February 23, 2026
(Politico) – Who’s afraid of AI? Not South Korea. Why is South Korea more open to a potential AI revolution than other countries? Some of it may be for unique historic and cultural reasons, but it’s also possible that South … Read More
February 23, 2026
(Wired) – Self-driving-vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain. But this month, in government documents submitted by Alphabet subsidiary Waymo and electric-auto maker Tesla, the companies have revealed more details about the people … Read More
February 20, 2026
(NYTs) – A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. A promising blood test aimed at early detection of cancer … Read More
February 20, 2026
(NBC News) – The research suggests that men’s immune systems have a better mechanism for shutting off pain, which could explain why women have more chronic symptoms. Historically, some doctors have dismissed these differences as women exaggerating their pain or … Read More
February 20, 2026
(Daily Mail) – A family has accused Canada’s laws of ‘killing the disabled and vulnerable’ months after their son, who suffered from seasonal depression, died by assisted suicide. Kiano Vafaeian, a 26-year-old blind man with Type 1 diabetes, died in … Read More
February 20, 2026
(NJ.com via Yahoo!) – Blonski didn’t know the contraception she’d taken for two decades may be linked to her health problems. She was unaware of the connection until very recently, following publicity around a March 2024 study in The British … Read More
February 20, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The case of Eileen Mihich should disturb both advocates and opponents of medically assisted suicide. The four-star Hotel deLuxe in Portland, Oregon, features a soaring lobby with a gilded ceiling that drips with chandeliers. Eileen Mihich, a … Read More
February 20, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Today’s longevity-medicine movement is driven by the same aggressive desire for eternal youth as the mythic stories of old. But whereas in earlier times ideas about wellness could travel only as fast as the people who held … Read More
February 20, 2026
(Rest of World) – There is growing demand for recreating dead and absent family members for events using AI. Sharma is among a growing number of Indians discovering the power of AI deepfakes to resurrect dead family members, create voice … Read More
February 19, 2026
(New York Times) – Last summer, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he could tell that someone was having “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them. The nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, features mitochondria prominently in her … Read More
February 19, 2026
(MIT Tech Review) – We need to better understand how LLMs address moral questions if we’re to trust them with more important tasks. Google DeepMind is calling for the moral behavior of large language models—such as what they do when … Read More
February 19, 2026
(Washington Post) – Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution. After the rapid growth of data centers triggered pushback from politicians, utilities and local … Read More
February 19, 2026
(Quanta Magazine) – Innovations in imaging and genetic engineering are coming together to probe the biophysics of cytoplasm inside living animals. Over the past few years, thanks to stunning advances in imaging and genetic engineering, scientists have been able to … Read More
February 18, 2026
(Science Daily) – Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how genes control one another inside the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Using a powerful new AI-based system called SIGNET, the team uncovered cause-and-effect relationships between genes … Read More
February 18, 2026
(New York Times) – Moderna held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology. The Food and Drug Administration reversed its decision on Moderna’s … Read More
February 18, 2026
(Washington Post) – Some critics and physicians said Elizabeth Bruenig’s second-person account of a mother confronting a child’s death from measles felt misleading once they learned the story was reported fiction. Bruenig’s stirring account of a mother’s experience learning her … Read More
February 18, 2026
(New York Times) – Some patients in a clinical trial of one new drug lost so much weight that they became concerned and dropped out. Recent top-line results from a recent trial on retatrutide, a compound that Eli Lilly is … Read More
February 18, 2026
(NPR) – “So I’m standing here, and then the sun sets,” she recalled. After another chilly half an hour, she gave up and returned to her car. When she opened ChatGPT and asked what had happened, its answer surprised her. … Read More
February 18, 2026
(Wired) – WIRED spoke with the Zoomer founders of a platform where AI agents hire humans to do real-world tasks. Their pitch: “People would love to have a clanker as their boss.” The provocatively titled platform enables users to connect … Read More
February 17, 2026
(NPR) – Dr. Mehmet Oz is pitching a controversial fix for America’s rural health care crisis: artificial intelligence. “There’s no question about it — whether you want it or not — the best way to help some of these communities … Read More
February 17, 2026
(Wired) – EVA AI created a pop-up romantic date night at a Manhattan wine bar to help in making AI-human relationships a “new normal.” While dating apps have been yielding diminishing returns for singles for years now, more people are … Read More
February 17, 2026
(ABC13) – Aymeric and Naiah Monello-Fuentes contracted with Miracle Surrogacy only to discover the baby they’re raising isn’t who they expected. Aymeric and Naiah Monello-Fuentes spent just under $81,000 with Miracle Surrogacy, a Florida-based agency operating in Mexico, to have … Read More
February 17, 2026
(The Guardian) – Exclusive: Google fails to include safety warnings when users are first presented with AI-generated medical advice Google is putting people at risk of harm by downplaying safety warnings that its AI-generated medical advice may be wrong. When … Read More
February 17, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Patrick Darling used a music tool from ElevenLabs to perform a song with his former bandmates. Darling’s last stage performance was over two years ago. By that point, he had already lost the ability to stand … Read More
February 17, 2026
(WSJ) – Inventors and executives are warning of widespread consequences that they don’t begin to understand. In the end you wonder of the creators: Are they even in control, or is their creation? We don’t know. That’s why we are … Read More
