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Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.

TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.

Meta and YouTube say they will run ads for ‘Musk’ documentary after all

Two companies now say they will accept advertising for director Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about Elon Musk, following earlier reporting that a number of social media platforms had rejected the ads.

Levoit’s new air purifier is for the pet odors that have taken over your apartment

This $189.99 air purifier is specifically designed to tackle pet odors, removing up to 70% in one hour.

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.

Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge

The 500-mile Semi arrives as charging gaps still limit electric trucking.

How Samsung turned months of inactivity into a very attention-seeking smartphone

Your spare Android won’t come back to life in a hurry but – like neglected PCs – it really should

Space Jam: UK debuts space squadron to protect satellites

Number III Space Effects Squadron likely to use electronic warfare rather than lobbing missiles at hostile orbiting threats

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere

The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.

ShinyHunters hackers say they stole psychiatric and medical records of FBI staff

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What reversing, modernising old games tells us about the economic impact of AI

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Top AI companies probing security incidents

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Allegations of sexual harassment and rape at Bay Area AI party houses

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Valve Introduces Pyrowave Video Codec In Beta For Low Latency Streaming

Turn GLM-5.3-Flash into a Jev-like System One model

OpenAI pauses training of its 'most capable models'

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An OpenAI agent escaped its sandbox by hiding questions in DNS lookups

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Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station

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New Boeing 737 MAX Software Glitch Could Disrupt Navigation Feature

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