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When it comes to coding, peer feedback is crucial for catching bugs early, maintaining consistency across a codebase, and improving overall software quality. The rise of “vibe coding” — using AI tools that take instructions given in plain language and quickly generate large amounts of code — has changed how developers work. While these tools have sped up development, they have also introduced new bugs, security risks, and poorly understood code. Anthropic’s solution is an AI reviewer designed to catch bugs before they make it into the software’s codebase. The new product, called Code Review, launched Monday in Claude Code.…
A Brazilian startup fund is betting that AI has made large headcounts and funding rounds unnecessary to compete on the global stage.Shiva, named for the Hindu god of transformation, has raised $10 million to back AI startups of one to three people — which it calls “Stars” — and arm them with monthly stipends rather than large, upfront checks.Brazilian entrepreneur Lucas Marques founded Shiva, backed by venture firm Monashees. He believes AI can create opportunities for founders from disadvantaged backgrounds by dramatically reducing operating costs.AI startup founders and Big Tech companies have increasingly shifted to forming smaller, nimble teams, favoring…
A 17-year-old is returning to cheering after receiving a rare double organ transplant.Macey Brown, a high school senior in Fenton, Missouri, was given a second chance at life after she underwent a combined heart and kidney transplant at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.”I feel really good. I’m back to normal school and I just cheered for the first time last week since everything happened,” Macey told “Good Morning America.”Macey was diagnosed with a severe congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome shortly after her birth. The heart defect, where the left side of the heart is underdeveloped, occurs in about…
OpenAI announced Monday it has acquired Promptfoo, an AI security startup founded in 2024 to protect LLMs from online adversaries. The frontier lab said in a blog post that once the deal closes, Promptfoo’s technology will be integrated into OpenAI Frontier, its enterprise platform for AI agents. The development of independent AI agents that perform digital tasks has generated excitement about productivity gains. But it’s also given bad actors fresh opportunities to access sensitive data or manipulate automated systems. This deal underscores how frontier labs are scrambling to prove their technology can be used safely in critical business operations. Promptfoo…
Anthropic has made good on its promise to challenge the Department of Defense in court after the agency labeled it a supply chain risk late last week. The Claude maker filed two complaints against the Department on Monday in California and Washington D.C. after a weeks-long conflict between Anthropic and the DOD over whether the military should have unrestricted access to Anthropic’s AI systems. Anthropic had two firm red lines: it didn’t want its technology to be used for mass surveillance of Americans and didn’t believe it was ready to power fully autonomous weapons with no humans making targeting and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical test that blocked or delayed Black people from getting kidney transplants seems to be working.Researchers reported Monday that thousands of Black transplant candidates have been given credit on the transplant waiting list for time they lost because of that misguided test, moving up their priority in an attempt at restorative justice.That test used a race-based formula to calculate patients’ kidney function. It made Black patients’ kidneys appear healthier than they really were, delaying diagnosis of impending organ failure and referral for transplant.After the U.S. transplant…
Most parents think that using AI for schoolwork is unethical. Most kids and teens think it should actually be encouraged. Loading audio narration… That’s just one place where parents and youth differ in their views on AI use, according to a new report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that aims to promote the well-being of families and children when it comes to technology use.According to the report, which centered around a survey of over 1,200 parents and 1,100 kids and teens between the ages of 12 and 17 across the United States, there are some significant gaps between parents…
For older adults, a daily multivitamin may slightly slow the aging process, new research suggests.In a randomized study of 958 older adults, those who took a multivitamin daily for two years experienced slowed so-called biological aging by about four months. That is, during the 24 months, they aged only 20 months at a cellular level.Whereas chronological age measures how much time has passed since birth, biological age reflects wear and tear on the body at a cellular level. The two don’t necessarily match up. For example, a person might be 50 years old chronologically yet have a biological age of…
German robotics startup Neura Robotics has inked a partnership with semiconductor giant Qualcomm to build the next generation of robots and physical AI. The deal is the latest coupling in the emerging physical AI industry between robotics startups and larger tech hardware and software companies. While no specific products were mentioned in the Monday announcements, the companies will work together to build the “brain and nervous system” of robots in a quest to advance the deployment of humanoid and general-purpose robots in the real world in both domestic and industrial settings. More specifically, Neura will use Qualcomm’s Dragonwing Robotics IQ10…
Anthropic has filed suit to block the Pentagon’s effective blacklisting of the company and its products. Loading audio narration… On Monday, Anthropic sued the Department of Defense, the Executive Office of the President, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and several other federal agencies. Last Thursday, the Pentagon said it had formally notified Anthropic that it would be labeled a supply chain risk, an unprecedented move against a US company.Anthropic said the designation is putting business partnerships and contracts with other federal contractors “in jeopardy.” According to the lawsuit, this is why the AI firm is suing to block the designation and…