2025-02-21
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign aid dollars, its delivery to millions worldwide is under threa [...]
2025-02-21
OpenAI bans Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to edit code for social media surveillance
OpenAI has banned the accounts of a group of Chinese users who had attempted to use ChatGPT to debug and edit code for an AI social media surveillance tool, the company said Friday. The campaign, whic [...]
2025-02-21
Elon Musk's DOGE reportedly cuts staff at agency that regulates Elon Musk's Tesla
Elon Musk's chainsaw has been swinging through the federal government over the last few weeks, with his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chopping down budgets and excising staff at a nu [...]
2025-02-21
Apple disables iCloud's Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK
Apple users in the UK can no longer access one of the company's most powerful data protection tools, as first reported by Bloomberg. The feature, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), allows iPhone use [...]
2025-02-20
UK’s answer to DARPA backs synthetic muscles and e-skin in new robotics project
A British R&D unit that’s been compared to DARPA is funding synthetic muscles, electronic skin, and mechanical hands for a robotics dexterity project. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency [...]
2025-02-20
Medical training’s AI leap: How agentic RAG, open-weight LLMs and real-time case insights are shaping a new generation of doctors at NYU Langone
NYU Langone has built an LLM research companion and medical advisor, and is pioneering what it calls AI-driven “precision medical education." [...]
2025-02-19
Xbox Pushes Ahead With Muse, a New Generative AI Model. Devs Say ‘Nobody Will Want This’
One developer responds to the release of Muse: “We are implicitly empowering a class of people who own these tools and don’t give a fuck about how they reshape our lives.” [...]