AI & Tech Newsletter

AI helped UK defy expectations – but will economy’s resilience fizzle out?

Despite John Healey’s defiance, the economy faces threats from a tech slowdown and energy bills this winter AI helps UK economy grow at fastest pace for more than two years The forecasters were clear when John Healey became chancellor in July: Britain’s resilience to the war in…

Gondola doubles revenue as its team builds more with Codex

Gondola helps creatives get credit and get hired, with Codex raising its lead engineer’s output by 50% and ChatGPT simplifying daily work.

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Billions lost and markets roiled by one man’s indiscretion. Isn’t it now clear that these tech bros are too powerful? | Aditya Chakrabortty

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair must be the costliest fling in human history – and a preview of what awaits when the tech bubble bursts One thing we all know about the tech billionaires is they are super-smart. We know this largely because they never stop telling us. The “…

Holiday Extras is rethinking what it can build with Codex

With Codex, Holiday Extras is turning customer expertise into better apps, higher booking conversion and new possibilities for growth.

AI startup Trellis Data says new model is ‘near-frontier’

Just six months after launching its first fully sovereign large language model, Canberra startup Trellis Data has followed up with a successor it claims ranks among the world’s top 50 on global benchmarks. Launched on Thursday, Agentaus 1 is about 50 per cent bigger than its…

McKinsey Projects U.S. Healthcare EBITDA to Reach $500B+ as Margin Pressures Shift Across Payers and Providers

What You Should Know A new report from McKinsey & Company, the 2027 U.S. healthcare outlook, finds that healthcare services and technology (HST) is emerging as the industry’s fastest-growing value pool segment, with AI accelerating a shift in how companies generate revenue. U.S.…

New method reveals how individual glioblastoma cells spread through the brain

By combining live imaging of brain tissue with artificial intelligence, researchers at Uppsala University have developed a method that reveals how individual glioblastoma cells spread through the brain, how they can switch between different ways of moving, and how they are…

New research could lead to faster, trustworthy AI models for climate prediction

Accurate, up-to-date climate projections are essential for planning decisions that enhance the resilience of power grids, protect public health, maximize agricultural yields, and more. Now, MIT researchers have developed a technique that streamlines the production of fast…

The way food feels in your mouth could change how much you eat

A scientific review examines how food texture and mouthfeel interact with oral sensory receptors, saliva, and brain pathways to influence food preferences, eating speed, appetite, and fullness. The authors suggest that understanding these mechanisms could help develop healthier…

Supporting research on AI and children’s safety

OpenAI commits $2 million to research on AI and children’s safety. The work supports shared tools to measure risks and opportunities for young people.

Gilbert + Tobin rethinks the business of law with AI

A conversation with Sam Nickless, Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Gilbert + Tobin.

Theoretical Limits of Language Model Alignment

Language model (LM) alignment improves model outputs to reflect human preferences while preserving the capabilities of the base model. The most common alignment approaches are (i) reinforcement learning, which maximizes the expected reward under a KL-divergence constraint, and…

The Definitive Fine-Tuning Guide for 3D Generation Models

Nvidia prepares to fire CEO Jensen Huang, WSJ reports

Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang

Gemini Decisions API

Gemini Decisions API Google join Jev and OpenAI in the decision model category with "Gemini Decision 1". This new model API is almost identical to Jev: it supports the same three types of questions (yes/no, choice, and rubric-scoring) and even reuses Jev's term "Noul" for a…

Maven Clinic’s Virtual Care Clinic Goes In Network with 475 Plans

Maven Clinic is making its virtual care services accessible through more than 475 health plans nationwide.

Democrats’ Midterm Wins Could Reshape Healthcare Access for Underserved Americans

Democrats’ huge wins last week might mean big changes coming to healthcare across the country, especially in states which flipped blue. How might the shift in power affect affordability, access, and coverage?

Trinity spinout Akara raises $5.5m towards AI expansion

Irish health technology company Akara has raised US$5.5 million in venture funding to expand its AI-powered hospital operations technology, which the company says is already deployed in hospitals in Ireland, the UK and the US. The Trinity College Dublin spinout has now raised a…

HIQA flags health data gaps ahead of European deadline

Pilot assessments of Irish health data holders have identified gaps in digital infrastructure, governance and staff capacity as the country prepares for the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published reports on two…

Drug ads can subtly sway AI medical treatment recommendations

As people increasingly turn to artificial intelligence (AI) for health information, a new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai raises questions about what happens when commercial advertising appears alongside a clinical question.

Can an Infrastructure for Price Transparency Improve Healthcare Competition and Quality?

[Sponsored] In an interview, Wayne Luan, senior director, life sciences and provider solutions with Turquoise Health, told MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar that the company’s platform provides pricing data for medical services, medical devices, and pharmaceutical…

Using wearables to enable cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) risk profiling for personalized coaching

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