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Google Turns Browser Into AI Assistant With Gemini
Google is giving Chrome its biggest overhaul in more than a decade, embedding its Gemini artificial-intelligence system into the browser to make AI a
Learning the natural history of human disease with generative transformers
Decision-making in healthcare relies on understanding patients’ past and current health states to predict and, ultimately, change their future course1-3. Artificial intelligence (AI) methods promise to aid this task by...
Solving Work Sprawl: ClickUp’s GVP on AI & the Future of Work
ClickUp’s GVP of Solutions shares how AI and a Converged Workspace help teams overcome Work Sprawl and reconnect strategy with execution.
Charlie Kirk’s AI resurrection ushers in a new era of digital grief
(RNS) — Megachurch pastor Jack Graham was in the middle of his Sunday message to Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, this past weekend when he paused to cue up...
Three Big Projects That Win The AI Prize In Silicon Valley
AI innovators showcased three standout tools at Stanford: Godela for physics simulations, Oligo for efficient spacecraft design, and BioReact for bioprocess automation.
Nscale outlines major UK AI infra commitment with partners
Nscale, OpenAI, and Nvidia are also creating Stargate UK, a new platform to support OpenAI’s workloads in the country.
AI is helping General Motors to avoid expensive supply chain interruptions like hurricanes and material shortages
GM’s AI-driven system can analyze data to predict events like hurricanes and map out suppliers, enhancing the automaker’s supply chain resilience.
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI And Robotics Headline Busy Week For Dealmaking
Another week, another review of giant AI-related financings. For this past week, the standout fundraiser was humanoid robot developer Figure, with its $1 billion Series C. Several other AI companies...
AI data centers would need millions of gallons of North Carolina’s water supply a day
A single AI data center could use as much water as a small town, raising questions in North Carolina about growth, climate resilience and resource planning.
Amazon’s Seller Assistant Now Acts on Merchants’ Behalf
Amazon upgraded Seller Assistant so that it can take actions for sellers — monitoring inventory, flagging issues and suggesting growth strategies.
A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals
Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ pediatric units providing emotional support while helping to combat staffing...
AI On: How Onboarding Teams of AI Agents Drives Productivity and Revenue for Businesses
Onboarding AI agents will become a core strategic function for businesses as leaders orchestrate digital talent across the organization.
Microsoft Copilot is taking over Teams. Here’s how AI will shape your daily workflow
All the tasks Microsoft says Copilot can handle for you now, across your entire workday.
UC Davis Health receives $2.8 million grant from NIH to create AI-based digital pathology tool
Gastroenterology researchers have received a $2.8 million grant from NIH to study the mechanisms of cell therapy using an AI-based digital pathology tool.
ASTP finds more health systems are adopting predictive AI
Nearly seven in 10 hospitals were using predictive artificial intelligence in 2024, with a surge in the use of third-party or self-developed automated billing, the agency says. Also, hospitals slower...
Meta Ray-Ban Display and everything else unveiled at Meta Connect 2025
Meta unveiled new versions of its AI-powered smart glasses, as well as a gesture-indicating wristband.
Gen-Z Takes on a New Role at Work: AI Tutoring
A recent study found nearly two-thirds of Gen-Zers now voluntarily help older coworkers to use AI apps, increasing productivity across the workplace, and boosting their reputations at work.
Companies are choosing AI investment over hiring, big raises
It’s not clear how much of the job market softness is due to AI-driven gains versus general economic weakness.
Octopus Energy spins off its Kraken utility billing and AI platform
The British renewable energy provider said that its Kraken platform had $500 million in committed annual revenue, spurring a spinoff that could result in a massive IPO.
Italy leads the EU with sweeping AI laws — prison for harmful deepfakes, workplace rules, and child protections
Italy has tough new AI rules and a €1 billion AI fund to protect and promote simultaneously.
AI Agents Are Coming For Your Buildings. Is Your Office Ready?
Intelligent automation has been in buildings for decades. Trane Technologies is now taking a different approach with the roll out of AI Control and ARIA, an AI agent for buildings.
Verizon Frontline Releases Study on Drones, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence
Verizon Frontline’s survey highlights a significant shift towards AI and drone integration in public safety, with nearly half of responders planning daily use within five years…
Securing The Pandemic Preparedness Engine
CEPI is creating a pandemic-busting AI assistant for scientists. Ensuring its biosecurity from the outset will be key to ensuring safe and
AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities
Bias-reflecting LLMs lead to inferior medical advice for female, Black, and Asian patients.
OpenAI to Spend $100 Billion on Backup Servers for AI Breakthroughs
When OpenAI in March released ChatGPT features that could turn photos into animated characters, a spike in usage forced the company to put temporary limits on the features. It wasn’t...
Bridging fair-aware artificial intelligence and co-creation for equitable mental healthcare
Nature Reviews Psychology – Machine learning algorithms can increase the effectiveness of mental health interventions, but biased systems might exacerbate current disparities in case identification…
OpenAI Raids Apple for Hardware Talent, Manufacturing Partners
As OpenAI’s plans to make devices infused with its artificial intelligence get closer to reality, the company is increasingly plucking talent from Silicon Valley’s most successful device maker: Apple. In...
A Chinese AI tool can manage chronic disease — could it revolutionize health care?
Nature – Artificial intelligence could reduce the strain that ageing populations put on medical systems.
World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life
Nature – Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant strains of bacteria.
Their teenage sons died by suicide. Now, they are sounding an alarm about AI chatbots
Grieving parents and online safety advocates at a congressional hearing called for new laws to regulate AI companion apps to protect the mental health of minors.
Figure AI partners with Brookfield to develop humanoid pre-training dataset
Brookfield, which manages over 500 million sq. ft. of office space and 160 million sq. ft. of logistics space, will provide real-world data.
TSMC, Amkor partner with venture capital firm on startup hub focused on ‘deep tech’
The Phoenix-based startup hub will focus on companies driving new innovations in chip manufacturing and artificial intelligence.
Chrome is getting 10 new AI features — these are the 3 I’m most excited about
Several are already available now
Operationalizing trust: A C-level framework for scaling genAI responsibly
Scaling AI isn’t just tech — it’s trust. a ‘trust loop’ keeps enterprises transparent, compliant, and future-ready.
Microsoft announces “world’s most powerful data center” in latest billion-dollar AI spending splurge
New Microsoft Wisconsin facility will begin operation soon
China’s Huawei co-develops DeepSeek model, improves censoring
Chinese tech giant Huawei has co-developed a safety-focused version of artificial intelligence model DeepSeek that it said is “nearly 100% successful” in preventing discussion of politically sensitive topics.
Figure secures $1B funding to scale humanoid robots
Figure secures $1B Series C funding to scale humanoid robots with AI platform Helix and BotQ manufacturing expansion.
Apple used AI to uncover new blood pressure notification feature in Watch
Apple Watch Series 11 models that go on sale on Friday can notify users that they may have high blood pressure, in a feature the company has powered using artificial...