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(Gizmodo) – An AI-generated drug showed early signs of potentially slowing aging, according to a new study out today in Nature Biotechnology, possibly taking the first small step towards using AI to cure all the diseases tech companies companies keep … Read More

(WSJ) – Shanghai is a favored destination, with lower costs than the West and innovation in biotechnology CAR-T therapy, short for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, was pioneered in the U.S. Today, however, Shanghai is emerging as a favored destination … Read More

(Wired) – To keep scammers at bay, dating apps are embracing biometric scanning tools and “verified human” badges. These moves are sparking concerns about surveillance and privacy. Among current online daters in the US, nearly half have been targeted by … Read More

(Nature) – Spread of diseases between humans and animals is an issue around the world. But AI models can be used to monitor their progress. In 2003, the non-profit organization Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) in Entebbe, Uganda, began work … Read More

(Axios) – OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks. Why it matters: Hospitals, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure will … Read More

(WSJ) – Internal testing found the new model capable of executing complex cyberattacks with minimal human input, prompting added security layers OpenAI is limiting the cyber capabilities of a new model it deems capable of pulling off automated cyberattacks, adding … Read More

(Financial Times) – Executives and biosecurity experts are concerned that future models could help users create novel viruses or bioweapons AI groups are racing to address the risk that future models could help users create novel viruses or bioweapons, amid … Read More

(NBC News) – The transplant led to “sustained dialysis independence” for nearly nine months before Tim Andrews, now 68, received a human kidney earlier this year, according to The Lancet. A New Hampshire man, at death’s door 1 ½ years … Read More

(Ars Technica) – About 1 in 500 babies in the Old Order Amish population of Pennsylvania is born with the condition. Infants with the disorder only survive for about six months. Diamontoni confirmed to Lancaster Online that while microcephaly was … Read More

(NPR) – The floods killed at least 1,200 people in Nepal and neighboring Tibet, according to authorities. The disaster also completely destroyed or damaged at least seven hospitals and health centers, says Allison Gocotano, the World Health Organization representative to … Read More

(Futurism) = “Robots become more like people, and people become more like robots.” Now that AI models have officially passed the Turing Test, there’s no doubt that they’re capable of imitating human traits — at least in text form — … Read More

(NYT) – A new policy announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using artificial intelligence, but stops short of a moratorium. When New York City public schoolchildren return to the classroom next week, younger students will be … Read More

(Wired) – With the risk of infection rising, parents and their children are trying to navigate how to safely be out in public as school starts back up. As students head back to school, parents have all the usual worries … Read More

(WSJ) – The genre delivers exactly what we need: pure physical comedy, schadenfreude and a reassuring feeling of superiority Feeling a little terrified about how quickly technology seems to be sidelining humanity? Try watching a robot sprint straight into a … Read More

(The Atlantic) – What else, she wondered, did meditation teachers know that they weren’t telling people? Gradually, starting with that sleep study, the tiers of thought propping up Britton’s worldview—that Buddhism is a cure-all, and that meditation was always beneficial, … Read More

(NYT) – Dayna Mooney chose alternative remedies over the recommendations of her son’s doctors. Was that her right as a parent or a threat to his care? Two weeks earlier, a judge had issued a court order for Presten, who … Read More

(The Guardian) – Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a … Read More

(The Guardian) – Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatment Now a team have developed an AI tool that can spot signs of heart failure and heart valve disease – two of the most … Read More

(Daily Nation) – For years, in various counties, small, low-profile HIV clinics operated almost like a separate world within Kenya’s health system, funded not by the National Treasury but by the United States government, and built, deliberately, to keep a … Read More

(NYT) – Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues. The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered agency … Read More