Microsoft’s AI diagnostic system correctly diagnosed complex medical cases in a simulation more than twice as often as generalist physicians, according to a study published Thursday in Science. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI’s…
OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up
OpenAI made its Decisions API model widely available to users for the first time, entering the market for fast, cheap intelligence that recently made TypeSafe, a startup founded by a former researcher…
1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password
Concerns have swirled over the access that consumers are increasingly entrusting to AI agents. Now, security services are trying to catch up. Password manager 1Password on Thursday launched a new tool by…
Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment? | AI (artificial intelligence)
In a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed that a crisis can propel once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream. “Only a crisis – actual…
How tech became the villain of the US midterms | US midterm elections 2026
The campaign ad begins with a clear, idyllic stream that suddenly turns sludge-brown as two concrete datacenters slam on to its banks. Another facility thuds down on a peaceful suburban park, and…
SpaceX double upgraded by PhillipCapital
Stronger-than-expected revenue from SpaceX’s AI business is making PhillipCapital — once a bear on the company — bullish about the Elon Musk giant’s stock. The firm upgraded shares of the space and…
Meta stock falls 7% as AI spending fears return
Meta (META) stock closed out the trading day Thursday down 7% on, despite reporting better-than-anticipated Q3 revenue results Wednesday, as AI bubble fears remerged across Wall Street. Investors pulled back on semiconductor…
All My Hobbies Are Getting Slopped Up, And It’s Exhausting
“Is this AI?” my girlfriend will ask me, pointing to a post on TikTok or Instagram. If you’re online, you ask this question every single day. As the years have gone on…
Comcast loses more customers, claims other ISPs’ cheap prices are “irrational”
Comcast reportedly plans significant job cuts in its cable division as the firm continues to lose residential broadband and TV customers. Comcast lost 144,000 residential broadband customers in Q3 2026, up from…
The Indian workers filming their work to train AI
“Every robotics company, every frontier AI lab, has a specific kind of data they want: industrial tasks, agriculture, household chores, small business work like pottery, garment-making, embroidery, candle-making. We go wherever the…