September 14, 2026
(NYT) – City officials — and one determined mother — are working to stop the spread of cychlorphine, which is far more potent than fentanyl. The death occurred in Ms. Lacourte’s three-bedroom apartment in the affluent Lower Nob Hill neighborhood … Read More
September 14, 2026
(WSJ) – As bootleg versions of an experimental drug from Eli Lilly flood the market, regulators try to curb supply Clinics and medspas, promising people transformational weight loss, have figured out how to procure and sell an experimental drug that … Read More
September 14, 2026
(WSJ) – A departing Anthropic researcher’s dire warning that AI models could destroy civilization is spurring a rare surge of legislative urgency A groundswell of urgency over artificial intelligence is surging in Congress amid growing fears that the technology could … Read More
September 11, 2026
(NBC News) – After Jacob Coxon roiled the AI industry with his viral departure from Anthropic, two more researchers are speaking out about their concerns over AI safety. Citing fears that AI systems may soon spiral out of human control … Read More
September 11, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The harms of chatbots are clear enough to do something about them now. The social-media industry is having a moment of reckoning. By agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion to 47 states, the District of Columbia, … Read More
September 11, 2026
(Wired) – Earlier this year, Rishub Jain left his position as an artificial intelligence researcher at Google DeepMind after a revelation. As he worked on new models, he came to believe that he and everyone else on AI’s frontier were … Read More
September 11, 2026
(WSJ) – Long a maker of low-end generic drugs, the country is now home to biotech firms that are innovating fast Today Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, with drugs like Mounjaro and Ozempic, are the undisputed leaders of the $80-billion … Read More
September 10, 2026
(NPR) – An Ebola treatment unit in the city of Butembo, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has 30 beds. Tonight, they’re all full. “I don’t know how this is going to slow down,” says Dr. Rupa Narra, a … Read More
September 10, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Most of Europe bans commercial surrogacy. The United Nations likens it to slavery. But in the United States, business is booming. The first time I saw Roberts, who lives in Santa Barbara County, California, she was speaking … Read More
September 10, 2026
(ProPublica) – The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response. Such deaths … Read More
September 10, 2026
(NYT) – Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age. Last year, a clinical trial conducted by Insilico … Read More
September 10, 2026
(NYT) – In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work. Anthropic said it had disrupted several potential plots this year … Read More
September 9, 2026
(Wired) – Cofertility manages the costs of egg freezing and storage, in exchange for half the batch. One young client became suspicious of the arrangement—and started to investigate. Cofertility calls its egg-sharing program Split, available to those who start between … Read More
September 9, 2026
(WSJ) – Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control Jacob Coxon, a researcher who specializes in training new AI models by having them … Read More
September 8, 2026
(Wired) – Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor. A woman has lived with a pig kidney for more than nine months without needing dialysis, a record-setting achievement. The woman underwent the … Read More
September 7, 2026
(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
September 7, 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 7, 2026
(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
September 4, 2026
(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
September 4, 2026
(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
September 4, 2026
(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
September 4, 2026
(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
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
(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
