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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
September 1, 2026
(Wired) – But is it just your overactive imagination that these outbreaks are worse than normal? To answer that, WIRED tallied up publicly available numbers from the Food and Drug Administration’s investigations of foodborne illnesses. The agency has identified more … Read More
August 31, 2026
(The Guardian) – Companion bots are being regulated over worries they foster ‘emotional dependence’ and young people could stop marrying and having families No country has rolled out AI as comprehensively and as enthusiastically as China; the country’s demographic challenges … Read More
August 31, 2026
(NYT) – Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured. Amid surging interest in psychedelic treatments, Americans are traveling abroad, often to Latin America, for mind-altering therapies that remain illegal in the United States. Few understand … Read More
August 31, 2026
(Washington Post) – The Post found a dozen examples of chatbot conversations being swept into criminal and civil legal proceedings. R.K.C. is one of a growing number of Americans who have had their private conversations with AI chatbots made public … Read More
August 31, 2026
(NYT) – A patient was unable to move from the sternum down after a routine knee-replacement operation at a Nashville hospital this month. The hospital said she had been given the wrong anesthetic. Ms. Dorton, 72, of Centerville, Tenn., was … Read More
August 31, 2026
(NYT) – Rasonque, the new pancreatic cancer treatment from Revolution Medicines, illustrates the huge inflation in cancer drug prices over the past two decades. Revolution Medicines set a sticker price of about $480,000 a year, or $663 a tablet, for … Read More
August 31, 2026
(NYT) – In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism. Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, is loudly warning that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to … Read More
August 28, 2026
(The New Atlantis) – Embryo screening startups like Herasight pressure parents to help kids compete from the very first moments of life. Nucleus is one of a wave of fertility startups making headline-grabbing promises about the insights they can glean … Read More
August 28, 2026
(NYT) – Irregular, an Israeli start-up, worked with OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to assess the security of their A.I. models. It made a mistake. Then the tests went off the rails. OpenAI recently discovered that a new artificial intelligence model … Read More
August 28, 2026
(NYT) – In July, an unreleased OpenAI model went rogue and demonstrated remarkable hacking abilities. This week, a lab called Z[dot]ai will release a similarly powerful system to everyone. For many researchers and other experts, the incident proved that A.I. … Read More
August 27, 2026
(AP) – The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering U.S. patients a more effective treatment against one of the deadliest types of cancer. FDA officials gave expedited approval to the … Read More
August 27, 2026
(AFP via Yahoo!) – Faceless humanoids exceeded human records and delighted hundreds of spectators at the World Robot Games over the weekend in Beijing as China showcased its dominance in the industry. Dozens of humanoids and their human operators descended … Read More
