale’s Retinal AI Detects Multiple Diseases: Mediwhale rolled out an AI system that analyzes retinal images to non-invasively identify risks of heart, kidney, and eye diseases, and is being adopted in hospitals worldwide. Link

That’s a wrap for this week’s AI insights! Stay curious, stay informed, and don’t forget—next Friday brings more breakthroughs your way. Until then, keep exploring the future!"

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