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Researchers at Toronto’s University Health Network are using AI to build interactive 3D models of patients’ anatomy and tumours, aiming to help people understand planned procedures and surgeons prepare for them. The technology could make a difficult conversation more tangible, though it still needs clinical trials.
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Kraft Heinz says it has automated about 85% of the work needed to adapt product listings when retailers change their rules, with people still reviewing the final 15%. As AI agents become another route to product discovery, the company’s example shows why brands are reworking how they organise…
Anthropic Watch
Anthropic’s prospective IPO comes with a striking bill attached: a leaked draft prospectus, as described by IFA Magazine, puts the company’s long-term computing commitments at $518bn, with roughly 80% reportedly non-cancellable or payable regardless of use. The figures sharpen the question facing investors: can revenue keep growing fast…
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An Abu Dhabi start-up called Limb is developing an AI-powered app to give people feedback while they do physiotherapy exercises at home. Its approach also tackles a specific blind spot in computer-vision training data: movement tracking can struggle with the loose-fitting clothes many patients in the UAE wear.
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Around 300 people rallied in Caernarfon against plans for a large AI data centre near the Menai Strait, according to Wales Online. The proposal promises jobs, but has prompted questions about the scale of the development and its local impact.
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Ottawa-based Caseway says it is turning away from opportunities with the US government and focusing on Canadian defence, while looking for other opportunities in Europe and Taiwan. The decision puts a practical cost on Canada’s search for a more independent AI industry: Caseway says it walked away from…
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AI can help patients put concerns into words, but some GP practices are receiving complaints so long and complex that staff say they are harder to answer. The Medical Protection Society says its survey found that 45 per cent of nearly 160 UK practice managers had seen AI-drafted…
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Defra says it used AI to turn two days’ worth of workshop material into interactive online learning in less than a day. The trial shows how the department hopes to make staff expertise easier to share, while leaving subject-matter experts in charge of judgement and review.
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Meta has Muse, OpenAI has Dots, Anthropic has Clawd, and Notion has a character of its own. Buck chief creative officer Kevin Walker argues that these mascots offer people a way to relate to increasingly capable, hard-to-understand AI systems, while warning that a friendly face can make a…
DeepSeek Watch
A community plugin called DeepSeek Bot adds multiple bots, persistent memory and group chats to DeepSeek Harness, with its data stored on the user’s own computer. It offers Harness users a practical way to experiment with AI teams, though the project is independent of DeepSeek itself.
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority has opened an eight-week consultation that would put technology and AI explicitly into the standards for competent legal practice. The proposals could make responsible use of AI a professional competence issue for solicitors and qualification candidates, not merely a matter of firm preference.
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SK Group plans to select about 50 young adults for a two-year, full-time AI problem-solving programme, paying each 3 million won a month. The unusual offer is not a degree or a job guarantee, but a paid route to learning by doing.
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Seven Swedish university hospitals and AI Sweden are launching a national programme to train 600 healthcare employees in AI, backed by SEK 18 million in European Social Fund funding. The initiative aims to build practical skills across healthcare, where making AI useful means more than handing the IT…
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Cambridge start-up Neela Biotech has raised £2.1 million to develop an AI-guided process that turns food, farm and forestry waste into sustainable aviation fuel feedstock. The funding is intended to support a pilot-scale trial at a biogas plant over the next two years, putting existing infrastructure at the…
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TorrentClaw says its TrueSpec system checks torrent contents against their names and flags suspected malware, giving users more than a release label to go on. The AI-assisted index has logged confirmed malware and deceptive listings, though its checks are selective and its own figures have important limits.
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Tata Consultancy Services says 80% of its future hires will have digital and AI skills, as AI-led work reached 10% of revenue in the September quarter. The figures offer a snapshot of how the IT services giant is reshaping its hiring and business around AI, though the company…
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Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu argues that societies should respond to AI-driven job losses by creating ways for people to earn beyond conventional employment, rather than paying everyone a universal basic income. His proposal puts the question of who benefits from AI’s productivity at the centre of the debate,…
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South Korea has opened a defence AI centre in Pangyo to develop robots for dangerous military work, including mine clearance and hazardous-material reconnaissance. It is the first of five planned hubs, linking military, academic and industry research as the country looks to use autonomous systems in its armed…
