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See everythingIn UK maths classrooms, an AI tutor kept pace with expert human tutors
Google and the education company Eedi ran a randomised trial with 1,179 students in UK maths classrooms. On the quick checks after each session, students helped by the AI tutor did about as well as students helped by expert humans.
Read the storyOne-to-one tutoring is one of the most effective ways to help a struggling kid, and one of the most expensive. A patient tutor that's available at 9pm on a Sunday could bring that kind of help to far more families.
Nearly half of small businesses say AI gives them back half a workday a week
In a survey of 942 US small business owners for the banking platform Bluevine, 48% said AI saves them at least four hours a week, and 14% said it saves ten hours or more.
Read the storyCanada wants rules for AI chatbots, and safety advocates are cautiously pleased
Canada's federal government has introduced legislation aimed at AI chatbots, the kind people now use for homework help, advice and customer service.
Read the storyIllinois could make big AI companies prove their safety plans to outside auditors
A bill in Illinois, SB 315, would be the first US law requiring independent audits of how frontier AI developers manage safety.
Read the storyA man who lost his voice to ALS is back at a full-time job, speaking through a brain implant
UC Davis researchers fitted a man with ALS with a brain implant whose AI turns his attempted speech into words with about 99% accuracy. He has used it for more than 3,800 hours since 2023 and now works full time as an environmental advocate.
Read the storyAI spotted pancreatic cancer on scans that looked normal, over a year early
Mayo Clinic researchers ran their AI over nearly 2,000 routine CT scans, including older scans from people later diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had looked clear at the time. It caught about 73% of those hidden cases, roughly 16 months before diagnosis on average.
Read the storyAn AI built at McMaster has already designed a brand-new antibiotic
Researchers at McMaster University in Canada built a generative AI model that assembles new drug candidates from roughly 150,000 chemical building blocks. In early tests, it has already designed a new antibiotic.
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AI catching disease earlier and helping doctors do more.
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AI giving people back voices, sight and independence.
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Learning, childhood and family life, with AI helping out.
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AI on your side against fraudsters and fakes.
Work & Money1
Time, money and jobs, from the kitchen table up.
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Forecasts, warnings and wins for the natural world.
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Discoveries moving faster with AI in the lab.
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Progress on keeping AI itself safe, honest and accountable.
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