The National Institutes of Health has renewed support for Artificial Intelligence for Alzheimer’s Disease, or AI4AD. The new $12.6 million award to advance the project’s next phase, AI4AD2, brings its total investment in AI4AD to $30.7 million. Led by Paul M. Thompson, PhD, associate director of the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) … Read more
AI company Anthropic is developing and has begun testing with early access customers a new AI model more capable than any it has released previously, the company said, following a data leak that revealed the model’s existence. An Anthropic spokesperson said the new model represented “a step change” in AI performance and was “the most … Read more
Bottom Line: A machine learning model that analyzes patient demographics, electronic health record data, and routine blood test results predicted a patient’s risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, with high accuracy. Journal in Which the Study was Published: Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research … Read more
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Jabez Eliezer Manuel, Senior Principal Engineer at Booking.com, presented Behind Booking.com’s AI Evolution: The Unpolished Story at QCon London 2026, where he discussed how Booking.com has evolved over the past 20 years and the challenges they faced on their journey to incorporate AI. Paying tribute to the 20th edition of QCon London, Manuel kicked off … Read more
Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a series of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that uses machine learning to identify individuals who may be at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) using information from their electronic medical records (EMRs). In a study published in npj Women’s Health, the researchers report the tools could detect IPV … Read more
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is abuse within relationships, when a current or former spouse or partner uses violence or aggression. It doesn’t matter where someone lives or how much money they make; IPV cuts across all boundaries. Because it often stays hidden, intimate partner violence has become one of the biggest health problems of our … Read more
Hilger, K. & Sporns, O. Network neuroscience methods for studying intelligence. The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and Cognitive Neuroscience 26–43 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108635462.004 (2021). Hilger, K. et al. Predicting intelligence from brain gray matter volume. Brain Struct. Funct. 225, 2111–2129 (2020). Google Scholar Assaf, Y. & Pasternak, O. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-based white matter mapping in brain … Read more
The effects of spinal cord injuries are complex and multifaceted. People lose not only the ability to control the movement of their limbs, but also the ability to receive sensory feedback from them. Both are critical to generate the coordinated movement involved in walking. Now, a team of researchers from Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, … Read more
Nvidia is planning to launch an open source platform for AI agents, people familiar with the company’s plans tell WIRED. The chipmaker has been pitching the product, referred to as NemoClaw, to enterprise software companies. The platform will allow these companies to dispatch AI agents to perform tasks for their own workforces. Companies will be … Read more