AI helped MIT find a thermostable mRNA vaccine formula in weeks after months of failed attempts
Today's mRNA vaccines must be kept at -20 to -80°C; the new formula stayed effective for two months at 37°C and a year at room temperature in mice. Researchers at MIT used an AI algorithm to make mRNA...
Major US insurers link hospitals' AI billing tools to nearly $1 billion in extra costs
The software finds extra diagnoses in patients' records that move hospital bills into pricier tiers, the insurers say, with no matching...
Automating AI research could set off an intelligence explosion, Hinton and Bengio warn
Their paper, co-written with senior Anthropic and OpenAI figures, warns of lost human control, bio and cyber threats that outpace defenses,...
Disney plans to shrink its nearly 1,000-person legal department, citing automation
Six days after its legal chief's memo, Disney advertised for a director to bring AI into legal work, one who...
Shopify lets AI agents in the browser complete checkout
Shopify said AI agents working inside a shopper's web browser can now finish a purchase on stores run by its...