Mashanka Chahal
Mashanka Chahal is the Co-Founder and Editor of AI-Generative.org, where, since 2022, she has helped shape the platform’s editorial direction, audience strategy, and coverage of emerging developments in generative artificial intelligence.
She brings more than two decades of experience in business development, customer acquisition, content marketing, commercial growth, and launching new initiatives. Her entrepreneurial work includes Farmise.com from 2017 to 2019 and SellROI.com from 2020 to 2021, following earlier leadership and commercial roles at Visa, American Express, Tata Group. She completed executive education in general management, entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and her interests include earned media, financial inclusion, the digital economy, sustainable food and wildlife conservation.
Articles by Mashanka Chahal
AMD Agrees to Buy World Labs in $8.2 Billion All-Stock Deal
AMD has agreed to acquire World Labs, but the transaction has not closed. The chipmaker says the research could help guide its future AI infrastructure.
Microsoft Combines Chat, Coding and Persistent Agents in Redesigned Copilot App
Microsoft has introduced a redesigned Copilot app centered on Home, Code and Autopilot. The staged release combines chat, delegated work, natural-language software creation and persistent AI agents in a single interface.
Appeals Court Upholds Pentagon Authority to Exclude Anthropic Over Military AI Restrictions
The D.C. Circuit denied Anthropic’s challenge to the Pentagon’s removal of Claude from its supply chain, holding that the agency could invoke procurement authority after Anthropic declined to lift restrictions on lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance of Americans.
Pentagon Reportedly Seeks $30.3 Million for AI-Enhanced Polygraph Program
The Defense Department is reportedly seeking $30.3 million over five years for Polygraph+, a proposed overhaul of polygraph screening that could pair AI scoring with remote physiological sensing. The request is not yet approved, and its most consequential question is whether any new system can demonstrate reliable, fair performance in high-stakes vetting.
Meta Expands Muse With Mac Computer Use, Agent Email and Planned Glasses Access
Meta used Connect 2026 to outline a broader role for Muse, including Mac computer use available now and planned email, avatar and AI-glasses features.
FAA Plans Washington Debut for AI Air-Traffic Planning Tool Before Wider Rollout
The FAA is preparing an initial Washington-area deployment of SMART, an AI-enabled planning system that combines schedules, weather, capacity and airspace data to help anticipate congestion. The rollout puts human oversight and usable decision support at the center of an early test in safety-critical public infrastructure.
Newsom Orders California Review of Frontier-AI Safeguards, Including a Potential Kill Switch
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state officials and outside experts to recommend stronger safeguards for frontier AI by November 16, including a potential “kill switch.” The order launches a policy review rather than creating an immediate mandate for developers.
U.S. Agencies Allege Six China-Based AI Firms Ran Large-Scale Model-Distillation Campaigns
The NSA, CISA and FBI say DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI used large-scale querying and routing methods to extract proprietary capabilities from U.S. AI models. China has rejected the allegations.
Roland Releases Melody Flip, an AI Music Plugin Built for Ideas Rather Than Finished Songs
Roland’s Melody Flip is a generative-AI plug-in that produces musical building blocks rather than complete songs. The tool can generate or analyze ideas for melodies, chords, bass, and drums, then export them as audio or MIDI for further work in a DAW.
Alabama Subpoenas OpenAI Over Hugging Face Agent-Security Incident
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of a consumer-protection investigation into the company’s safeguards and oversight following a July security incident involving OpenAI models and Hugging Face.
OpenAI Adds Opt-In Computer History to ChatGPT’s macOS App
OpenAI has added Computer History to the ChatGPT app for macOS, an optional feature that lets ChatGPT and Codex reference activity from selected apps and websites. The company says the feature is off by default, excludes private browsing and does not capture screenshots or audio.
Twitch Adds Opt-Out for Amazon Generative-AI Training on Channel Content
Twitch has introduced a channel-level setting that allows creators to opt out of having specified channel material used in future training of Amazon generative-AI models. The control covers streams, VODs, clips, channel chat and channel text or images, while leaving functions such as captions and safety tools in place.
How AI Was Used to Design New Bacteria-Killing Viruses
A new study shows genome language models can help generate viable bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. Here is what the work demonstrated, why whole-genome design is harder than protein design, and why validation and biosecurity safeguards remain central.