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A 60-year-old man spent three weeks being treated at a hospital after replacing table salt with sodium bromide following consultation with the popular artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT.Three physicians published a report on the case in the Annals of Internal Medicine earlier this month. According to the report, the man had no prior psychiatric history when he arrived at the hospital “expressing concern that his neighbor was poisoning him.”The man shared that he had been distilling his own water at home, and the report noted he seemed “paranoid” about water he was offered. Bromism, or high levels of bromide, was considered…
A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced.The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a news release on Aug. 13 that the individual, an adult, has been infected with Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba.Naegleria fowleri is a type of amoeba that can cause a rare, but nearly always fatal brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Typically, fewer than 10 people a year get PAM in the United States, according to the CDC. Last month, a 12-year-old boy died from…
2025-08-14T17:46:11Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link 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. Apple is bringing blood oxygen monitoring back to some Apple Watch models after a US Customs ruling. It began pulling the feature in 2024, following a patent dispute with medtech company Masimo. An OS update will allow an Apple Watch to send sensor data to its paired iPhone for viewing. It…
Cohere on Thursday announced that it had raised an oversubscribed $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8 billion. This is up from the $5.5 billion valuation it landed a little over a year ago when it raised its previous round, also $500 million. Toronto-headquartered Cohere was one of the first breakout LLM model makers, founded in 2019 by co-founder Aidan Gomez, one of the authors of the “Attention is all You Need” paper that became the foundation of modern AI. But it has been a sleeper entrant in the AI model wars of late, dominated these days by OpenAI,…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s big GPT-5 announcement was drowned out by users clamoring to keep their access to older models.Less than 24 hours after OpenAI announced it would discontinue 4o, Altman and his team signaled a retreat. The fierce responses show that OpenAI’s userbase has developed strong attachments to its various AI models, an achievement in and of itself, but one that poses a challenge to the company as it looks to convince people to shift to newer models.”If you have been following the GPT-5 rollout, one thing you might be noticing is how much of an attachment some people have to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities.In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland found that the Education Department violated the law when it threatened to cut federal funding from educational institutions that continued with DEI initiatives.The guidance has been on hold since April when three federal judges blocked various portions of the Education Department’s anti-DEI measures. The ruling Thursday followed a motion for summary judgment from the American Federation of Teachers and the American Sociological Association,…
An invasive tick species is creeping its way into more parts of the country, as warming temperatures help it spread a little-known infection that can leave people with debilitating symptoms, and in rare cases, dead.In May, scientists at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven discovered for the first time that the longhorned tick had become a carrier for the bacteria that causes the Ehrlichiosis infection. With cases already on the rise, that was a big cause of concern.“I am afraid to say that it is a storm brewing,” said Goudarz Molaei, the director of the lab’s tick-testing program.…
Summer heat, outdoor fun … and cold and flu symptoms?The three may not go together in many people’s minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because many viruses really do have lower activity levels in the summer.But it is possible to get the sniffles — or worse — in the summer. Federal data released Friday, for example, shows COVID-19 is trending up in most states, with emergency department visits up among people of all ages.Here’s what to know about summer viruses.How much are colds and flu circulating right now?The number of people seeking medical care for three…
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will have a disciplinary hearing with the NFL on Sept. 30 in New York, a person with knowledge of the schedule told The Associated Press on Thursday.The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the details haven’t been announced, said Sue L. Robinson is scheduled to hear Rice’s case. Robinson is a former U.S. district judge who serves as the disciplinary officer jointly appointed by the NFL and NFL Players Association.It’s the second time under the 2020 collective bargaining agreement that the league and the players’ union haven’t agreed on length of discipline,…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down key parts of a Florida law that helped parents get books they found objectionable removed from public school libraries and classrooms. It is a victory for publishers and authors who had sued after their books were removed.U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza in Orlando said in Wednesday’s ruling that the statute’s prohibition on material that described sexual conduct was overbroad. Mendoza, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, also said that the state’s interpretation of the 2023 law was unconstitutional. Among the books that had been removed from central Florida schools…