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The Trump administration's DOT proposal would let companies build fully autonomous vehicles without brake pedals or steering wheels, directly...

Healthcare AI is advancing on multiple fronts, from regulatory nods to infrastructure investments, while raising fresh cost concerns.

• FDA momentum:...

The push for cheaper, faster AI is driving changes across hardware, workflows, and networking—moving beyond raw scale.

• Chip redesign:...

Physical AI is emerging as a dual-use technology that can both improve manufacturing output and accelerate electrification and energy efficiency.

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General Intuition's $320M raise at a $2.3B valuation highlights surging investor confidence in using video game data to train AI agents that transfer...

AI Infrastructure Scaling

• 🔥 OpenAI Custom Chip: OpenAI unveiled its first custom AI chip Jalapeño developed with Broadcom for efficient...

Healthcare organizations see clear diagnostic wins from AI but face measurable downsides in clinical skills and data protection.

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OpenAI's debut custom chip with Broadcom marks a clear move to own more of its AI infrastructure.

• Strategic independence: Designed to cut reliance...

xCures’ $46M Series B, valuing the company at $127M post-money, underscores rising investor appetite for AI tools that convert messy patient records...

A sharp critique warns that hype around AI surpassing physicians can backfire when built on flawed cases like this Nature Medicine report.

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Target trial emulation of 84 nested monthly trials from Hong Kong EHRs found statin initiation reduced CVD incidence (HR 0.69) and all-cause mortality...

Mistral OCR 4 delivers 82% win rate over AWS Textract and supports 170 languages across 10 groups, with bounding boxes, block classification, and confidence scores. It's establishing a clear new standard for document processing.

Greg Isenberg describes how AI employees with independent accounts will transform delegation and team dynamics.

• Agents receive their own email,...

Garfield AI became the first regulated AI law firm to win a full trial, recovering £7,000 for a freelance consultant at Wandsworth County Court on 14...

Chevron and Microsoft are partnering on a 2.7-gigawatt AI data center project in West Texas, powered by an on-site natural gas facility tied to...

AI is shifting beyond emulating the human mind toward predicting an increasingly large percentage of all observations in the world. General world models are positioned to become foundational infrastructure for humanity.

AI Faces Growing Climate Scrutiny

• 🔥 UN Disclosure Push: The United Nations is urging AI companies to disclose carbon, water, and land...

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