3 More Bird Flu Infections in People as Chicken Deaths Affect Egg Industry
Bird flu headlines include three new human cases, millions of dead birds in poultry flocks and new personnel moves from the Trump administration…
Pro-Life Leaders Criticize Trump’s IVF Order, Say ‘IVF Is NOT Pro-Life’
Pro-life leaders are voicing strong opposition to President Trump’s executive order expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), arguing that the procedure results in the destruction of human embryos and contradicts pro-life principles. Prominent figures like Albert Mohler, Lila Rose, and Kristan Hawkins have condemned the move…
Hundreds Rally Against Firing of Federal Workers, Warning of Threat to Public Health
MedPage Today) — WASHINGTON — Hundreds of current and former federal employees rallied Wednesday outside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters, protesting recent firings and their effect on public health, and directing…
Rabbit shows off the AI agent it should have launched with
The Humane AI Pin has collapsed, but Rabbit is still kicking. The company published a blog post and video today showing off a “generalist Android agent,” slowly controlling apps on a tablet in much the same way that Rabbit claimed its R1 device would over a year ago…
Delta offering $30K to passengers in Toronto crash-landing
Delta Air Lines is offering passengers who were on the Monday flight that crash-landed in Toronto $30,000 in the aftermath of the incident. The company told passengers that the cash offer has “no strings attached and does not affect rights,” CBS News reported. All 80 of the people aboard the Toronto-bound flight survived when the…
World Network in Philippines to Battle Scams with Human ID
World Network, formerly known as Worldcoin, has officially landed in the Philippines, aiming to bring its approach to digital identity and financial inclusion to a nation grappling with the rise of bot-driven misinformation and deepfake-related fraud. Can World Network tame the wild west of crime in the Philippines…
Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a general way
Researchers find large language models process diverse types of data, like different languages, audio inputs, images, etc., similarly to how humans reason about complex problems. Like humans, LLMs integrate data inputs across modalities in a central hub that processes data in an input-type-agnostic fashion…
Mutation increases enzyme in mouse brains linked to schizophrenia behaviors
A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic link to psychosis, report researchers…
We can farm more seafood while minimizing its impact on biodiversity
Humanity can farm more food from the seas to help feed the planet while shrinking mariculture’s negative impacts on biodiversity, according to new research…