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Researchers from Peking University developed ECG-R1, a multimodal vision-language model trained with reinforcement learning to differentiate ischemic from nonischemic T-wave inversion on ECGs. The model, accepted at ICML…
A cautious optimist argues that AI safety, interpretability, bias, and alignment are as critical as raw capability, warning that the same technology enabling vaccine research could also design pathogens. The author empha…
Google's AI Overview is treating fictional entities from the SCP Foundation horror wiki as real, with no disclaimers. The AI's pattern-matching mistakes the wiki's deadpan bureaucratic style for factual documentation, le…
A survey of US health-care workers found 70% of nurses and 77% of physicians fear losing skills due to AI over-reliance. A study of Polish endoscopists showed adenoma detection rates dropped from 28.4% to 22.4% when AI w…
IEEE launched a five-course online program, Large Language Models Demystified, to help technical professionals master LLMs for engineering tasks. The program covers APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, data security, an…
A blogger shares their favorite talks from re:publica 26, a German conference on internet topics, digital rights, and media culture. The talks cover AI agents, counter-power against far-right polling, AI-generated right-…
An AI-generated album featuring the late Twin Cities rapper Eyedea, born Michael Larsen, has been released using thousands of pages of his handwritten lyrics and old recordings. The project, assembled by longtime friend …
VladTV published an article on June 19, 2026, summarizing a members-only video interview in which AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy repeated his longstanding claim that there is a 99.9% chance artificial intelligence…
A study by IIIT Hyderabad finds that government procurement contracts and tenders are shaping AI governance in India more than formal regulation, embedding requirements on standards, accountability, compliance, and perfo…
The world's first AI museum, Dataland, opens in Los Angeles on June 20, featuring immersive exhibits like "Machine Dreams: Rainforest" that use real-time data from 16 rainforests to create sensory experiences. Co-founded…
The art collective 0rphan Drift, founded in London in 1994, has evolved from a hive-mind approach to embrace distributed, many-minded consciousness through collaborations with machine learning engineers, marine biologist…
Amazon MGM Studios dropped the nearly finished OpenAI drama film "Artificial," directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman, after Amazon signed a $50 billion partnership with OpenAI in February…
Anthropic launched Claude Corps, a $150 million fellowship placing 1,000 early-career workers at nonprofits for $85,000 a year to deploy its AI assistant Claude. The program, which echoes the Peace Corps, aims to address…
Instacart and Weis Markets are deploying AI-powered Caper Carts with cameras, sensors, and location tracking in Pennsylvania grocery stores to track customers and deliver targeted ads, aiming to increase basket sizes by …
Cory Doctorow argues that the AI boom is driven by bosses' desire to replace workers, not by genuine progress, and warns that the technology's hype masks power dynamics that harm users. In a podcast interview, he expands…
A writer argues that AI creates a false sense of productivity by enabling faster task completion at the expense of deep learning, critical thinking, and genuine skill development, using examples like AI-generated code in…
Amazon MGM Studios developed and nearly completed a biographical comedy-drama about OpenAI's 2023 leadership crisis, titled 'Artificial,' but then refused to release it. The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring…
Amazon Studios is refusing to release the Luca Guadagnino film 'Artificial,' which portrays tech billionaires Sam Altman and Elon Musk negatively, due to Jeff Bezos's business ties with Altman and a $50 billion investmen…
Yann LeCun, a prominent AI researcher, criticized Elon Musk's xAI as a 'failure' and warned that AI labs risk causing a 'big bubble explosion.' The remarks were made in a CNBC article that is currently inaccessible due t…
US Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill to give the American public a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies, citing the need for public control over AI's benefits. The proposal comes as OpenAI and Anthr…