Summary The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched the “Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off”, a competition seeking explainable AI and ML models to identify anomalous patterns in…
Apple Discussed Buying Mistral AI and Perplexity Summary Apple executives debated acquiring Mistral AI and Perplexity to bolster the company’s AI capabilities. Services chief Eddy Cue was reportedly the most…
Google Improves Gemini AI Image Editing With ‘Nano Banana’ Model Summary Google DeepMind has rolled out a new image-editing model for the Gemini app — officially Gemini 2.5 Flash Image…
Canada’s Tech Job Market Has Gone From Boom To Bust In Last Five Years Summary Indeed data shows Canada’s tech job postings have fallen sharply since the pandemic peak: overall…
Wikipedia Editors Reject Founder’s AI Review Proposal After ChatGPT Fails Basic Policy Test Summary Wikipedia volunteer editors have rejected a proposal from founder Jimmy Wales to use ChatGPT as a…
Posthumous AI Avatars Shift From Memorial Tools To Revenue Generators Summary Companies building AI “digital resurrections” are moving beyond memorial services and exploring ways to monetise interactions with avatars of…
Uncle Sam throws AI ‘chili cook-off’ to spice up healthcare fraud detection Summary The US Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched the “Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off” —…
Summary Google DeepMind has introduced the “nano banana” model (officially Gemini 2.5 Flash Image), a specialised update to Gemini’s image-editing capabilities that delivers much more consistent, repeatable edits. Rolled out…
Summary Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales proposed using ChatGPT to provide review guidance on draft article submissions. When tested, ChatGPT produced error-filled feedback: it misidentified which Wikipedia policies applied, suggested citing…
Summary Digital resurrections — AI avatars modelled on deceased people — are moving from niche memorial services to explicit commercial products. The industry is forecast to grow rapidly (estimates cited…
