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Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves a patient population most of Silicon Valley ignores. But last month, that work put him at the center of something much bigger. His company, Pair Team, announced on April 30 it had been accepted into ACCESS, a Medicare program — as one of 150 participants chosen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to test what AI-driven medical care could look like at federal scale. The program goes live July 5. “The government is creating swim…

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their confidence, then take their exam.Lately, there’s been a lot to celebrate in elementary schools in Modesto, California. Both reading and math scores have increased consistently over the past several years. But across the country, results are gloomier. Researchers warn that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession — a slide predating the pandemic’s disruptions in schooling.Scholars at Harvard, Stanford and Dartmouth analyzed state test…

After two weeks of testimony from witnesses who called Sam Altman a liar and a cheat, jurors in Elon Musk’s blockbuster trial against the OpenAI CEO got to hear his side of the story. Loading audio narration… Altman took the witness stand in an Oakland, California, federal courthouse on Tuesday for a case that could decide the fate of the groundbreaking artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT.Musk’s lawsuit accuses him and OpenAI President Greg Brockman of “looting” OpenAI’s charity through a partnership with Microsoft for his personal gain — allegations that Altman, Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft deny.Under more than three hours…

Noise-canceling headphones are the perfect audio companions for commutes and traveling. They’re designed to block background noise, so you can focus on your music without pesky distractions. But there are so many models to choose from, making it a headache to find the right fit for your needs. That’s why we tested multiple options to pick the best noise-canceling headphones for different kinds of listeners.If you want the short answer, the Bose QuietComfort Ultra (2nd Gen) over-ear headphones deliver the most effective active noise cancellation (ANC) we’ve tested. However, they’re on the pricey side. If you’re on a tighter budget,…

Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher who now runs the AI Futures Project, says the artificial-intelligence industry is racing to build systems that companies still do not fully understand or control. Loading audio narration… Kokotajlo spoke with Business Insider’s Reem Makhoul and Barbara Corbellini Duarte in May 2025, explaining that the core problem facing AI companies is alignment — the effort to ensure future AI systems reliably follow human instructions and values, even after they become more capable than humans in many areas.Researchers do not fully understand how advanced AI models make decisions internally, he said. That uncertainty makes it…

Sam Altman on Tuesday came under fierce grilling from Elon Musk’s lead trial attorney in an increasingly awkward courtroom exchange that saw the OpenAI CEO confronted with allegations of lying and deception. Loading audio narration… Musk’s attorney, Steven Molo, opened his cross-examination of Altman with the blunt question: “Are you completely trustworthy?””I believe so,” Altman told the federal California jury in the civil trial of Musk’s lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI.”You don’t know whether you’re completely trustworthy?” Molo followed up, forcing Altman to respond, “I’ll just amend my answer to yes.”Molo then peppered Altman with questions about whether the billionaire…

Call me a grouch, but I find it really hard to make any compelling argument for why anyone needs to see a feed of their friends’ activity on Venmo. Loading audio narration… Is it really so interesting seeing that your friend paid someone for pizza?Venmo’s new redesign adds features that lean into that supposed social element. Transactions in your payments feed get larger images and even animated GIFs.I really wish Venmo would focus more on what users deserve — privacy by default! — instead of more emojis.The newest update finally does something Venmo should have done at least a decade…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Tens of thousands of Argentines flooded the streets of major cities nationwide on Tuesday to protest funding cuts by libertarian President Javier Milei to the public university system that represents a near-universal point of pride in this crisis-prone country.Vast crowds in downtown Buenos Aires marched toward the government headquarters to denounce budget shortfalls eroding the financial foundation of the country’s higher education. Argentina’s public university system, a cornerstone of its well-educated workforce cherished by its large middle class, has been tuition-free since 1949 and produced five Nobel Prize laureates.Congress passed a law last year to…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finally took the stand this morning to defend himself against his former co-founder Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s corporate structure. Altman was immediately asked what he thought of Musk’s allegation that OpenAI’s other founders “stole a charity” when they launched a for-profit subsidiary to market products based on the company’s AI models. “It feels difficult to even wrap my head around that framing,” Altman said after several seconds of silence. “We created one of the largest charities in the world. This foundation is doing incredible work and will do much more.” Musk’s attorneys have been at…

As investors scramble to get their hands on shares of AI companies of all stripes, Anthropic this week updated its website to warn investors that a slew of private and secondary investment platforms that offer access to shares in the AI company are not, in fact, allowed to do so. The company named Open Doors Partners, Unicorns Exchange, Pachamama Capital, Lionheart Ventures, Hiive (new offerings), Forge Global (new offerings), Sydecar, and Upmarket as companies that are not authorized to provide access to buy or sell its shares. “Any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock, or any interest in Anthropic stock,…