New AI platform led by Fred Hutch aims to accelerate cancer breakthroughs A coalition of cancer centers led by Fred Hutch on Wednesday unveiled their plan to use artificial intelligence in the fight against one of the world’s most intractable diseases. Monica Nickelsburg
The human coders hired to mop up AI slop So-called “vibe coding” allows anyone to type in their idea for an app or website and get the code they need to build it, no technical expertise required. But there’s a hitch: The coding vibes are off. Monica Nickelsburg
A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violates privacy laws and the Constitution. Jude Joffe-Block
What jobs are least threatened by AI? A lot of people are feeling anxious about artificial intelligence and how it might reshape the workforce in the next few years.
With therapy hard to get, people lean on AI for mental health. What are the risks? People are using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence apps to help them with emotional issues, but experts say they are not a substitute for therapy or companionship. Windsor Johnston
EV sales surge in the U.S. ahead of Sept. 30 tax credit deadline A $7,500 tax credit is available for the lease or purchase of many electric vehicles — but only if contracts are inked by midnight on Sept. 30. The result: The market for EVs is a little distorted. Camila Domonoske
YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24 million to settle lawsuit over Jan. 6 suspension YouTube is the latest social media company to pay Trump tens of millions of dollars to resolve lawsuits brought before he returned to power. The money will fund a new ballroom at the White House. Bobby Allyn
Crypto giant Tether plans to expand across the U.S. Under the Biden administration, Tether struggled to expand in the United States due in part to a controversial history that made even industry players wary.
Trump's TikTok deal payment criticized as 'shakedown scheme' by experts The U.S. government will collect a multibillion-dollar fee from the American investors who will take over TikTok. Some experts call the fee and other deals like it "extortion." David Folkenflik
Trump advances TikTok deal with new executive order The new order says that the deal to turn over a majority stake in TikTok to a group of U.S. investors meets the terms ordered by Congress, and will allow it to stay online in the U.S. John Ruwitch
