Epic Systems found flaws in certain MyChart configurations that could let someone view patient records without the access appearing in an audit trail. The company found them by testing its software with Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, Stirling Martin, Epic’s chief security officer, told The New York...
The White House announced Thursday (Oct. 8) that 11 companies have committed a total of $2.4 billion in artificial intelligence, which the administration dubs “super intelligence,” to support federal agencies working on energy, health, space and other challenges. The contributions include AI for science tools...
Artificial intelligence and hardware startup Natura has reportedly debuted a smart ring designed to let users interact with AI agents. The company’s new Interface ring, the subject of a Thursday (Oct. 8) TechCrunch report, sells for $99 and allows users to have AI agents complete tasks while also...
A bank’s customer-service team fields thousands of routine questions a day. Where is my card? Why was I charged twice? Each answer artificial intelligence writes carries a small cost, and at that volume, the costs add up fast. This week, that math changed. The price...
Amazon has debuted a line of tablets with its artificial intelligence (AI) system built in. The company’s Alexa Tablets, announced Thursday (Oct. 8), comes with Amazon’s Alexa+ as well as access to a range of apps via the Google Play Store. “Alexa+ is built into the core of every...
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo hold about $1.6 trillion in deposits that pay no interest, the Financial Times reported. That money tends to stay put because moving it takes time. Artificial intelligence (AI) agents could remove that friction. Meta’s Muse and similar...
Google Cloud announced a universal artificial intelligence agent for work called Gemini agent that will be joined by industry-specific agents for financial services, legal, government, healthcare and retail, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 8) blog post. The post was adapted from Google Cloud...
Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, the ranking member on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, unveiled a framework Wednesday (Oct. 7) for regulating frontier artificial intelligence in a possible preview of a federal regulatory push should Democrats take control of Congress in November. The framework...
Peppermint raised $4.7 million in seed funding for its artificial intelligence-powered financial operations platform designed for teams that run clinical research, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 8) press release Peppermint’s platform is designed to provide a continuous, audited record of every visit, invoice...