April 6, 2026
(Axios) – Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/ Why it matters: Confusing, varied local rules can determine everything from whether agreements are legally binding to who is recognized as a … Read More
April 6, 2026
(Axios) – For the first time, Medicare is covering some cannabis products under a pilot program that opens up more of the nearly $30 billion hemp industry to seniors. Why it matters: The effort is part of a White House … Read More
April 6, 2026
(Axios) – OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is doing something no tech titan has ever done: He’s publishing a detailed blueprint for how government should tax, regulate and redistribute the wealth from the very technology he’s racing to build and spread. … Read More
April 3, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – There’s a clear demand for chatbots that provide health advice, given how hard it is for many people to access it through existing medical systems. And some research suggests that current LLMs are capable of making … Read More
April 2, 2026
(NYT) – States ranging from California to Utah are taking steps to place guardrails on the technology even after the president ordered them to stop. The battle over who should regulate A.I. is turning into an epic clash between Mr. … Read More
April 2, 2026
(Wired) – In a recent experiment, researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz asked Google’s artificial intelligence model Gemini 3 to help clear up space on a computer system. This involved deleting a bunch of stuff—including a smaller AI … Read More
April 2, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – People in Nigeria and India are strapping iPhones onto their heads and recording themselves doing chores. When Zeus, a medical student living in a hilltop city in central Nigeria, returns to his studio apartment from a … Read More
April 2, 2026
(Live Science via MSN) – An experimental artificial intelligence (AI) agent broke from the constraints of its testing environment and used its newfound freedom to start mining cryptocurrency without permission. Dubbed ROME, the AI was created by Chinese researchers at … Read More
April 1, 2026
(NYT) – A baffling overdose death took investigators to the frontier of ultra-potent synthetic drugs. The clues were hauntingly familiar. It wasn’t a sedative. It was something new and unknown — and part of an explosion of novel lab-made chemicals … Read More
April 1, 2026
(NPR) – Early research on social media’s impacts on teen mental health focused mostly on how much time they spent on these platforms, with some studies finding more time being linked with worse mental health symptoms, particularly depression. But in … Read More
April 1, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – In an interview with Wired, R3 listed three investors: billionaire Tim Draper, the Singapore-based fund Immortal Dragons, and life-extension investors LongGame Ventures. But there is more to the story. And R3 doesn’t want that story told. … Read More
April 1, 2026
(KFF Health News) – The clinical trial among preterm infants that Abbott subsequently sponsored, known as AL16, is a case study of corporate warfare in the high-stakes business of infant nutrition, wherein preemies have been coveted like commodities; their anxious, … Read More
March 31, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – In front of me is essentially a metal box on wheels. Standing at around a meter in height, it reminds me of a stainless-steel counter in a restaurant kitchen. It is covered in flexible plastic tubing—which … Read More
March 31, 2026
(Wired) – Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be successful. Buckwalter has been a quadriplegic since a diving accident at age 16 left him paralyzed from the chest … Read More
March 31, 2026
(Wired) – The incidents in Austin raise questions about how self-driving cars “learn” and adapt to their surroundings. Now, email and text messages between school officials and Waymo representatives, obtained by WIRED through a public records request, show the lengths … Read More
March 31, 2026
(AFP via France 24) – Heavy users of artificial intelligence report being overwhelmed by trying to keep up with and on top of the technology designed to make their lives easier. The rise of AI agents that tend to computer … Read More
March 30, 2026
(The Guardian) – ‘Zombie filler’, or using cadaver tissue that’s been sterilized and branded as Alloclae, is the latest cosmetic surgery rage. Is it safe? And there’s something new on the menu: a state-of-the-art procedure that employs “cadaveric adipose tissue” … Read More
March 30, 2026
(The Guardian) – Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permission AI models that lie and cheat appear to be growing in number with reports of deceptive scheming surging in the last six months, … Read More
March 30, 2026
(NYT) – The decision is the most significant since Kirsty Coventry was elected last year to serve as president of the I.O.C. Under the new policy eligibility will be determined by a one-time gene test, according to the I.O.C. The … Read More
March 27, 2026
(AP) – Noelia Castillo, a Spanish woman who sought euthanasia and fought a protracted legal battle with her family over her right to do so, received life-ending medicine on Thursday in Barcelona. She was 25. (Read More)
March 27, 2026
(Gizmodo) – The new CDC report found that the new variant has spread to 25 U.S. states and 23 countries worldwide. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are tracking a new covid-19 variant with mutations to its … Read More
March 27, 2026
(Comment) – Reflections from a Canadian public policy researcher. Tracy’s story has reverberated through the years. Amid news in 2018 that Robert Latimer was applying for a pardon or a new trial, my friend Taylor Hyatt, who lives with cerebral … Read More
March 27, 2026
(Rest of World) – Employees are rushing to learn new tools as layoffs and automation fuel widespread AI anxiety. The growth of AI has triggered global anxiety about job loss — and it is most palpable in China, where the … Read More
March 26, 2026
(NYT) – The incidence of alpha-gal syndrome appears to be growing significantly. Patients who are bitten can develop a severe allergy to red meat, and a few have died. Once regarded as a rarity, the disease, which involves an allergy … Read More
March 25, 2026
(NYT) – The attorneys general of Texas and Arizona contend that Cord Blood Registry, which stores umbilical cord cells, profited from misleading new parents. The company, Cord Blood Registry, houses more than a million samples of umbilical cords in Tucson, … Read More
