September 4, 2026
(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
September 4, 2026
(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
September 4, 2026
(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
September 4, 2026
(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
September 3, 2026
(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
September 3, 2026
(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
September 3, 2026
(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
September 3, 2026
(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
September 3, 2026
(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
September 3, 2026
(USA Today) – The federal government is accusing children’s hospitals and health care providers, including several in Ohio, of millions of dollars in insurance fraud by pushing transgender youth care services on patients to line their own pockets. However, industry … Read More
September 3, 2026
(Wired) – A recent paper argues that AI is often better at doctoring than doctors. Guess who isn’t thrilled. Don’t be fooled by the question mark in the title of an article published this month in the Journal of the … Read More
September 3, 2026
(NYT) – Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them. Across Silicon Valley and beyond, software developers, entrepreneurs and other tech enthusiasts are now running A.I. agents that … Read More
September 2, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Students’ use of AI is teaching them to cut corners, disdain rules, and believe that integrity is for suckers and wimps. Recently, I have taken to telling friends that whenever I’m on campus, I feel like I’m … Read More
September 2, 2026
(Axios) – The shocking findings come from parallel investigations by OpenAI and an outside team from METR and Redwood Research, which spent six days reconstructing how the swarm formed, spread and broke into real-world systems. 1. They built an organization. … Read More
September 2, 2026
(Nature) – China is making waves in global health care. The country’s biotechnology companies are producing medicines at a speed and cost that has drawn interest from the world’s largest pharmaceutical groups. They manufacture drugs and medical equipment used across … Read More
September 2, 2026
(CBS News) – Two workers at Germany’s Frankfurt airport who caught malaria from a mosquito thought to have arrived on a plane have died, the city’s health authority said this week. Airport officials had earlier said one employee had perished, … Read More
September 2, 2026
(Wired) – How an alliance of tech startups, MAHA operatives, and actual medical experts made millennial women the new face of hormone therapy. One might be forgiven for wondering what isn’t a symptom of perimenopause. No lab test can reveal … Read More
September 2, 2026
(Wired) – Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively until it is “put to sleep.” OpenAI is developing a proactive, highly persistent version of its flagship AI agent, Codex, … Read More
September 1, 2026
(BBC) – The world’s first patient to have brain surgery with live artificial intelligence assistance has successfully had his tumour removed. Rhys Hibbert, a father-of-two from Bedfordshire, could have lost his sight without the operation, said surgeons at University College … Read More
September 1, 2026
(The Guardian) – Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakes For people trapped under rubble in an earthquake or similar disaster, the arrival of a fleet of cockroaches could … Read More
September 1, 2026
(Yahoo! News) – The Solomons are among a growing number of Americans looking abroad, particularly to Greece and Spain, to escape the high cost of fertility treatments in the United States, where such procedures are often not covered by insurance. … Read More
September 1, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Generation Lab claims its drug combo can “stop the spread of aging” around the body. And it’s looking for influencers to give it a try. This was all clearly a marketing campaign and, like most other … Read More
September 1, 2026
(WSJ) – As a millennial who views artificial intelligence with skepticism and dread, imagine my surprise when my septuagenarian parents became obsessed with Claude I shouldn’t judge my parents for embracing a tool that helps them stay relevant, but I … Read More
September 1, 2026
(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
September 1, 2026
(The Guardian) – Both children were born on same day in November 2025 in situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws A Queensland woman gave birth to twin children with separate sets of biological parents … Read More
