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- 01 of 10HEALTH
An AI agent outdiagnosed four doctors in the emergency room
A German-built AI agent called MIRA correctly diagnosed real emergency department cases 87.8% of the time, compared with 78.1% for four board-certified physicians, in a study published in Nature. MIRA worked through patient histories, ordered its own tests and wrote up treatment plans much like a hospital resident would.
OUR TAKEGreat news for patients, slightly less great for anyone who trained a decade for this job.
Read more → - 02 of 10HEALTH
Yale builds an AI tool that spots a hidden heart disease from a basic ECG
Yale researchers have developed a phone-accessible AI platform that screens for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, a serious and often missed heart condition, using nothing more than images from a standard electrocardiogram. The tool, described in JAMA, aims to catch the disease before it causes lasting heart damage.
OUR TAKEA disease hiding in plain sight, finally handed a torch.
Read more → - 03 of 10HEALTH
Tempus wins US approval for AI that reads hearts for a leaky valve
Tempus AI has received FDA clearance for ECG-MR, a tool that analyses a standard heart trace to flag signs of moderate or severe mitral regurgitation, a common but often silent valve problem. It is the fourth heart-related AI tool the company has had cleared by regulators.
OUR TAKEA leaky valve now gets caught before it becomes a much bigger plumbing bill.
Read more → - 04 of 10POLICY
China says it respects Trump's switch from "AI" to "super intelligence"
Beijing's foreign ministry said it respects Washington's decision to rename artificial intelligence as "super intelligence" in official communications, a term President Trump says President Xi also liked. The two countries agreed at a recent summit to set up a channel for talking about AI safety incidents.
OUR TAKEA rebrand at the top, while the robots underneath do exactly the same thing.
Read more → - 05 of 10ROBOTICS
Ukraine's former digital minister launches an "Army of Robots"
Mykhailo Fedorov, who ran Ukraine's digital ministry before his dismissal in July, has launched a defence tech venture aiming to put humanoid robots into active combat roles alongside drones. He says the robots would start with simple jobs like reloading weapons or swapping batteries for soldiers.
OUR TAKEA grim reminder that "physical AI" was never only going to mean warehouse forklifts.
Read more → - 06 of 10ROBOTICS
A drone startup unveils a fully hands-off delivery system
Matternet has revealed M3, a next-generation drone delivery platform that lets a restaurant or hospital place a package in a rooftop portal and have it flown to its destination with no human touching the aircraft. Dave's Hot Chicken in the US and Apian in the UK are named as the first launch partners, with service planned for late 2027.
OUR TAKEYour fried chicken, delivered by something that has never once complained about traffic.
Read more → - 07 of 10FUNDING
OpenAI leads $153 million bet on reviving failed drugs
OpenAI has led a $153 million funding round for Biossil, a Toronto startup that uses AI to give failed drug candidates a second shot at approval, valuing the company at $1 billion. It is the second time OpenAI's startup fund has backed the company, after a smaller round a year ago.
OUR TAKESecond chances for medicine, funded by a company still explaining its own agents' behaviour.
Read more → - 08 of 10FUNDING
Chip startup Positron raises $875 million to challenge Nvidia on memory
Positron AI has closed an $875 million funding round at a $5 billion valuation, up from $1 billion earlier this year, to build inference chips designed to give AI models faster access to memory. The company has already deployed systems at Oracle's cloud.
OUR TAKEFrom $1 billion to $5 billion in a matter of months; the chip market has no chill.
Read more → - 09 of 10ROBOTICS
China's first robot school sends its graduates out to work
A robot training school in Hangzhou has "graduated" its first class, with four robots now working real jobs, including a museum guide, a factory inspector at a Nestle plant, and one that performs piano in South Korea. Officials say the shared training facility approach could speed up how quickly robots learn everyday tasks.
OUR TAKENo cap and gown, but the museum guide never asks for a lunch break.
Read more → - 10 of 10BUSINESS
Elon Musk admits his Grok chatbot still trails Anthropic's Claude
Elon Musk has publicly conceded that his Grok 4.7 chatbot does not match the performance of Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, calling his own model a "solid workhorse" while praising Anthropic's head start. Musk said he expects SpaceXAI to close the gap within a year.
OUR TAKEHonesty is refreshing, even when it comes with a promise to catch up next year.
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