Tag: #ai

UK to spend nearly £30m to expand AI diagnostics in the NHS; £20m to roll out chest X‑ray tools to trusts by 2029

UK to invest almost £30m to expand AI-assisted diagnostics in the NHS, including £20m to roll out AI chest X-ray tools to all English trusts by 2029.

#nhs, #ai, #healthcare, #lungcancer

Google unveils DiffusionGemma — experimental diffusion model for faster local text generation

Google unveiled DiffusionGemma, a 26B experimental diffusion Mixture-of-Experts text model that aims for up to 4x faster GPU generation for speed-critical local apps.

$GOOGL, #google, #ai, #diffusionmodels, #llm

Researchers report agentic LLMs outperformed expert biologists and produced robot-assembled DNA in lab tests

Researchers report agentic LLMs outperformed expert biologists on biosecurity tasks and that model-written code ran an OpenTrons robot to assemble DNA.

#ai, #biosecurity, #llm, #syntheticbiology

New York Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Labels and Human Review for AI-Generated News

Lawmakers passed the NY FAIR News Act requiring clear labels and human editorial review for news substantially created by generative AI; it now awaits Gov. Hochul.

#ai, #journalism, #newyork, #legislation

Apple details Siri AI overhaul at WWDC26, outlines limited rollout and hardware requirements

At WWDC26 Apple outlined Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features — a screen‑aware assistant, new Siri app, hardware limits and regional availability caveats.

$AAPL, #apple, #siri, #ai, #wwdc26

Trump Issues National-Security AI Directive, Rescinds Biden-Era Guidance

President Trump issued NSPM-11 directing faster AI adoption across defense and intelligence with 90- and 120-day deadlines and a classified annex.

#ai, #nationalsecurity, #trump

UK Phase I trial finds AI-designed coronavirus vaccine candidate safe and elicits cross-reactive immune responses

Phase I UK trial: an AI-designed DNA vaccine for sarbecoviruses was safe in 39 adults and induced cross-reactive immune responses, but not proof it protects.

#covid-19, #vaccine, #clinicaltrials, #ai

SAG-AFTRA Members Approve 2026 TV/Theatrical Deal With Raises, AI Protections and Pension Merger

SAG-AFTRA members approved a four-year TV/theatrical tentative deal with wage increases, tighter AI protections, merged pension plans and improved residuals.

#sagaftra, #hollywood, #contracts, #ai

ECB to Send 'Dear CEO' Letter Urging Banks to Bolster Operational Resilience as AI Use Grows

ECB will send a sector-wide 'dear CEO' letter urging banks to strengthen operational resilience as AI adoption rises and cyber risks intensify.

#ecb, #banking, #ai, #cybersecurity, #dora

Google launches Gemma 4 12B, an open-licensed multimodal AI that runs on 16GB laptops

Google released Gemma 4 12B, an Apache-2 open-licensed multimodal model that processes text, images and audio natively and can run on laptops with 16GB.

$GOOG, $GOOGL, #ai, #google, #gemma4, #multimodal

Trump signs order giving NSA central role in voluntary pre-release reviews of advanced AI

Trump signed an order creating a voluntary pre-release review of powerful AI models, naming the NSA to decide designations and boosting federal cyber defenses.

#ai, #cybersecurity, #executiveorder, #nsa

Preprint Claims Language Models Undergo 'Alignment Transition' Around 3.5 Billion Parameters

An unreviewed arXiv preprint argues language models shift from trading truth for reasoning to improving both past ~3.5B parameters; code and dashboard released.

#ai, #alignment, #language-models, #arxiv

Researchers Detail 'TrapDoor' Supply‑Chain Attack That Hid Malicious Instructions in AI Assistant Files

Security researchers say 'TrapDoor' used malicious npm, PyPI and Crates.io packages to target crypto wallets and developer credentials, hiding commands in AI assistant files.

#cybersecurity, #supplychain, #cryptocurrency, #ai, #devtools

Meta says AI system RADAR has auto-reviewed 535,000+ code changes and landed 331,000

Meta details RADAR, an automated, risk-based code-review pipeline that reviewed 535,000+ diffs and landed 331,000+, per an arXiv preprint.

$META, #meta, #ai, #software, #code-review

Samsung Begins Shipping Samples of 12‑Layer HBM4E Memory to Major Customers

Samsung says it has started shipping samples of a 12‑layer, 48GB HBM4E stack to major customers, touting higher bandwidth and efficiency.

$005930.KS, #samsung, #hbm4e, #semiconductors, #ai