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Feel like X’s algorithm needs work? Elon Musk agrees.Musk isn’t a fan of X’s algorithm, and he’s documenting the company’s efforts to improve the technology that decides what you see in the platform’s “For You” feed.Musk said he is overhauling the recommendation system that decides which user-generated posts and advertisements are shown when you open the app. He also pledged to make that system transparent in the process, with the underlying code getting published on GitHub every four weeks. Musk said any changes to the code will be explained with every post.”We know the algorithm is dumb and needs massive…
If there were ever any doubts, winter is underway. A sprawling winter storm is predicted to spread ice and snow across much of the country later this week.The major winter storm system, which includes heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain, will impact much of the southern and eastern parts of the country Friday, Jan. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 25, the National Weather Service advised on Jan. 20. Folks from Colorado and Wyoming through the mid-Atlantic and New England should prepare for forecast updates.With snowfall right around the corner, people may be digging back out the snow shovels and snow blowers…
Jan 20 (Reuters) – Isomorphic Labs, which uses artificial intelligence for drug discovery, expects to have its first clinical trials by the end of 2026, founder and CEO Demis Hassabis said on Tuesday.The comments, made at an event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, signal a delay in the Google-backed startup’s ambitions.Hassabis had said last year the company would have AI-designed drugs in clinical trials by the end of 2025.Companies have been increasingly touting the real-world applications of AI, where the technology can be used to speed up research and development and shorten drug discovery timelines in the…
The American Red Cross declared a severe emergency blood shortage on Monday and called on people to donate.The humanitarian organization, which says it’s the largest supplier of blood products for hospitals and for patient need in the U.S., said the demand from hospitals has outpaced the available supply of blood.Dr. Courtney Lawrence, divisional chief medical officer at American Red Cross, told ABC News that almost one-third of the organization’s blood stores across the country have been depleted due to hospital need.Red Cross announces emergency blood shortage, calls on Americans to donateLawrence said inclement winter weather, which has forced more than…
A year after the start of a deadly measles outbreak in West Texas, the virus continues to spread in several parts of the U.S. — a milestone both troubling and significant, as it could mean that measles is no longer considered eliminated in the country.Measles has been eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, a designation that indicates the virus is no longer constantly circulating, though there are occasional outbreaks. However, global public health authorities consider the virus endemic — or always present — after one year of continuous transmission.“We have all the ingredients to have our elimination status revoked,” said…
At least 88 new measles cases in South Carolina have been confirmed amid the state’s outbreak, bringing the total number of infections to 646, state health officials said Tuesday.The majority of cases have been found in the Upstate region and around Spartanburg County, which sits on the border with North Carolina.The South Carolina Department of Public Health said there are currently 538 people in quarantine and 33 in isolation. The latest end of quarantine will be on Feb. 23.There are at least 15 schools — including elementary, middle and high schools — which currently have students in quarantine.Health officials also…
It’s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they plan to meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation.Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it.The reevaluation is largely symbolic and hinges on whether a single measles chain has spread uninterrupted within the U.S. for at least 12 months.Public health scientists around the country are investigating whether the now-ended Texas outbreak is linked to active ones in Utah, Arizona…
2026-01-20T16:15:07.786Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says some companies are “play-acting” when it comes to AI adoption. Speaking at Davos, Khosrowshahi said it’s “much harder than it sounds” for companies to embrace AI. Companies have been ramping up their spending on AI tools, but with mixed results. How do you separate…
A recent warning out of Davos highlights that even the world’s business elite can fall prey to online scams.Fake VIP passes for the USA House — America’s privately funded celebration site at the World Economic Forum’s event in Davos, Switzerland — have hit the market. In a statement on its website, the USA House warned those attending not to be duped. A warning about scam tickets posted to USA House’s website during Davos. USA House “We will not give access to people who purchased such packages,” the statement reads. “Our sympathies to those who fell victim to these scams.”The scams…
Humans&, a startup with a philosophy that AI should empower people rather than replace them, has raised $480 million in seed funding at a $4.48 billion valuation, reports The New York Times. Investors in the round include chipmaker Nvidia, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and VC firms SV Angel, Google Ventures and Laurene Powell Jobs’s firm Emerson Collective. The megadeal for the three-month-old company follows a trend of investors throwing money at startups founded by breakaways of major AI labs. Humans&’s founders include Andi Peng, a former Anthropic researcher who worked on reinforcement learning and post-training of Claude 3.5 through 4.5; Georges…