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(via DEV) Microsoft says AI system better than doctors at diagnosing complex health conditions (via DEV)
Firm says results of research create ‘path to medical superintelligence’ but plays down job implications
(via DEV) What Could a Healthy AI Companion Look Like? (via DEV)
A chatbot designed to avoid anthropomorphism offers a compelling glimpse into the future of human-to-AI relationships.
(via DEV) What’s it like to work with an AI team of virtual scientists? (via DEV)
Nature – Emerging ‘co-scientist’ systems use teams of chatbots to mimic the deliberations of a research group. Do they really help?
(via DEV) Cloudflare just changed the internet, and it’s bad new for the AI giants (via DEV)
The era of unrestricted AI crawling appears to be ending – well, at least for the fifth of the internet that flows through Cloudflare’s pipes.
(via DEV) Defeat of a 10-Year Ban on State A.I. Laws Is a Blow to Tech Industry (via DEV)
All but a handful of states have some laws regulating artificial intelligence.
(via DEV) Can AI outdiagnose doctors? Microsoft’s tool is 4 times better for complex cases (via DEV)
The new system improved one model’s diagnostic accuracy to 85% – but AI probably won’t replace your doctor just yet.
(via DEV) Pay up or stop scraping: Cloudflare program charges bots for each crawl (via DEV)
Cloudflare now beta testing pay-per-crawl feature to stop endless AI scraping.
(via DEV) Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default (via DEV)
The age of the AI scraping free-for-all may be coming to an end. At least if Cloudflare gets its way.
(via DEV) What comes next for AI copyright lawsuits? (via DEV)
Remarkably little has been settled by recent rulings in favor of Anthropic and Meta.
(via DEV) AI agents wrong ~70% of time: Carnegie Mellon study (via DEV)
Feature: More fiction than science
(via DEV) S.F.’s largest employer says bots do ‘50%’ of the work. Employees should be worried (via DEV)
The championing of bot or software labor comes after years of layoffs across the tech industry, as much of the sector has invested heavily in AI.
(via DEV) Yes, You May Lose Your Job To AI. So What Will You Do About It? (via DEV)
AI’s exponential growth will certainly eliminate jobs. People need to fundamentally reimagine their careers through “liquid labor” models and get AI ready.
(via DEV) How the Senate’s ban on state AI regulation imperils internet access (via DEV)
A Senate rule is pitting state AI regulation against broadband funding.
(via DEV) Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator is now available to everyone to try it (via DEV)
The video-generating model that has everyone talking is now accessible to all Google Cloud customers.
(via DEV) Anthropic did not breach copyright when training AI on books without permission, court rules (via DEV)
Judge says firm made ‘fair use’ of literature but that storage of pirated books in central library constituted infringement
(via DEV) Can AI build a virtual cell? Scientists race to model life’s smallest unit (via DEV)
Nature – Several groups hope to develop artificial-intelligence models that can predict how cells behave.
(via DEV) Get paid faster: How Intuit’s new AI agents help businesses get funds up to 5 days faster and save 12 hours a month with autonomous workflows (via DEV)
Looking beyond AI assistants, Intuit has integrated agentic AI deeply into multiple processes to help businesses get things done.
(via DEV) Book authors made the wrong arguments in Meta AI training case, judge says (via DEV)
Judges clash over “schoolchildren” analogy in key AI training rulings.
(via DEV) The Industrial Explosion (via DEV)
What happens to industrial capabilities when AI automates labour?
(via DEV) Meta Wins AI Copyright Case, But Judge Writes Roadmap for Authors’ Revenge (via DEV)
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted summary judgment to Meta in a copyright case brought by 13 authors, saying they offered virtually no proof of how they were harmed by...
(via DEV) Model-based reinforcement learning for ultrasound-driven autonomous microrobots (via DEV)
Nature Machine Intelligence – Medany et al. present AI-driven microrobots that use ultrasound propulsion to learn how to navigate complex environments. These microrobots achieve 90% success after…
(via DEV) A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy (via DEV)
Content generated by artificial intelligence has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.
(via DEV) AI Is Already Crushing the News Industry (via DEV)
Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media