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  • Reinventing industry: Carbon capture technologies lead the charge against climate change

    Reinventing industry: Carbon capture technologies lead the charge against climate change Researchers are testing a new method of capturing CO2 from energy-intensive industries and converting it into valuable chemicals and fuels. Go to techxplore

  • 200 Gbps 6G wireless link successfully demonstrated

    200 Gbps 6G wireless link successfully demonstrated Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has successfully demonstrated a 200 Gbps 6G wireless link using a proof-of-concept (PoC) system developed late last year. The 6G system developed by ETRI uses an ultra-wide bandwidth of 10 GHz around 160 GHz in the sub-terahertz (sub-THz) band. Go to techxplore

  • AI model can help extend life and increase safety of electric vehicle batteries

    AI model can help extend life and increase safety of electric vehicle batteries Batteries in electric vehicles wear out too quickly and this is slowing down the electrification of the transport sector. Researchers at Uppsala University have now developed an AI model that can provide a much more accurate picture of battery aging. The model…

  • 3D printing method crafts customizable foods for people who have trouble swallowing

    3D printing method crafts customizable foods for people who have trouble swallowing In rapidly aging societies like Japan, the simple act of swallowing meals can be challenging for many. This condition, known as dysphagia, affects millions of people worldwide and can significantly deteriorate a person’s quality of life. While texture-modified foods like purées can make…

  • What skin temperature reveals about human comfort

    What skin temperature reveals about human comfort New research has shown that the skin temperature on specific areas of the body is a strong indicator for how hot, cold or comfortable people feel. These findings could inform the design of wearable technology and smarter, more intuitive building climate control systems. Go to techxplore

  • STAT+: FDA says it will publish reports of adverse events tied to drugs on daily basis

    STAT+: FDA says it will publish reports of adverse events tied to drugs on daily basis WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it has begun publishing reports of adverse events concerning drugs and biological products on a daily basis. Previously, the database of the reports, called the FDA Adverse Event Reporting…

  • STAT+: He was 21 when he programmed MyChart. Now he’s the president of Epic

    STAT+: He was 21 when he programmed MyChart. Now he’s the president of Epic VERONA, Wis. — Employees at electronic health records giant Epic are occasionally asked to complete an exercise in which they list three people who could replace them. It’s a way of identifying future leaders hidden in the ranks. Does CEO Judy…

  • STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

    STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us, and we’ll share it with others. That’s right. Send us your changes, and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is…

  • STAT+: Supreme Court lets Trump slash NIH research funds

    STAT+: Supreme Court lets Trump slash NIH research funds Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cut $783 million in research grants tied to DEI work. Also, STAT just unveiled…

  • No more minimum wage for domestic workers, says Labor Department

    No more minimum wage for domestic workers, says Labor Department Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Are you a psychiatrist or psychologist seeing patients with or working on research about so-called “AI psychosis” or “ChatGPT psychosis”? I want to talk with you. Read…

  • Ripple and SBI to Launch RLUSD Stablecoin in Japan by Early 2026

    Ripple and SBI to Launch RLUSD Stablecoin in Japan by Early 2026 The two plan to roll out a U.S. dollar stablecoin in Japan under new rules that open the market to foreign issuers. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co

  • Crypto Scam Sites Make Up a Fifth of ASIC’s Two-Year Takedown

    Crypto Scam Sites Make Up a Fifth of ASIC’s Two-Year Takedown ASIC is expanding its fraud crackdown, moving from website takedowns to social media ads as crypto scams remain a key source of losses. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co

  • Two Bitcoin Price Levels Sophisticated Traders Are Watching Out For

    Two Bitcoin Price Levels Sophisticated Traders Are Watching Out For Bitcoin traders are positioning cautiously, with options data suggesting a defensive tone and uncertainty around rate path guidance. Akash Girimath Go to decrypt.co

  • CFTC Opens Next Phase of Crypto Sprint, Seeks Public Input on Broader Rules

    CFTC Opens Next Phase of Crypto Sprint, Seeks Public Input on Broader Rules The CFTC is now into its third crypto sprint, widening its review beyond spot trading as it works with the SEC to shape U.S. crypto rules. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co

  • Microsoft AI Chief Warns Society Isn’t Ready for ‘Conscious’ Machines

    Microsoft AI Chief Warns Society Isn’t Ready for ‘Conscious’ Machines Microsoft’s AI leader and DeepMind co-founder says humanlike systems could spark demands for AI rights while distorting human relationships. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co

  • Kernel-based Equalized Odds: A Quantification of Accuracy-Fairness Trade-off in Fair Representation Learning

    Kernel-based Equalized Odds: A Quantification of Accuracy-Fairness Trade-off in Fair Representation Learning arXiv:2508.15084v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper introduces a novel kernel-based formulation of the Equalized Odds (EO) criterion, denoted as $EO_k$, for fair representation learning (FRL) in supervised settings. The central goal of FRL is to mitigate discrimination regarding a sensitive attribute $S$…

  • Bayesian Inference and Learning in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: A Framework for Incorporating Explicit and Implicit Prior Knowledge

    Bayesian Inference and Learning in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: A Framework for Incorporating Explicit and Implicit Prior Knowledge arXiv:2508.15345v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accuracy and generalization capabilities are key objectives when learning dynamical system models. To obtain such models from limited data, current works exploit prior knowledge and assumptions about the system. However, the fusion of…

  • Bayesian Optimization with Expected Improvement: No Regret and the Choice of Incumbent

    Bayesian Optimization with Expected Improvement: No Regret and the Choice of Incumbent arXiv:2508.15674v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Expected improvement (EI) is one of the most widely used acquisition functions in Bayesian optimization (BO). Despite its proven empirical success in applications, the cumulative regret upper bound of EI remains an open question. In this paper, we…

  • Tree-like Pairwise Interaction Networks

    Tree-like Pairwise Interaction Networks arXiv:2508.15678v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modeling feature interactions in tabular data remains a key challenge in predictive modeling, for example, as used for insurance pricing. This paper proposes the Tree-like Pairwise Interaction Network (PIN), a novel neural network architecture that explicitly captures pairwise feature interactions through a shared feed-forward neural network…

  • Can synthetic data reproduce real-world findings in epidemiology? A replication study using tree-based generative AI

    Can synthetic data reproduce real-world findings in epidemiology? A replication study using tree-based generative AI arXiv:2508.14936v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence for synthetic data generation holds substantial potential to address practical challenges in epidemiology. However, many current methods suffer from limited quality, high computational demands, and complexity for non-experts. Furthermore, common evaluation strategies…

  • How to Perform Comprehensive Large Scale LLM Validation

    How to Perform Comprehensive Large Scale LLM Validation Learn how to validate large scale LLM applications The post How to Perform Comprehensive Large Scale LLM Validation appeared first on Towards Data Science. Eivind Kjosbakken Go to original source

  • What If I Had AI in 2020: Rent The Runway Dynamic Pricing Model

    What If I Had AI in 2020: Rent The Runway Dynamic Pricing Model Ever wondered how different things might have been if ChatGPT had existed at the start of Covid? Especially for data scientists who had to update their forecast models? The post What If I Had AI in 2020: Rent The Runway Dynamic Pricing…

  • Where Hurricanes Hit Hardest: A County-Level Analysis with Python

    Where Hurricanes Hit Hardest: A County-Level Analysis with Python Use Python, GeoPandas, Tropycal, and Plotly Express to map the number of hurricane encounters per county over the past 50 years. The post Where Hurricanes Hit Hardest: A County-Level Analysis with Python appeared first on Towards Data Science. Lee Vaughan Go to original source

  • Designing Trustworthy ML Models: Alan & Aida Discover Monotonicity in Machine Learning

    Designing Trustworthy ML Models: Alan & Aida Discover Monotonicity in Machine Learning Accuracy alone doesn’t guarantee trustworthiness. Monotonicity ensures predictions align with common sense and business rules. The post Designing Trustworthy ML Models: Alan & Aida Discover Monotonicity in Machine Learning appeared first on Towards Data Science. Mehdi Mohammadi Go to original source

  • How We Reduced LLM Costs by 90% with 5 Lines of Code

    How We Reduced LLM Costs by 90% with 5 Lines of Code When clean code hides inefficiencies: what we learned from fixing a few lines of code and saving 90% in LLM cost. The post How We Reduced LLM Costs by 90% with 5 Lines of Code appeared first on Towards Data Science. Uri Peled Go to…

  • Latest from Vast Data aims to simplify, speed AI development

    Latest from Vast Data aims to simplify, speed AI development SyncEngine has the potential to be a differentiator for the vendor, combining capabilities usually performed by specialized tools to provide pipelines with relevant information. Go to techtarget

  • Abstract Security Debuts PAINT, Powering Advanced, Global Security

    Abstract Security Debuts PAINT, Powering Advanced, Global Security Abstract Security, the leader in streaming-first security data operations, is unveiling the PAINT (Partnerships, Alliances, and INTegrations) Partner Program, a new initiative that supercharges resellers, MSPs, MSSPs, and technology integrators to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions and accelerate revenue growth.?? Go to dbta

  • Hitachi Vantara?s VSP One SDS Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

    Hitachi Vantara?s VSP One SDS Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is announcing that the Virtual Storage Platform One Software-Defined Storage (VSP One SDS) is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Go to dbta

  • An ultra-thin smart filter can significantly extend EV battery lifespan

    An ultra-thin smart filter can significantly extend EV battery lifespan Car manufacturers and others who need light, safe, powerful batteries are eager to adopt lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Not only do they store more energy, and are safer and faster to charge than today’s lithium-ion batteries—they’re cheaper to make, too. Go to techxplore

  • Tin-based perovskite and organic additives boost memory for devices

    Tin-based perovskite and organic additives boost memory for devices Researchers have long been searching for alternatives to lead-based perovskites for use in electronic devices due to concerns about toxicity and performance limitations. Tin-based perovskites offer a promising solution, but they also present their own challenges, particularly the instability caused by tin oxidation and the difficulty…

  • Researchers uncover hidden risks of passkeys in abusive relationships

    Researchers uncover hidden risks of passkeys in abusive relationships A new study reveals that passkeys—widely promoted as a safer login method compared with passwords—may unintentionally expose users to serious risks in situations involving interpersonal abuse. The research introduces the first framework for analyzing how digital authentication tools can be exploited in contexts such as intimate…

  • Fast charging zinc-ion batteries to flip a foundational belief in battery design

    Fast charging zinc-ion batteries to flip a foundational belief in battery design Fast charging a battery is supposed to be risky—a shortcut that leads to battery breakdown. But for a Georgia Tech team studying zinc-ion batteries, fast charging led to a breakthrough: It made the battery stronger. This result could revolutionize how we power homes,…

  • Google to provide Gemini AI tools to US government

    Google to provide Gemini AI tools to US government Google will provide its Gemini artificial intelligence tools to US federal agencies practically free, the government announced Thursday. Go to techxplore

  • Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push

    Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday. The high court majority lifted a judge’s order blocking $783 million…

  • STAT+: Major U.S. drug manufacturing plant did not properly investigate cat hair, pests, and other problems, FDA finds

    STAT+: Major U.S. drug manufacturing plant did not properly investigate cat hair, pests, and other problems, FDA finds Cat hair, pests, bacteria, and equipment failures. These were among the concerns of a recent regulatory inspection of a key, but historically troubled, manufacturing plant that Novo Nordisk bought last year as part of its parent company’s…

  • CDC attacker likely attempted to enter campus days before shooting

    CDC attacker likely attempted to enter campus days before shooting WASHINGTON — The man who attacked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention probably tried to enter the agency’s Atlanta campus days before the shooting, investigators believe. The shooter, identified by authorities as Patrick Joseph White, appears to have been captured in security camera footage…

  • Viking’s obesity flop, ‘pharma to table’ drug sales

    Viking’s obesity flop, ‘pharma to table’ drug sales On this week’s episode of “The Readout LOUD”: vikings. No, not the seafaring Norse people of the 10th century, or the Minnesota football team. The gang will discuss obesity drug developer Viking Therapeutics and the investor cult that embraces it, both of which performed a painful belly…

  • STAT+: The startups threatened by Epic’s new AI

    STAT+: The startups threatened by Epic’s new AI Today, a look at the news out of Epic’s big customer hoedown in Wisconsin. Plus: Great stories about the impacts of CGMs and AI scribes. You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to…

  • Kanye West Launches Token on Solana in Frenzied Debut

    Kanye West Launches Token on Solana in Frenzied Debut Kanye West’s YZY token made a volatile debut on Solana, soaring past $3 billion before sliding under $1 billion in hours. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co

  • Bitcoin Options Traders Split Ahead of Fed’s Jackson Hole Meeting

    Bitcoin Options Traders Split Ahead of Fed’s Jackson Hole Meeting Bitcoin remains rangebound with options data showing divergent bets as traders aim to divine Powell’s tone ahead of Friday’s Jackson Hole meeting. Akash Girimath Go to decrypt.co

  • Nasdaq Boots Windtree a Month After $700M BNB Treasury Pivot Fails to Lift Stock

    Nasdaq Boots Windtree a Month After $700M BNB Treasury Pivot Fails to Lift Stock The drug developer turned digital asset treasury firm’s delisting comes as crypto-linked stocks face a broader market downturn. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co

  • Silicon Valley Throws $100M at AI-Powered Mattress With a Subscription

    Silicon Valley Throws $100M at AI-Powered Mattress With a Subscription The startup’s $500 million valuation shows Silicon Valley will throw money at AI-powered anything—even a high tech mattress. Jose Antonio Lanz Go to decrypt.co

  • Google Unveils Pixel 10 Lineup With AI Features, New Watch and Earbuds

    Google Unveils Pixel 10 Lineup With AI Features, New Watch and Earbuds Google’s new devices, shipping this month, claim to do a lot of what “Apple Intelligence” promised to do last year, but so far hasn’t. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co

  • Comparing Model-agnostic Feature Selection Methods through Relative Efficiency

    Comparing Model-agnostic Feature Selection Methods through Relative Efficiency arXiv:2508.14268v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Feature selection and importance estimation in a model-agnostic setting is an ongoing challenge of significant interest. Wrapper methods are commonly used because they are typically model-agnostic, even though they are computationally intensive. In this paper, we focus on feature selection methods related…

  • Evaluation and Optimization of Leave-one-out Cross-validation for the Lasso

    Evaluation and Optimization of Leave-one-out Cross-validation for the Lasso arXiv:2508.14368v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: I develop an algorithm to produce the piecewise quadratic that computes leave-one-out cross-validation for the lasso as a function of its hyperparameter. The algorithm can be used to find exact hyperparameters that optimize leave-one-out cross-validation either globally or locally, and its…

  • The C-index Multiverse

    The C-index Multiverse arXiv:2508.14821v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Quantifying out-of-sample discrimination performance for time-to-event outcomes is a fundamental step for model evaluation and selection in the context of predictive modelling. The concordance index, or C-index, is a widely used metric for this purpose, particularly with the growing development of machine learning methods. Beyond differences between…

  • Noise Robust One-Class Intrusion Detection on Dynamic Graphs

    Noise Robust One-Class Intrusion Detection on Dynamic Graphs arXiv:2508.14192v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In the domain of network intrusion detection, robustness against contaminated and noisy data inputs remains a critical challenge. This study introduces a probabilistic version of the Temporal Graph Network Support Vector Data Description (TGN-SVDD) model, designed to enhance detection accuracy in the…

  • Optimal Subspace Embeddings: Resolving Nelson-Nguyen Conjecture Up to Sub-Polylogarithmic Factors

    Optimal Subspace Embeddings: Resolving Nelson-Nguyen Conjecture Up to Sub-Polylogarithmic Factors arXiv:2508.14234v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We give a proof of the conjecture of Nelson and Nguyen [FOCS 2013] on the optimal dimension and sparsity of oblivious subspace embeddings, up to sub-polylogarithmic factors: For any $ngeq d$ and $epsilongeq d^{-O(1)}$, there is a random $tilde O(d/epsilon^2)times…

  • Everything You Need to Know About the New Power BI Storage Mode

    Everything You Need to Know About the New Power BI Storage Mode 50 Shades of Direct Lake The post Everything You Need to Know About the New Power BI Storage Mode appeared first on Towards Data Science. Nikola Ilic Go to original source

  • AI Agents for Supply Chain Optimisation: Production Planning

    AI Agents for Supply Chain Optimisation: Production Planning How to integrate an optimisation algorithm in a FastAPI microservice and connect it with an AI workflow to automate production planning. The post AI Agents for Supply Chain Optimisation: Production Planning appeared first on Towards Data Science. Samir Saci Go to original source

  • My Most Valuable Lesson as an Aspiring Data Analyst

    My Most Valuable Lesson as an Aspiring Data Analyst What my internship taught me about the power of collaboration in data analysis. The post My Most Valuable Lesson as an Aspiring Data Analyst appeared first on Towards Data Science. Benjamin Nweke Go to original source

  • Smarter Model Tuning: An AI Agent with LangGraph + Streamlit That Boosts ML Performance

    Smarter Model Tuning: An AI Agent with LangGraph + Streamlit That Boosts ML Performance Automating model tuning in Python with Gemini, LangGraph, and Streamlit for regression and classification improvements The post Smarter Model Tuning: An AI Agent with LangGraph + Streamlit That Boosts ML Performance appeared first on Towards Data Science. Gustavo Santos Go to…

  • “Where’s Marta?”: How We Removed Uncertainty From AI Reasoning

    “Where’s Marta?”: How We Removed Uncertainty From AI Reasoning A primer on overcoming LLM limitations with formal verification. The post “Where’s Marta?”: How We Removed Uncertainty From AI Reasoning appeared first on Towards Data Science. Jacopo Tagliabue Go to original source

  • GenAI makes its way into Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat Studio

    GenAI makes its way into Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat Studio The new AI features transform documents and spreadsheets into interactive tools that enhance productivity and streamline workflows across industries. Go to techtarget

  • What is geo-blocking?

    What is geo-blocking? Geo-blocking is blocking online content based on its location. Go to techtarget

  • 8 challenges customer success teams face

    8 challenges customer success teams face Effective customer success improves retention and growth, but many teams struggle to understand customers’ goals, create a smooth onboarding process and align with sales teams. Go to techtarget

  • Data, A Complete Picture

    Data, A Complete Picture In business, data is often treated like the holy grail: ask a question, get an answer, make a decision. It sounds simple, but slow down and think about this for a moment. Before placing your trust in any person, platform, or model claiming to have all the answers, consider this: Do…

  • DTEX Offers AI-Powered, Risk-Adaptive DLP Solution to Safeguard Data

    DTEX Offers AI-Powered, Risk-Adaptive DLP Solution to Safeguard Data DTEX, a trusted leader in insider risk management, is introducing DTEX’s Risk-Adaptive?Data Loss Prevention?(DLP), a dynamic DLP solution powered by the company’s advanced AI platform, built on industry-leading behavioral research?including the MITRE Inside-R Protect collaborative research partnership?to deliver continuous visibility, context, and early detection of emerging…

  • Precisely Collaborates with Opendatsoft to Provide Streamlined Data Access Across the Enterprise

    Precisely Collaborates with Opendatsoft to Provide Streamlined Data Access Across the Enterprise Precisely,?a global leader in data integrity, is partnering with Opendatasoft, a leading data marketplace solution provider, to deliver an integrated data marketplace designed to simplify access to trusted, AI-ready data across businesses and teams. Many organizations still struggle to deliver up-to-date, reliable data…

  • Oracle Enables OpenAI GPT-5 Across Database and Cloud Applications Portfolio

    Oracle Enables OpenAI GPT-5 Across Database and Cloud Applications Portfolio Oracle is deploying OpenAI GPT-5 across its database portfolio and suite of SaaS applications, including Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Oracle NetSuite, and Oracle Industry Applications, such as Oracle Health. By uniting trusted business data with frontier AI, Oracle is enabling customers to natively leverage sophisticated…

  • Oracle Rebrands its Premier Live Event, Introducing Oracle AI World

    Oracle Rebrands its Premier Live Event, Introducing Oracle AI World Because understanding and implementing AI is so critical, Oracle is announcing AI has become the central focus of its annual global customer and partner event, formerly known as Oracle CloudWorld?now being called?Oracle AI World. The new name emphasizes Oracle’s commitment to helping customers and partners…

  • Researchers release new standards for 3D printing with powders

    Researchers release new standards for 3D printing with powders One of the most common industrial 3D printing processes is laser powder bed fusion. It is mainly used for complex, heavy-duty components in aerospace, medical technology, and toolmaking. Go to techxplore

  • With human feedback, AI-driven robots learn tasks better and faster

    With human feedback, AI-driven robots learn tasks better and faster At UC Berkeley, researchers in Sergey Levine’s Robotic AI and Learning Lab eyed a table where a tower of 39 Jenga blocks stood perfectly stacked. Then a white-and-black robot, its single limb doubled over like a hunched-over giraffe, zoomed toward the tower, brandishing a black…

  • Growing ultrathin semiconductors directly on electronics could eliminate a fragile manufacturing step

    Growing ultrathin semiconductors directly on electronics could eliminate a fragile manufacturing step A team of materials scientists at Rice University has developed a new way to grow ultrathin semiconductors directly onto electronic components. Go to techxplore

  • Google’s Pixel 10 phones raises the ante on artificial intelligence

    Google’s Pixel 10 phones raises the ante on artificial intelligence Google on Wednesday unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones injected with another dose of artificial intelligence that’s designed to do everything from fetch vital information stored on the devices to help improve photos as they’re being taken. Go to techxplore

  • Researchers develop hook-and-loop fastener for building components

    Researchers develop hook-and-loop fastener for building components An interdisciplinary research team at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has developed a hook-and-loop fastening system for buildings in the ReCon project together with company partners. This allows different parts of a building to be resiliently connected and, if necessary, easily separated from each other. Go to…

  • Build the next-generation customer experience with GenAI

    Build the next-generation customer experience with GenAI Customer expectations have never been higher. Today’s consumers demand instant access to information, seamless product experiences and rapid resolution of issues. When organisations fall short, customers don’t just get frustrated; they leave. Every interaction either strengthens or damages brand reputation. Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly emerging as a…

  • Ingram Micro adds AlgoSec to supplier line‍-‍up

    Ingram Micro adds AlgoSec to supplier line‍-‍up Distributor Ingram Micro has added US-based cybersecurity company AlgoSec to its line-up of suppliers. Through the collaboration, Ingram Micro partners will gain access to AlgoSec’s application-centric security solutions covering public and private clouds, containers and on-premises environments. Managed service providers will be able to offer enhanced security management capabilities…

  • STAT+: AI provider tools will probably drive up health care costs. What?

    STAT+: AI provider tools will probably drive up health care costs. What? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday.  I’m at the Epic User Group Meeting in Wisconsin. I’m not allowed to…

  • STAT+: Epic’s AI overhaul promises to address EHR headaches for clinicians and patients

    STAT+: Epic’s AI overhaul promises to address EHR headaches for clinicians and patients VERONA, Wisc. — Epic CEO Judy Faulkner took to the stage at the company’s sci-fi-themed annual customer meeting Tuesday in a lavender wig, bright green glasses, and silver pants. In the spirit of “making science fiction science fact,” she announced several new…

  • What updated thresholds for statin use could mean for patients

    What updated thresholds for statin use could mean for patients It’s a math problem with life-and-death consequences. When a new and improved model for estimating the risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease emerged in November 2023, the calculator won raves for drawing on a larger, more contemporary, and more diverse population of Americans than its…

  • STAT+: Was the reaction to Viking’s oral data overblown?

    STAT+: Was the reaction to Viking’s oral data overblown? Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. We learned yesterday that Walmart has recalled some of its frozen shrimp after the FDA warned that they may have been contaminated with…

  • Gender-affirming care won’t be covered for federal employees in 2026

    Gender-affirming care won’t be covered for federal employees in 2026 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. The theme of today’s newsletter seems to be: $$$ money $$$ Read the rest… Theresa Gaffney Go to statnews

  • CFTC Wins Summary Judgment in $228M Crypto Ponzi Case

    CFTC Wins Summary Judgment in $228M Crypto Ponzi Case The CFTC’s civil case ran alongside Eddy Alexandre’s 2023 criminal conviction and nine-year prison sentence. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co

  • ‘Wilder World’ Launches First-Person Shooter Game With $100K Tournament

    ‘Wilder World’ Launches First-Person Shooter Game With $100K Tournament Ahead of a broader open metaverse set to fully launch in early 2026, Wilder World’s early access shooter mode is rolling out. Ryan Gladwin Go to decrypt.co

  • Publicly-Listed AMTD Group Wants Investors’ Crypto in Equity Swap Program

    Publicly-Listed AMTD Group Wants Investors’ Crypto in Equity Swap Program AMTD will accept three major cryptocurrencies and two stablecoins in exchange for newly issued shares with pricing set by mutual agreement. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co

  • Wall Street Trade Groups Call for Rethink of Basel Crypto Standards

    Wall Street Trade Groups Call for Rethink of Basel Crypto Standards Capital rules need review as crypto risk management is now “more in line with traditional finance,” Decrypt was told. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co

  • Ethereum Price at Two-Week Low as $4B Supply Overhang Looms

    Ethereum Price at Two-Week Low as $4B Supply Overhang Looms Ethereum investors are de-risking ahead of macroeconomic uncertainty, but experts remain bullish despite the short-term uncertainty. Akash Girimath Go to decrypt.co

  • Preference Models assume Proportional Hazards of Utilities

    Preference Models assume Proportional Hazards of Utilities arXiv:2508.13189v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Approaches for estimating preferences from human annotated data typically involves inducing a distribution over a ranked list of choices such as the Plackett-Luce model. Indeed, modern AI alignment tools such as Reward Modelling and Direct Preference Optimization are based on the statistical assumptions…

  • Structural Foundations for Leading Digit Laws: Beyond Probabilistic Mixtures

    Structural Foundations for Leading Digit Laws: Beyond Probabilistic Mixtures arXiv:2508.13237v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This article presents a modern deterministic framework for the study of leading significant digit distributions in numerical data. Rather than relying on traditional probabilistic or mixture-based explanations, we demonstrate that the observed frequencies of leading digits are determined by the underlying…

  • Flow Matching-Based Generative Modeling for Efficient and Scalable Data Assimilation

    Flow Matching-Based Generative Modeling for Efficient and Scalable Data Assimilation arXiv:2508.13313v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Data assimilation (DA) is the problem of sequentially estimating the state of a dynamical system from noisy observations. Recent advances in generative modeling have inspired new approaches to DA in high-dimensional nonlinear settings, especially the ensemble score filter (EnSF). However,…

  • Smooth Flow Matching

    Smooth Flow Matching arXiv:2508.13831v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Functional data, i.e., smooth random functions observed over a continuous domain, are increasingly available in areas such as biomedical research, health informatics, and epidemiology. However, effective statistical analysis for functional data is often hindered by challenges such as privacy constraints, sparse and irregular sampling, infinite dimensionality, and…

  • Online Conformal Selection with Accept-to-Reject Changes

    Online Conformal Selection with Accept-to-Reject Changes arXiv:2508.13838v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Selecting a subset of promising candidates from a large pool is crucial across various scientific and real-world applications. Conformal selection offers a distribution-free and model-agnostic framework for candidate selection with uncertainty quantification. While effective in offline settings, its application to online scenarios, where data…

  • Building a Modern Dashboard with Python and Tkinter

    Building a Modern Dashboard with Python and Tkinter Create polished GUIs and data dashboards with this versatile library The post Building a Modern Dashboard with Python and Tkinter appeared first on Towards Data Science. Thomas Reid Go to original source

  • Mastering NLP with spaCy – Part 3

    Mastering NLP with spaCy – Part 3 Rule-based matching for information extraction The post Mastering NLP with spaCy – Part 3 appeared first on Towards Data Science. Marcello Politi Go to original source

  • Help Your Model Learn the True Signal

    Help Your Model Learn the True Signal An algorithm-agnostic approach inspired by Cook’s distance The post Help Your Model Learn the True Signal appeared first on Towards Data Science. Mena Wang Go to original source

  • Capturing and Deploying PyTorch Models with torch.export

    Capturing and Deploying PyTorch Models with torch.export A demonstration of PyTorch’s exciting new export feature on a HuggingFace model The post Capturing and Deploying PyTorch Models with torch.export appeared first on Towards Data Science. Chaim Rand Go to original source

  • Advanced Prompt Engineering for Data Science Projects

    Advanced Prompt Engineering for Data Science Projects Part 2: Prompt Engineering for Features, Modeling, and Evaluation The post Advanced Prompt Engineering for Data Science Projects appeared first on Towards Data Science. Sara Nobrega Go to original source

  • Alation unveils agentic AI-powered query capabilities

    Alation unveils agentic AI-powered query capabilities By accessing a knowledge layer consisting of curated data products and metadata, Chat with Your Data provides more accurate responses than the vendor’s previous capabilities. Go to techtarget

  • Confluent joins agentic AI fray with Streaming Agents

    Confluent joins agentic AI fray with Streaming Agents The vendor’s new environment for developing agents includes tool calling via model context protocol and connections with key sources such as LLMs and vector databases. Go to techtarget

  • Classiq Obtains Investment That Will Further Accelerate Enterprise-Scale Quantum Computing

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