Machine learning algorithm brings long-read sequencing to the clinic
Long-read sequencing technologies analyse long, continuous stretches of DNA. These methods have the potential to…
Accelerate Enterprise AI Development using Weights & Biases and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
This post is co-written by Thomas Capelle and Ray Strickland from Weights & Biases (W&B). Generative artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is accelerating across enterprises, evolving from simple foundation model interactions to sophisticated agentic workflows. As organizations transition from proof-of-concepts to production deployments, they require robust tools for development, evaluation, and monitoring of AI applications at…
AWS AI League: Model customization and agentic showdown
Building intelligent agents to handle complex, real-world tasks can be daunting. Additionally, rather than relying solely on large, pre-trained foundation models, organizations often need to fine-tune and customize smaller, more specialized models to outperform them for their specific use cases. The AWS AI League provides an innovative program to help enterprises overcome the challenges of building…
Google's year in review: 8 areas with research breakthroughs in 2025
This year saw new AI models, transformative products and new breakthroughs in science and robotics. Source link
Google’s and OpenAI’s Chatbots Can Strip Women in Photos Down to Bikinis
Some users of popular chatbots are generating bikini deepfakes using photos of fully clothed women as their source material. Most of these fake images appear to be generated without the consent of the women in the photos. Some of these same users are also offering advice to others on how to use the generative AI…
What’s really going on with flu this winter?
James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Flu should always be taken seriously. It is a virus that kills thousands of people every winter and puts intense strain on hospitals. However, I can’t remember a flu season that has played out quite like this. There have been claims it is both a “superflu” and “unprecedented”…
How social media encourages the worst of AI boosterism
Put your math hats on for a minute, and let’s take a look at what this beef from mid-October was about. It’s a perfect example of what’s wrong with AI right now. Bubeck was excited that GPT-5 seemed to have somehow solved a number of puzzles known as Erdős problems. Paul Erdős, one of the…
TikTok removes AI weight loss ads from fake Boots account
Fake adverts for weight loss drugs by a company pretending to be health and beauty retailer Boots have been removed from TikTok after the firm complained. The adverts for prescription-only weight loss drugs appeared to show smiling healthcare professionals from the British retailer – but in reality they were made with AI. It is illegal…
Burnley Student, 16, thought she had flu but was told she had cancer
Lynette HorsburghNorth West Cancer Research UK handout Sophie Claxton says it was a huge shock being told she had cancer A student who thought she had flu has described being “shell-shocked” when she was told she had cancer. Sophie Claxton, from Burnley, Lancashire, was 16 and in her first year at college when her mother…
Toddler home for Christmas after 18 months in hospital
PA Media Phoebe and Callum Melly pictured leaving the Evelina London Children’s Hospital with Bertie A toddler who has been in hospital for most of his life is preparing to spend his first Christmas at home after finally being discharged. Nineteen-month-old Bertie Melly had severe health issues when he was born prematurely at 24 weeks,…
What happens when you stop taking them?
BBC Ellen and Tanya have both lost weight using GLP-1s but have had very different experiences when it comes to stopping the medication Ruth Clegg,Health and wellbeing reporterand Holly Jennings “It’s like a switch that goes on and you’re instantly starving.” Tanya Hall has tried to stop taking weight loss medication multiple times. But every…
