AI tool catches pancreatic cancer in routine scans before symptoms appear
According to physician Zhu Kelei, AI has definitively saved the lives of patients whose scans were only flagged by PANDA, an AI tool developed by Alibaba researchers. The system analyzes non-contrast CT images – scans where even experienced radiologists can easily miss tumors.
Read full article about: Anthropic President Daniela Amodei says "the exponential continues until it doesn't"
"The exponential continues until it doesn't," says Anthropic President Daniela Amodei, quoting her colleagues. At Anthropic, the team believed every year that this pace couldn't possibly keep up, and yet it did, Amodei says in an interview with CNBC TV. But that's not guaranteed, she adds. Anthropic doesn't know the future either and could be wrong about this assumption.
Economically, things get more complicated, Amodei says (from 15:56). Even if the models keep improving, rolling them out in companies can stall for "human reasons": change management takes time, procurement processes move slowly, and specific use cases often remain unclear. The key question for whether AI is in a bubble comes down to whether the economy can absorb the technology as fast as it's advancing, she suggests.
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Read full article about: Local resistance blocks $98 billion in AI data center projects across eleven US states
Tech companies building AI data centers are facing growing opposition from US communities, the Los Angeles Times reports. Between April and June, 20 projects worth $98 billion were blocked or delayed across eleven states: two-thirds of all projects it is tracking, according to Data Center Watch. Residents cite rising electricity costs, water consumption, noise, and loss of farmland.
Real estate firms are now considering selling land over approval concerns. Matthews, North Carolina Mayor John Higdon told the LA Times that politicians backing these projects risk getting voted out. In Indiana alone, more than a dozen projects failed to get permits, says activist Bryce Gustafson. Industry representatives like Dan Diorio from the Data Center Coalition are pushing for better community outreach.
Meanwhile, AI companies have massive expansion plans. Google wants to increase computing capacity 1,000-fold within five years, and OpenAI is pursuing its Stargate project. Beyond local resistance, there's another problem: the US power grid can't keep up.
Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what her team spent a year on
A senior Google engineer publicly praises Anthropic’s Claude Code: the tool built in one hour what her team spent a year developing. The quality and efficiency gains exceed anything anyone could have imagined, she says. Plus: Claude Code’s creator shares his best workflow tips.
ByteDance's StoryMem gives AI video models a memory so characters stop shapeshifting between scenes
ByteDance tackles one of AI video generation’s most persistent problems: characters that change appearance from scene to scene. The new StoryMem system remembers how characters and environments should look, keeping them consistent throughout an entire story.
Read full article about: OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman donates $25 million to Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC
OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman has donated $25 million to MAGA Inc., Donald Trump's super PAC, according to a Bloomberg report citing FEC filings. The donation is part of $102 million MAGA Inc. raised in the second half of 2025, bringing its war chest to $294 million by year's end. Three donors accounted for over half: Brockman, crypto exchange Crypto.com ($20 million), and private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov ($11 million).
Brockman hasn't commented on his support for Trump. But OpenAI and the AI industry stand to benefit from the relaxed regulations the Trump administration has promised, including plans to regulate AI at the federal level rather than leaving it to individual states. Large donors like Brockman may also be hoping to gain access to the administration or influence policy decisions. Brockman is also a member of "Leading the Future," a political network pushing back against stricter AI legislation.