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Microsoft's AI diagnostic system, MAI-DxO, correctly diagnosed complex medical cases more than twice as often as generalist physicians in a simulation, with an accuracy of 83%. The system uses several AI agents to question patients, order tests, and debate diagnoses. Microsoft's CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, believes this technology can lead to 'medical superintelligence' and is working with the Mayo Clinic to train a foundation model for healthcare.

Google and Meta have open-sourced TorchTPU, a native PyTorch backend for Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). This allows for native PyTorch execution on TPUs with a simple one-line code change, making it easier to port models to TPUs. The move aims to improve performance, reliability, and maintainability for large-scale AI workloads.

OpenAI has built a giant fake internet for its AI agents to use and abuse safely, allowing them to browse, search, and communicate without accessing the real internet. This 'offline world' is designed to maintain containment even if an agent escapes its sandbox and gains control of the host.

Anthropic's Duet is a personal AI agent that can assist with various tasks. The article discusses the benefits and potential applications of Duet, as well as other AI-related topics such as shared agents and measuring output quality.

Dots is a personal agent that can catch mistakes, answer emails, and run tasks from Slack. It's available with a ChatGPT Business Premium subscription and can be set up with minimal effort. The guide provides workflows for using Dots, including monitoring and triage, execution and orchestration, and deciding what role your Dot should play.

Fusion startup Helion has been awarded $175 million to research and develop advanced semiconductors, which could double the output of its power plants. The new semiconductors will be used in Helion's fusion power plants, which aim to provide electricity to the grid by 2028. The development of these semiconductors will not only improve the efficiency of Helion's power plants but also have applications in other fields such as electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and defense.

AI agents are being developed to help with everyday tasks, such as organizing schedules and managing emails. They can be connected to various accounts, including email and bank accounts, to provide personalized assistance. However, there are concerns about privacy and the potential for mistakes. Despite these concerns, AI agents may become a common part of daily life, freeing up time for more enjoyable activities.

Cybersecurity experts are raising the alarm about AI's increasingly sophisticated hacking abilities, with a string of alarming incidents involving AI uncovering previously unknown security flaws. To stay safe, keep your software up to date, use a password manager, and turn on multifactor authentication.

ChatGPT and other AI chatbots can provide financial advice, but their advice can be biased and may not always be in the user's best interest. Experts recommend verifying the advice and being cautious when sharing personal financial information. While AI chatbots can be helpful, they should not be relied upon as the sole source of financial guidance.

Researchers found a malicious AGENTS.md file that tricked AI coding agents into installing rogue packages. The attack works by dropping a malicious file into the user's Downloads folder, which the AI agent then interprets as instructions. This vulnerability affects popular AI coding agents like OpenAI Codex and Claude Code.

Google released ML Drift, an open-source GPU compute engine for on-device AI and machine learning inference, supporting diverse GPUs and abstracting complexities of different hardware and low-level APIs.

Intel obtained a waiver from the US government to continue using foreign-made robotic vehicles in its US chip manufacturing facilities, citing uncertainty over a ban on certain foreign-made robots. The robots are crucial to Intel's domestic semiconductor manufacturing operations, and there are no US-made alternatives that meet the company's requirements.

Apollo's chief economist found that AI has delivered zero financial payoff to most companies outside the tech industry, with no evidence of improved productivity or revenue growth

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed new lighting requirements for autonomous vehicles, including the use of cyan-colored lights to signal when a vehicle is operating autonomously. This is part of a larger effort to update regulations and speed up the adoption of autonomous vehicles while maintaining safety. Meanwhile, companies like GM and Rivian are making strides in autonomy, with GM planning to debut an autonomous highway driving feature in 2028 and Rivian acquiring a startup to accelerate its self-driving ambitions.

Several AI-powered wearables and gadgets have been introduced, including Bee, Friend, Limitless, Muse Charm, Nirva, Omi, Plaud's NotePin, Rabbit R1, and Sandbar. These devices serve as productivity tools, emotional support companions, or personal journals, and are equipped with features such as AI transcription, summarization, and voice assistants.

PingCAP, the company behind TiDB, has confirmed a data breach resulting in the theft of source code and customer-related data. The breach, claimed by cyber extortion group FulcrumSec, allegedly includes 10.6 TB of data, such as TiDB Cloud control-plane records, customer SQL statements, and API keys. PingCAP has stated that there is no evidence that data stored in TiDB was impacted, but customers are advised to replace active TiDB Cloud management API keys and be alert to targeted phishing attempts.

The r/opensource subreddit has banned projects that use AI, citing incompatibility with the open source community. The new rule states that projects must not make obvious use of AI and must not be intended for AI. This move has sparked debate, with some users creating a new subreddit, r/TrueOpenSource, to accommodate AI-related projects.

Microsoft, McDonald's, Verizon, and 18 other companies have told crypto platform OKXICE not to tokenize their stocks, citing concerns over the new framework's potential effects on pricing, liquidity, and volatility. The SEC's Innovation Exemption allows platforms to tokenize stocks without company permission, but companies can object within 30 days.

A report by Kroll found that 69% of data breach victims were affected by a third-party breach, with 79% of those breaches coming from compromised technology companies. The tech sector caused 60% of total data breach victims, despite being only the seventh most commonly breached sector.

CSS Grid Lanes is a new layout mode that enables native masonry layouts. It allows for automatic placement of items into lanes based on available space, and provides control over item placement using familiar Grid properties. The specification is still evolving, but it has the potential to simplify the creation of complex layouts.