‘My kids will never be smarter than AI’: Sam Altman’s advice on how to use ChatGPT as a parent leaves me shaking my head
Sam Altman has appeared in the first episode of OpenAI’s brand new podcast, called simply…
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…
Wegovy pill approved by US FDA for weight loss
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk. It is the first pill of its kind to receive approval from the regulator, marking a new era for weight-loss drugs. Wegovy’s Danish makers Novo Nordisk said the once-daily pill was a…
Build a multimodal generative AI assistant for root cause diagnosis in predictive maintenance using Amazon Bedrock
Predictive maintenance is a strategy that uses data from equipment sensors and advanced analytics to predict when a machine is likely to fail, ensuring maintenance can be performed proactively to prevent breakdowns. This enables industries to reduce unexpected failures, improve operational efficiency, and extend the lifespan of critical equipment. It is applicable across a wide range of components,…
Enhance document analytics with Strands AI Agents for the GenAI IDP Accelerator
Extracting structured information from unstructured data is a critical first step to unlocking business value. Our Generative AI Intelligent Document Processing (GenAI IDP) Accelerator has been at the forefront of this transformation, already having processed tens of millions of documents for hundreds of customers. Although organizations can use intelligent document processing (IDP) solutions to digitize…
Deploy Mistral AI’s Voxtral on Amazon SageMaker AI
Configure your model in code/serving.properties: To deploy Voxtral-Mini, use the following code: option.model_id=mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-3B-2507 option.tensor_parallel_degree=1 To deploy Voxtral-Small, use the following code: option.model_id=mistralai/Voxtral-Small-24B-2507 option.tensor_parallel_degree=4 Open and run Voxtral-vLLM-BYOC-SageMaker.ipynb to deploy your endpoint and test with text, audio, and function calling capabilities. Docker container configuration The GitHub repo contains the full Dockerfile. The following code snippet highlights…
Move Beyond Chain-of-Thought with Chain-of-Draft on Amazon Bedrock
As organizations scale their generative AI implementations, the critical challenge of balancing quality, cost, and latency becomes increasingly complex. With inference costs dominating 70–90% of large language model (LLM) operational expenses, and verbose prompting strategies inflating token volume by 3–5x, organizations are actively seeking more efficient approaches to model interaction. Traditional prompting methods, while effective,…
