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13 articles about pharmaceuticals in AI news
Chamath Palihapitiya: SpaceX to Underpin AI-Driven Space Economy
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya stated that SpaceX's infrastructure will allow AI to rebuild every dimension of Earth's economy in space, creating vast new value layers.
Anthropic Forms Corporate PAC to Influence AI Policy Ahead of Midterms
Anthropic is forming a corporate PAC to lobby on AI policy, signaling a strategic shift towards direct political engagement as regulatory debates intensify in Washington. This move follows similar efforts by OpenAI and Google.
Inner Ear Gene Therapy Injection Reverses Deafness in All 10 Patients in Clinical Trial
A clinical trial has reported that a single injection of gene therapy into the inner ear successfully reversed deafness in all ten participating patients. This marks a significant threshold in treating genetic hearing loss, with some patients regaining hearing within weeks.
ASI-Evolve Automates AI Research Loop, Discovers 105 Better Linear Attention Designs and Boosts AMC32 Scores by 12.5 Points
Researchers developed ASI-Evolve, an AI system that automates experimental loops in AI research. It discovered 105 improved linear attention variants and boosted AMC32 scores by 12.5 points, demonstrating automated research acceleration.
Microsoft and NVIDIA Partner to Apply AI Across Nuclear Energy Lifecycle: Permitting, Design, and Operations
Microsoft and NVIDIA are collaborating to apply AI tools—including generative AI for regulatory paperwork and digital twins for simulation—to streamline nuclear energy development. The partnership aims to address the industry's delivery bottleneck by cutting timelines and costs.
Building PharmaRAG: A Case Study in Proactive Reliability for RAG Systems
A developer details the architecture of PharmaRAG, a system for querying drug labels, which prioritizes a 'reliability layer' to detect unanswerable questions before any LLM generation. This approach directly tackles the critical problem of AI hallucination in high-stakes domains.
Nature Report: China's Public R&D Spending Nears US Levels, Shifting Global Science Funding Landscape
A new Nature report indicates China is close to surpassing the US in public R&D spending. This shift in funding could alter which nation sets the global pace for scientific research, though China still lags in fundamental research output.
Amazon Expands Free Agentic AI Health Assistant Nationwide, Adds Prime Perks
Amazon has made its AI health assistant free for all U.S. customers via its website and app, expanding from One Medical subscribers. Prime members get free consultations; others pay $29. The agent handles prescriptions, lab results, and appointments.
New AI Framework Uses Diffusion Models to Authenticate Anti-Counterfeit Codes
Researchers propose a novel diffusion-based AI system to authenticate Copy Detection Patterns (CDPs), a key anti-counterfeiting technology. It outperforms existing methods by classifying printer signatures, showing resilience against unseen counterfeits.
The AI-Powered 'Cocktail': How One Injection Could Revolutionize Healthcare by 2029
A leading AI researcher predicts that within five years, personalized medical treatments delivered via single injections or pills will become reality. This breakthrough promises to democratize access to advanced healthcare through AI-driven drug discovery and delivery systems.
The AI Policy Gap: Why Governments Are Struggling to Keep Pace with Rapid Technological Change
AI expert Ethan Mollick warns that rapid AI advancements combined with knowledge gaps and uncertain futures are leading to reactive, scattered policy responses rather than coherent governance frameworks.
Zatom-1: The First Unified AI Model for 3D Molecular and Materials Science
Researchers have developed Zatom-1, the first foundation model that simultaneously handles generative and predictive tasks for both molecules and materials. This multimodal flow matching approach enables faster sampling and improved accuracy across chemical domains.
Anthropic's RSP v3.0: From Hard Commitments to Adaptive Governance in AI Safety
Anthropic has released Responsible Scaling Policy 3.0, shifting from rigid safety commitments to a more flexible, adaptive framework. The update introduces risk reports, external review mechanisms, and unwinds previous requirements the company says were distorting safety efforts.