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• Study of thousands of operations suggests that overlapping surgeries are safe

  01-12-2016 17:51
  A common way of scheduling surgeries to expand patient access to care and improve hospital efficiency, known as “overlapping surgeries,” is as safe and provides the same outcomes for patients as non-overlapping surgeries, a study has found.
  
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• 10 AI Jobs You Can Land Without a Computer Science Degree

  17-12-2025 18:33 via eweek.com
  If you thought breaking into an AI career would require a computer science degree, think again.A new study by the digital learning platform provider EIT Campus highlights the 10 easiest US-based AI jobs for 2026, some of which require only 2 to 4 weeks of training. All offer lucrative opportunities that prioritize practical skills over traditional qualifications, according to EIT Campus.“The beauty of these AI roles is that you’re not competing against people with 10 years of experie
  
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• Elon Musk’s ‘AI Nightmares’: A Future He Can’t Slow Down

  17-12-2025 16:59 via eweek.com
  Elon Musk has lost sleep over many things in his career. Lately, he says, one thing stands out: AI.The tech titan, who is simultaneously building some of the world’s most advanced AI, recently revealed a surprising personal truth: AI is haunting his sleep. In an interview, the CEO stated he has been having “AI nightmares many days in a row,” suggesting a deep-seated anxiety about the very technology he is racing to create.The confession came during a discussion on The Katie Mil
  
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• ‘Robot, Build It’: MIT’s New AI Lets You Build Real Objects Just by Describing Them

  17-12-2025 16:50 via eweek.com
  Say it, picture it, and watch it take shape. That’s the idea behind a new MIT system that turns simple words into real, usable objects.Researchers at MIT have developed an AI-powered robotic assembly system that allows people to design and build physical objects just by describing them in plain language. Instead of learning complex computer-aided design (CAD) tools, users can simply describe what they want, such as a lamp or shelf, and the system handles the rest.The project combines gener
  
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• Google’s New AI Agent Connects Gmail and Calendar to Manage Your Day

  17-12-2025 16:44 via eweek.com
  Google has launched CC, a new experimental AI productivity agent from Google Labs designed to help users stay organized and act on daily tasks. Built with Google’s Gemini AI model, CC pulls together information from “Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and the wider web” to create a daily snapshot of what matters most. The company says CC is meant to reduce the time people spend juggling emails, meetings, and reminders by presenting everything in one place.At the center
  
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• Meta AI Glasses Get Spotify Integration and Voice Boost

  17-12-2025 16:17 via eweek.com
  Hear ye! Hear ye! Meta has an update that will help how millions of people hear conversations and discover music.
  The company has rolled out its v21 software update, introducing conversation-boosting technology and AI-powered music matching that responds to what users are looking at—two features that blur the lines between regular eyewear and assistive technology.
  This announcement follows on from Meta’s two major enhancements for Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta HSTN smart glasses that
  
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• Nano Banana Faces New Rival as OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Images Overhaul

  17-12-2025 15:34 via eweek.com
  OpenAI is looking to peel Google’s Nano Banana with the launch of a rebuilt ChatGPT Images, the latest iteration of its AI image generator, designed to position the genAI platform as a full-fledged creative studio.Released on Tuesday, the update brings image generation and editing into a single conversational workflow, allowing users to create images from text, modify uploaded visuals, and refine results through natural-language feedback without restarting prompts. OpenAI says the redesign
  
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• OpenAI Unleashes FrontierScience for AI-Fueled Scientific Reasoning

  17-12-2025 11:45 via eweek.com
  Einstein a go-go. OpenAI is in the news again with something to help the scientific world.
  The perennially busy firm has unveiled FrontierScience—an evaluation system that pushes artificial intelligence into uncharted territory by tackling the same complex scientific problems that typically challenge PhD researchers for weeks.
  While previous benchmarks focused on recall, FrontierScience is advertised as genuine scientific reasoning across physics, chemistry, and biology. The system launche
  
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• Google Gemini’s Deep Research Adds Visual Reports and Charts

  17-12-2025 09:35 via eweek.com
  Google has dropped a massive upgrade that might make you rethink how AI handles research.
  The tech giant’s Deep Research feature now creates interactive visual reports with charts, simulations, and diagrams—all generated in real-time based on your requests. This launch marks a fundamental shift from text-based AI outputs to fully interactive, visual experiences.
  According to the announcement, Deep Research can now scan emails, spreadsheets, and chats for personalized reports while au
  
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• ‘Weekend Update’ Flub: Viewers Call Out SNL for ‘Odd’ AI Image

  16-12-2025 19:47 via eweek.com
  Saturday Night Live usually gets laughs. This weekend, there were questions.During the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, viewers noticed something unusual during the “Weekend Update” segment. As Colin Jost delivered a joke about President Donald Trump holding a rally at a casino, an image appeared on screen showing an older woman using an oxygen tank while playing slot machines.The image stood out to many viewers. Its smooth look and odd details led to speculation that it may ha
  
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• ‘Weekend Update’ Flub: Viewers Call Out SNL for ‘Lazy’ AI Image

  16-12-2025 19:47 via eweek.com
  Saturday Night Live usually gets laughs. This weekend, there were questions.During the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, viewers noticed something unusual during the “Weekend Update” segment. As Colin Jost delivered a joke about President Donald Trump holding a rally at a casino, an image appeared on screen showing an older woman using an oxygen tank while playing slot machines.The image stood out to many viewers. Its smooth look and odd details led to speculation that it may ha
  
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• The AI Prescription for Better Patient Experience

  16-12-2025 17:40 via eweek.com
  In this episode of eSpeaks, host Corey Noles sits down with John Matthews, Industry Strategist for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Teradata, to explore how AI and modern data strategies can help healthcare organizations deliver faster, more personalized, and more connected patient experiences — without compromising trust, compliance, or security. Over a conversational ~30-minute interview, Matthews breaks down why patient experience is becoming a competitive differentiator, how fragmented
  
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• Google Rolls Out Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio for Natural Voice Interactions

  16-12-2025 16:26 via eweek.com
  Google is turning up the volume on Gemini. This week, the company rolled out an upgraded version of Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio, introducing smoother conversations, improved instruction handling, and live speech translation to a broader range of users and products.The updated Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio is designed for live voice interactions, especially for AI agents that talk back in real time. The new version is already available in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI for developers. It i
  
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• UK Creative Industries Win Massive AI Copyright Victory

  16-12-2025 15:58 via eweek.com
  This AI news will bring creatives ‘moments of pleasure’ and the feeling of ‘everything in its right place.’
  The UK government just suffered a crushing defeat in its controversial plans to let AI companies freely train on copyrighted work.
  After nearly a year of fierce protests from Britain’s creative community, today’s (Dec. 16) survey results revealed 88% of 11,500+ respondents demanded that AI companies secure licenses before using any copyrighted material.
  
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• JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon: People With Soft Skills Will Have ‘Plenty of Jobs’

  16-12-2025 15:47 via eweek.com
  Amid all the doom and gloom about AI taking jobs, there is some good news: Soft skills matter. That’s what JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon believes, anyway.While acknowledging that AI “will eliminate jobs,” Dimon, head of the country’s largest bank, told Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures that “this doesn’t mean that people won’t have other jobs. My advice to people would be critical thinking … learn your EQ [emotional quotient, also refer
  
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• Joseph Gordon-Levitt Warns AI May Leave Us ‘Lacking Empathy’

  16-12-2025 14:50 via eweek.com
  Actor and tech entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt warned that artificial intelligence could leave society “lacking empathy” if it replaces real human connection. Speaking at Utah’s 2025 AI Summit this month, Gordon-Levitt expressed concern that AI-driven conversations could erode people’s ability to form genuine human relationships, particularly for children. His comments come as lawmakers, technology companies, and regulators debate how to balance AI innovation
  
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• OpenAI Communications Chief Exits

  16-12-2025 10:31 via eweek.com
  Another one bites the dust. OpenAI has received another massive leadership shake-up.
  Hannah Wong, the executive who steered OpenAI through its most chaotic period, has announced she’s leaving the company.
  Wong announced the news on LinkedIn. She was only promoted to chief communications officer four months ago, yet she’s already heading for the exit.
  “After nearly five years at OpenAI and a lot of reflection, I’ve decided it’s time for me to step back and move into
  
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• Which Jobs Are Using AI the Most? New Gallup Data Offer Answers

  16-12-2025 09:07 via eweek.com
  AI is no longer just a buzzword at work. But who’s really using it, and how often? New survey data provide a clearer picture and show a growing divide across jobs and industries.More American workers are now using artificial intelligence on the job, according to new data from Gallup. In the third quarter of 2025, 45% of US employees said they used AI at work at least a few times a year, up from earlier levels.Regular use is also rising. About 23% of workers said they use AI a few times a w
  
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• Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano: Everything You Need to Know

  15-12-2025 22:20 via eweek.com
  Nvidia’s newest open model release is less about chasing frontier benchmarks — and more about fixing what breaks when AI leaves the demo stage.On Monday, the company announced Nemotron 3, a new family of open large language models designed specifically for agentic AI systems: applications where multiple AI agents collaborate, reason over long horizons, and route work between specialized models.The release includes three model sizes (Nano, Super, and Ultra) alongside open datasets, re
  
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• OpenAI Researcher Leaves, Accusing Company of Silencing Research

  15-12-2025 21:59 via eweek.com
  OpenAI, the world’s leading AI developer, is facing accusations of censoring its own economic research to downplay the negative impacts of artificial intelligence, leading to the departure of at least two staffers.A high-profile resignation at OpenAI’s economic research team has brought internal conflicts over transparency and business interests into the spotlight. Tom Cunningham, an economics researcher, left OpenAI in September after growing frustrated with limits around publishing
  
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• 1X Plans to Deploy 10,000 Household Robots as Industrial Labor

  15-12-2025 21:24 via eweek.com
  1X, the Norwegian robotics company that recently began taking pre-orders for its $20,000 household robot, has secured a commitment to deploy up to 10,000 of its Neo humanoids to major companies worldwide.This unprecedented rollout is the result of a new partnership with its major investor, the Swedish private equity giant EQT.The deal, announced last Thursday, involves the rollout of the bipedal, general-purpose Neo models to EQT’s extensive portfolio of over 300 companies between 2026 and
  
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• 10 Humanoid Robot Facts That Make the Future Feel Uncomfortably Close

  15-12-2025 21:11 via eweek.com
  Humanoid robots have long been the internet’s favorite parlor trick. A flawless backflip here, a perfectly staged demo there, and then silence when you ask what happens on an ordinary Tuesday.2025 looks different.The fascinating stories are not just about stunts, but about handling actual work in warehouses, factory trials measured in hours, and price points executives will actually put in a budget. This year, humanoids began trading spectacle for repetition, and repetition is where real t
  
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• Colleges Turn to Oral and Handwritten Exams as AI Disrupts Exams

  15-12-2025 17:00 via eweek.com
  In higher education, cheating has been a transgression that academic institutions have long prided themselves on detecting and deterring — until recently. The twin storms of the COVID pandemic and the arrival of ChatGPT in 2022 have wreaked havoc on longstanding assessment methods, as students have outsourced take-home exams, essays, and even coding assignments to AI platforms. Called cognitive offloading, the pervasive use of AI in higher education has created a crisis of trust
  
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• Colleges Turn to Oral and Handwritten Exams as AI Disrupts Assessments

  15-12-2025 17:00 via eweek.com
  In higher education, cheating has been a transgression that academic institutions have long prided themselves on detecting and deterring — until recently. The twin storms of the COVID pandemic and the arrival of ChatGPT in 2022 have wreaked havoc on longstanding assessment methods, as students have outsourced take-home exams, essays, and even coding assignments to AI platforms. Called cognitive offloading, the pervasive use of AI in higher education has created a crisis of trust
  
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• Google Turns Any Headphones Into a Live Translator With Gemini

  15-12-2025 16:11 via eweek.com
  Google wants language barriers to feel a little less real. With help from its Gemini AI, the app is now rolling out live speech translation through headphones, along with smarter text translations and new tools for language learners.Google says Translate is now better at understanding meaning, not just words. Using Gemini, the app can handle tricky phrases such as idioms, slang, and local expressions that often lose their meaning when translated literally.According to Google, this update im
  
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• OpenAI-Backed Chai Discovery Lands $130M to Accelerate AI Molecule Design

  15-12-2025 14:24 via eweek.com
  The pharmaceutical industry is looking a lot healthier.
  OpenAI-backed Chai Discovery has secured $130 million in funding to boost how life-saving medicines are created.
  According to the Bloomberg report, the deal, which values the company at $1.3 billion, comes three months after the startup’s last funding round and brings its total financing to $225 million. The Series B financing was co-led by Oak HC/FT and General Catalyst. Investors including Thrive Capital, Menlo Ventures, and OpenAI
  
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• How Alibaba Aims to Conquer the AI World

  15-12-2025 12:16 via eweek.com
  Alibaba is driving full-force into conquering the e-commerce sector, expanding its future reach with a renewed push into artificial intelligence. Once best known outside China as an online marketplace giant, in 2025, Alibaba is harnessing a full-stack AI powerhouse to develop enhanced AI aimed at taking the company to the next level.Alibaba is assembling an integrated AI strategy across consumer hardware, foundational models, e-commerce, chips, and cloud infrastructure, designed to embed in
  
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• Oracle Lease Commitments Surge Nearly 150% Amid AI Infrastructure Expansion

  15-12-2025 10:47 via eweek.com
  Oracle has news to share that’s making even the most AI-optimistic investors sweat.
  The tech giant has revealed lease commitments that nearly tripled in just three months, raising urgent questions about whether this unprecedented infrastructure spending spree signals massive opportunity—or dangerous overreach in an overheated AI market.
  According to a CNBC report, Oracle disclosed $248 billion in lease commitments for data centers and cloud infrastructure as of November 30, represent
  
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• China Debuts Six-Armed ‘Super Humanoid’ Robot Built for Efficiency

  12-12-2025 22:14 via eweek.com
  The future of work on the factory floor just got a lot more hands.China’s home-appliance giant Midea Group has revealed what may be one of the most unusual robots to hit the manufacturing world: a six-armed humanoid machine on wheels. And it’s built to take on complex factory tasks.The robot, called MIRO U, made its public debut last week and is set to begin real factory work at Midea’s Wuxi washing machine plant before the month ends, according to reporting from the South Chin
  
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• This Rugged Robot Dog Was Built for War Zones

  12-12-2025 20:30 via eweek.com
  Ghost Robotics, a Philadelphia-based developer of rugged quadruped robots, has launched a new Manipulator Arm for its Vision 60 Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV). This addition gives the all-weather “robot dog” the ability to interact with and adapt to its environment, significantly expanding its usefulness on hazardous missions for the military, first responders, and industry.The Vision 60 has long been praised for its all-terrain agility, able to handle rain, snow, and
  
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