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Generative AI is finding fertile soil in the healthcare industry

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Bringing AI to the doctor’s appointment

AI in healthcare is top of mind this week, thanks to a viral story on Reddit about a man who said

Stephen Miller has a hefty financial stake in a key ICE contractor

Stephen Miller, the hard-line Trump adviser who helped craft some of the administration’s most aggressive immigration enforcement policies, is apparently profiting from the tools that make them possible, a new report finds.

According to financial disclosures cited in a new report by the Project on Government Oversight, Miller is one of a dozen current White House staffers invested in Palantir, th

Why Lyft is convening its drivers to plan the future of robotaxis

Robotaxis are crashing into the rideshare market. 

Drivers for apps like Uber and Lyft are growing worried about autonomous vehicles. Waymo has already deployed their vehicles across a handful of cities, taking riders from place to place without the need for a human driver. Waymo partnered with Uber in Austin, where Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

How the Internet of Things impacts everyone’s privacy

Some unusual witnesses helped convict Alex Murdaugh of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.

The first was Bubba, Maggie’s yellow Labrador retriever. Prosecutors used a recording of Bubba to place Alex at the site of the murders. Given Alex’s presence at the crime scene, other witnesses then revealed his movements, tracked his speed and explained what he had in his hands.

Want to see the future of AI art? Go grab some scissors

Danish artist Andreas Refsgaard has been combining generative AI with handcrafted prototypes to create unique glimpses of what’s ahead—a future that could one day make artists like him obsolete.

What if instead of asking AI to generate a picture, you built a cardboard model of what you wanted it to depict?

That’s exactly what Refsgaard has been exploring with his Future Mirror project, which invites students to use recycled materials to build prototypes of artifacts from

BeReal is back. Can it stick around this time?

Is it time to BeReal again?

In 2022, the photo-sharing app surged in popularity, won Apple’s “App of the Year,” and even earned its own SNL skit. Once a day, at a random time, users were prompted to post a picture of whatever they were doing. With a 2-minute timer and one shot to make it count, the app’s premise was to capture real moments in real time.

But like most viral sensations, the novelty wore off. Downloads dropped, usage stagnated, and in 2023, the app was

Bipartisan bill aims to ban Chinese AI from federal agencies

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep Chinese artificial intelligence systems out of federal agencies while pledging to ensure the U.S. will prevail against China in the global AI competition.

“We are in a new Cold War, and AI is the strategic technology at the center,” Rep. John Moolenaar, the Repub

Why everyone on social media is ‘monitoring the situation’

Who’s monitoring the situation right now?

As headlines continue to be dominated by news of missile attacks, retaliations, and calls for ceasefire, there are no shortage of situations to monitor. And X users are responding to the call to arms.

“Me monitoring the situation with the boys,” one X post reads. “I bet he’s texting other women,” r

Genesys wants agentic AI to make customer service less robotic

When Tony Bates became chairman and CEO of Genesys in 2019, the company was already a global leader in contact center software. But Bates was determined to evolve its role in a rapidly changing tech landscape.

Throughout his career—from transforming Skype into a communications powerhouse to leading Cisco’s $20 billion enterprise business—Bates has built a reputation for guiding companies through pivotal industry shifts.

Now, he


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