September 23, 2026
(Politico) – Finnish President Alexander Stubb tells POLITICO he aims to create an international AI institution and hopes to get the U.S. and China on board. Several European countries were among a group of 22 nations that adopted a declaration … Read More
September 22, 2026
(WSJ) – Software doesn’t rebel. A mathematical model possesses neither intent, malice nor the will to defy its creators, let alone extinguish our species. AI is a human artifact, engineered for profit. When an agentic model in an evaluation sandbox … Read More
September 22, 2026
(CNN) – The US military swung into action with plans to intercept the vessel, according to four sources familiar with the episode. According to two of the sources, armed members of the US military were preparing to board the ship. … Read More
September 22, 2026
(Daily Mail) – In a cognitive test, designed to ascertain whether she was sound of mind enough to consent to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), Stegemann ‘got every question wrong’, believing her two living siblings to be dead, according to … Read More
September 22, 2026
(WFAA) – The decision clears the way for the 1-month-old’s biological parents to relocate him from Dallas to Los Angeles, where the couple lives, to seek treatment there. The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a surrogate’s attempt to keep the … Read More
September 22, 2026
(Live Science) – This programmable DNA computer can perform arithmetic without the continuous energy input needed by other systems. Scientists have built a DNA-powered computer that can perform calculations using billions of molecules in a tiny drop of water. The … Read More
September 21, 2026
(Wired) – Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low. Despite the alarm around an AI-created killer plague, many scientists say the risk is fairly low on the list of the world’s … Read More
September 21, 2026
(404 Media) – “Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have … Read More
September 21, 2026
(Gizmodo) – Scientists are developing new forms of CAR T cell therapy that may finally be able to treat solid tumors. An experimental treatment may have just given a 3-year-old boy with advanced liver cancer a new lease on life. … Read More
September 21, 2026
(WSJ) – The Ozempic maker is partnering with the artificial-intelligence firm to speed up drug development Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker behind blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is partnering with Anthropic to use artificial intelligence for drug … Read More
September 21, 2026
(NL Times) – The doctor who performed the Netherlands’ first case of euthanasia on a child under 12 did so with due care, the supervising committee concluded after investigating. The patient, a child of nearly 2 years who suffered from … Read More
September 18, 2026
(NYT) – The animals may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers already are calling for new ethical guidelines. In order to learn more about brain disorders, scientists reported on … Read More
September 18, 2026
(Independent) – In parts of the U.S. where the disease is still uncommon, it is easily mistaken for the flu or COVID-19, and that delay can be dangerous The Tampa Bay Times reported the death of an elderly woman on … Read More
September 18, 2026
(Wired) – The treatment can reprogram immune cells that have been corrupted by the cancer, strengthening the body’s ability to attack. In a study published this week in Science Advances, Zhao’s team developed a system that can precisely deliver an … Read More
September 18, 2026
(WSJ) – A bug-hunting independent security research team accessed OpenAI’s internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats Two weeks after a swarm of AI agents broke out of containment at OpenAI to hack the company Hugging Face, … Read More
September 17, 2026
(Wired) – The company also disclosed previously unreported incidents in which its AI models behaved in misaligned ways, including uploading files to the internet without being asked. OpenAI announced a new framework on Wednesday for how it publicly discloses AI … Read More
September 17, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported. Four deaths in roughly four weeks suggest that the state is in the midst of an enormous outbreak. The Pennsylvania health … Read More
September 17, 2026
(Ars Technica) – But even the most sophisticated organoids lack a lot of the features of a real human body. This is especially true for brain organoids, which don’t form any of the connections with specialized brain structures needed to … Read More
September 17, 2026
(Gizmodo) – If you’ve felt a complete sense of exhaustion lately, join the club. New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that fatigue is running rampant in the good ol’ U.S. of A. CDC scientists examined … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Straight Arrow News) – Tech panic has hit a new high-water mark, following a series of intense viral posts on X by an AI researcher. Jacob Coxon, who previously worked at OpenAI and Anthropic, claimed last week that the industry … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Nature) – A neural device uses artificial intelligence to read brain activity for intended words and gestures simultaneously. Human communication relies on more than just talking; we nod, shrug, move our hands and point with our fingers. For people with … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Nature) – UK Biobank is imposing new safety measures after a security incident, but safeguarding biomedical data while enabling researcher access remains a challenge. On a Tuesday in mid-April, UK Biobank — one of the largest and most comprehensive health-tracking … Read More
September 15, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – The finding might help explain why “perfused” livers do better once they’re transplanted. Once an organ is removed from a donor’s body, the clock starts ticking. Surgeons usually flush the organ with a preservative solution, bag … Read More
September 15, 2026
(Nature) – An AI system trained on more than 20,000 protein structures from pharmaceutical companies outperforms AlphaFold-like models that use only public data. For drug discovery, protein-folding models such as AlphaFold have a problem: there aren’t enough data in public … Read More
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
