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(Reuters) -The UK’s drugs cost-effectiveness watchdog has given a positive recommendation for ViiV Healthcare’s HIV drug, enabling access to the preventive medicine via the state health system in England and Wales, the GSK unit said on Friday.The country’s drug regulator had approved ViiV’s injection, Apretude, last year for prevention of HIV-1 in adults and young people who weigh at least 35 kilograms and are at high risk of acquiring the infection.A positive recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or NICE, solidifies the final guidance related to Apretude for National Health Service, ViiV said.It also allows the…

Due diligence is a two-way street, according to Reid Hoffman.In an episode of the “Possible” podcast released on Wednesday, the LinkedIn cofounder said he always asks founders to look into his background before letting him invest in their companies.”I say: ‘Look, I’m going to give you a bunch of references. I would like you to find anybody that I perfectly worked with,'” he said. “You’re allowed to talk to anyone and you can tell them, they know this, that they should tell you my strengths and weaknesses.”And don’t just call people who had good experiences, he added.”I will identify people…

Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now available in countries like Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Italy. Users who have set one of these languages as their default, instead of English, can now chat with the AI in question-and-answer format. Reddit uses a Google AI model to power the feature. Reddit first debuted AI-powered search last year and has been working to expand it in different ways. The feature is part of Reddit Answers, which lives alongside the…

OpenAI announced Thursday it paused the ability for users to generate videos resembling the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. using its AI video model, Sora. The company says it’s adding this safeguard at the request of Dr. King’s estate after some Sora users generated “disrespectful depictions” of his image. “While there are strong free speech interests in depicting historical figures, OpenAI believes public figures and their families should ultimately have control over how their likeness is used,” OpenAI said in a post on X from its official newsroom account. “Authorized representatives or estate owners can request that…

Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic frontrunner for the New York City mayoral race, said affordability is the key to attracting more tech CEOs to the city.During the first debate of the campaign on Thursday evening, candidates were asked how they would convince tech leaders who are concerned about increased corporate taxes to build their companies in NYC, instead of a city like Dallas.It’s an especially relevant question for Mamdani, the democratic socialist candidate. Part of his platform includes raising taxes on the city’s most profitable corporations (increasing the corporate tax to 11.5%) and wealthiest residents (increasing the income tax for…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — On a scorching hot Saturday in San Antonio, dozens of teachers traded a day off for a glimpse of the future. The topic of the day’s workshop: enhancing instruction with artificial intelligence.After marveling as AI graded classwork instantly and turned lesson plans into podcasts or online storybooks, one high school English teacher raised a concern that was on the minds of many: “Are we going to be replaced with AI?”That remains to be seen. But for the nation’s 4 million teachers to stay relevant and help students use the technology wisely, teachers unions have forged an…

When a little-known startup called OpenAI released its artificial intelligence chatbot, it was a seminal moment that kicked off the current era of AI.But what was the “ChatGPT moment” like for Google, a long-established Big Tech company that had for years been working on its own AI products?Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, discussed his reaction the release of ChatGPT during a talk Thursday at Dreamforce, Saleforce’s annual technology event.Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff asked Pichai about what it was like for Google, which he described as the “absolute leader in AI” at the time, when…

(Reuters) -The UK’s drugs cost-effectiveness watchdog has given a positive recommendation for ViiV Healthcare’s HIV drug, enabling access to the preventive medicine via the state health system in England and Wales, the GSK unit said on Friday.The country’s drug regulator had approved ViiV’s injection, Apretude, last year for prevention of HIV-1 in adults and young people who weigh at least 35 kilograms and are at high risk of acquiring the infection.A positive recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or NICE, solidifies the final guidance related to Apretude for National Health Service, ViiV said.It also allows the…

By Patrick Wingrove(Reuters) -Roche on Thursday launched direct-to-consumer U.S. sales of its influenza antiviral pill Xofluza at a discounted cash price of $50, following similar moves by rivals as they scramble to address pressure from the Trump administration to lower prescription drug prices paid by Americans.The Xofluza cash price, offered by Roche’s U.S. biotech unit Genentech at 70% below list price, will be available to insured and uninsured patients from Alto Pharmacy and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. Same-day delivery will be available via Alto Pharmacy. Major U.S. pharmacy chains like CVS will not be involved, Roche confirmed.The administration…

Ahead of the open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage plans that began Wednesday, the Trump administration created a directory to help millions of seniors look up which doctors and medical providers accept which insurance.But the portal frequently produces erroneous and conflicting information, The Washington Post found, setting off a scramble inside the federal government to fix it. Left unaddressed, the problems could confuse older adults as they sift through dozens of options, or force them to foot the bill for regular medical appointments, according to Medicare experts and patient advocates.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and…