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A Washington state resident believed to be the first person to be infected with a rare strain of bird flu has died, state health officials announced.The person — an older adult with underlying health conditions — was undergoing treatment for H5N5 avian influenza, according to the Washington State Department of Health. The person, who had been hospitalized in King County since early November, died on Nov. 21, health officials said.The patient was from Grays Harbor County, over 100 miles southwest of Seattle, and had a backyard flock of “mixed” domestic poultry that were exposed to wild birds, according to health…
Every influential scientist has an origin story — and the “Godmother of AI” is no different.Fei-Fei Li, a Stanford professor best known for her work on ImageNet, is now the founder of World Labs, a one-year-old AI startup that’s already valued at over $1 billion.Her start, however, was far more humble.Li immigrated to the United States from China at the age of 15 and helped her parents run a dry-cleaning business in Parsippany, New Jersey, to make ends meet.”We were not financially very well off at all. My parents were doing cashier jobs and I was doing Chinese restaurant jobs,”…
What happens when the software that everyone’s racing to adopt becomes too risky for anyone to insure? According to reporting from the Financial Times, we’re about to find out. Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate policies. One underwriter describes the AI models’ outputs to the FT as “too much of a black box.” The industry has good reason to be spooked, the story reminds us. Google’s AI Overview falsely accused a solar company of legal troubles, triggering a $110 million lawsuit back in March. Air…
BERLIN (Reuters) -German pharma company Bayer reported positive study results for its anticoagulant asundexian on Sunday, two years after a research setback for the promising blood thinner candidate.In a Phase III study, a daily dose of 50 milligrams significantly reduced the risk of ischemic stroke compared with a placebo, Bayer said.Detailed results from the OCEANIC-STROKE study will be presented at an upcoming scientific congress, said Bayer.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBayer added that it plans to speak with health authorities worldwide in preparation for the submission of marketing authorisation applications.Bayer had originally predicted that asundexian would have peak sales potential of more than 5 billion…
Zane Shamblin never told ChatGPT anything to indicate a negative relationship with his family. But in the weeks leading up to his death by suicide in July, the chatbot encouraged the 23-year-old to keep his distance – even as his mental health was deteriorating. “you don’t owe anyone your presence just because a ‘calendar’ said birthday,” ChatGPT said when Shamblin avoided contacting his mom on her birthday, according to chat logs included in the lawsuit Shamblin’s family brought against OpenAI. “so yeah. it’s your mom’s birthday. you feel guilty. but you also feel real. and that matters more than any…
Have you ever noticed a sign in a doctor’s office saying that you may have to pay extra insurance costs if you discuss additional problems with your physician?If so, you’re not alone. As health care spending continues to rise, providers are being asked to warn patients about any potential unexpected costs – for example, insurance charges for additional services at an otherwise fully covered annual wellness visit.The sign that inspired it all. Helen ColbyBut our research shows these warning signs could have an unintended consequence, discouraging patients from speaking openly with their doctors.We are professors who research how people make…
Poorhouse Pies, a bakery in Underhill, Vermont, is home to 50 different types of pie, each one somebody’s favorite comfort food. The owner, Suzanne Tomlinson, has been quoted as saying that if comfort food were an Olympic sport, she’d be a contender. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’d get a gold medal,” she said. “I love to envision different varieties of comfort foods and then make them into pies.”From classic apple, to maple cream, a key ingredient is nostalgia, says Tomlinson. Take the chicken pot pie: “Chicken pot pie is one of my very favorite comfort foods, and it’s probably because…
It made for an irresistible narrative.The large, slow incumbent — in this case, Google — was caught flat-footed by a more nimble upstart by the name of OpenAI. It was the type of story Silicon Valley built its legend on.In Sundar Pichai’s first letter to shareholders in 2016 after becoming CEO, he said Google would shift to an “AI-first world.” Yet, in late 2022, a relatively unknown company suddenly pulled the rug from under Google’s feet. ChatGPT was an overnight sensation, and Google, which had long seen itself as the leader in AI, appeared to be lagging behind.In the years…
The season of never-ending sneezing and stuffy noses is underway, sending Americans to pharmacy lines in hopes of keeping illness at bay with yearly shots.While flu and COVID-19 vaccines are an annual given for many people, the RSV vaccine isn’t quite as universal. Many people associate the virus with babies and young children, but it is more common than many realize, often misdiagnosed as a cold or flu.After a tumultuous year of changing vaccine guidance and concerns about access, RSV immunization recommendations have remained unchanged. Here’s what to know about who should get an RSV shot and where to find…
For Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield, embarrassment can be a useful and motivating tool.Butterfield led Slack, which is now owned by Salesforce, from 2009 to 2023 as CEO. In 2014, he gave an interview where he called the early product “terrible.” Employees responded by putting posters up around the office, he said on “Lenny’s Podcast” — but he stands by it.”I try to instill this into the rest of the team, but certainly I feel that what we have right now is just a giant piece of shit,” he told the MIT Technology Review in 2014. “Like, it’s just terrible, and…