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AI Model Predicts Immunotherapy-Related Pneumonitis Risk from Routine CT Scans Before Treatment

Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center developed CIPHER, an AI model that analyzes routine chest CT scans to identify lung cancer patients at risk of developing pneumonitis before immunotherapy begins. The foundation model achieved 0.83 AUC accuracy across multiple datasets, outperforming conventional clinical approaches.

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Trump and Tech CEOs to Meet on AI on September 29 Amid Growing Regulatory Pressure

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet tech CEOs on September 29 to discuss artificial intelligence. The AI meeting comes after warnings from leading AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic about slowing development, which Trump dismissed as a hoax while rejecting global AI governance schemes.

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Google Gemini Live Avatar gives AI agents a face, raising questions about human-like bots

Google has launched Gemini Live Avatar for enterprise customers, adding animated or realistic faces to its AI agents. The feature combines real-time video generation with Gemini 3.8 Live's conversational capabilities, enabling lip-synced avatars that handle customer support and business tasks across 97 languages.

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Google Photos Brings 'Clueless'-Inspired Virtual Closet to iOS Users in U.S., Brazil, and India

Google Photos has expanded its AI-powered feature that creates a digital wardrobe from user photos to iOS users in the U.S., Brazil, and India. The Google Photos Wardrobe feature uses AI to organize clothing items from photos into a virtual closet, allowing users to mix and match outfits digitally—similar to the iconic wardrobe system from the movie Clueless.

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Anthropic Signs $11.6 Billion Cloud Deal with Akamai, Potentially Reaching $20 Billion

Anthropic has signed an $11.6 billion, seven-year cloud services agreement with Akamai Technologies for CPU-based AI workloads. The deal could expand by $9 billion to reach $20 billion total. Akamai issued Anthropic a warrant for up to 5% of its common stock, marking the first time the company has attached equity to a cloud deal. Akamai shares surged 17% in after-hours trading following the announcement.

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AI Coding Agents Are Leaking Secrets at Twice the Rate of Humans and Expanding Attack Surfaces

AI coding agents are accelerating secrets sprawl and dependency risks faster than security teams can respond. GitGuardian reports AI-assisted commits leak credentials at twice the rate of human-written code, while researchers breached OpenAI's monorepo in under 72 hours through compromised accounts.

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Google Photos expands AI features including Wardrobe, Redact tool, and Moods globally

Google Photos is rolling out five major AI features to users worldwide, including an AI Wardrobe for outfit planning, a Redact tool for blurring sensitive information, and Moods for vintage-style AI edits. The upgraded Markup tool and 15 Remix templates are also launching alongside Gemini Spark integration for eligible subscribers.

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AI Agents Are Redefining Supply Chain Resilience as Disruptions Cost Businesses $1.6 Trillion Annually

AI agents are transforming how businesses manage supply chain resilience and procurement amid mounting global disruptions. Organizations deploying agentic AI in procurement expect to slash disruption response times by 62%, compressing what once took weeks into hours. With supply chain disruptions costing up to $1.6 trillion in lost revenue annually, these autonomous systems offer a path to balance efficiency with resilience.

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24 Sept 2026

Google Chrome Introduces Gemini AI Features to Analyze Audio, Video and Generate Interactive Quizzes

Google Chrome is rolling out AI features powered by Gemini in Chrome that analyze podcasts and videos beyond YouTube, generate interactive quizzes from open tabs, and preserve scroll position when transferring tabs between devices. The update targets students and researchers managing complex information across multiple sources.

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Dextr AI Raises $6.7M To Deploy AI Agents Across Hotels, Processing 1M Monthly Interactions

San Francisco-based Dextr AI emerged from stealth with $6.7 million in seed funding led by Elevation Capital to build AI agents for the hospitality industry. The startup automates reservations, guest management, and back-office operations across hundreds of hotels, processing over 1 million interactions monthly and handling tens of millions in voice-based bookings.

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KDE AI Proposal Sparks Heated Community Clash Over LLM Usage Guidelines

A proposal to make KDE an AI-native desktop environment ignited fierce debates within the KDE community, leading to deleted threads, member bans, and an external petition signed by 250 people. Developer Nate Graham has since apologized and called for civil discourse as the project navigates integrating new technology.

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AlphaFold Database Expands With 8,000+ Virus Protein Structures to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, and EMBL-EBI have released an open dataset of predicted 3D structures for protein complexes from over 2,800 viruses through the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database. The collaboration adds more than 8,000 virus protein dimers from 23 virus families, providing scientists with structural insights that could accelerate response to future outbreaks.

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New AI Model Combining Ultrasound and Tomosynthesis Achieves 95.5% Specificity in Breast Cancer Triage

Researchers at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital developed a parallel-branch deep learning framework that integrates ultrasound and digital breast tomosynthesis for breast cancer screening. The AI model achieved 95.5% specificity and 0.934 AUC in pathology-confirmed validation, showing particular strength in dense breasts and small lesions while reducing false positives.

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T-Mobile deploys AI-powered network automation nationwide, cuts adjustment time by 50%

T-Mobile launched AI-powered AutoPilot capabilities and expanded Dynamic CX technology nationwide to strengthen its 5G network. The AutoPilot system uses intent-based AI automation to make real-time network adjustments in half the previous time, while Dynamic CX anticipates demand for major events and optimizes performance automatically.

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Establishes AI Cabinet Amid Growing Calls for AI Regulation

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order establishing an AI Cabinet to develop AI regulation policies through 2027. The move follows warnings from former Anthropic and OpenAI researchers about existential risks and builds on Illinois' Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act requiring annual audits of large AI models starting 2028.

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