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A study published in Science by Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel researchers found OpenAI's o1 model correctly diagnosed emergency room patients more often than two internal medicine physicians, though authors cautioned the findings are far from a clinical green light.

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Instructure, maker of the Canvas learning management system, has confirmed a data breach exposing user names, email addresses, and private messages. The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims the attack affected 275 million individuals across nearly 9,000 schools worldwide.

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Uber's chief technology officer revealed plans to eventually outfit the company's millions of drivers with sensor kits, building a proprietary real-world data layer for autonomous vehicle companies and AI developers.

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Wildlife creator Derrick Downey Jr. used AI coding tools including Claude to build DualShot Recorder, an iPhone camera app that reached the App Store's number-one paid spot within 12 hours of launch and stayed there for eight days.

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A new generation of AI-powered dictation apps now offers offline processing, filler-word removal, and custom tone controls, with prices ranging from free to a one-time lifetime fee — underscoring how advances in speech-to-text models have intensified competition in the category.

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Netflix has pushed "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" to a wide global theatrical release on February 12, 2027, extending the film's exclusive run to roughly seven weeks before a streaming debut — while the Academy bars AI-generated performances and scripts from Oscar eligibility.

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Spirit Airlines ceased all operations on May 2, 2026, after surging jet fuel prices — rising from a projected $2.24 per gallon to more than $4.50 — rendered its March 2026 bondholder restructuring plan financially unviable, ending 34 years of service.

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James Baker, who directed the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment from 2015 to 2025, has joined Anthropic as strategist-in-residence to analyze AI's effects on U.S. institutions and competition with China.

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Average health insurance deductibles on ACA marketplaces have reached $2,912 in 2026, up from $1,881 in 2014, while roughly one in five workers with employer-sponsored plans now faces a deductible of $3,000 or more for single coverage.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced the GUARD Act, a bill that would bar AI companies from allowing minors to access AI companion chatbots and impose fines of up to $100,000 per violation.

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The S&P 500 closed at 7,230.12 and the Nasdaq finished at 25,114.44 on May 1, both setting all-time highs, as Apple's fiscal second-quarter earnings beat lifted shares more than 3% and oil prices retreated on Iran peace-deal uncertainty.

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Bitcoin gained 12.7% in April for its best month since April 2025, but CryptoQuant says perpetual futures were the "sole driver" of the rally while spot demand contracted — a pattern analysts associate with self-limiting price runs.

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Seven major AI firms — including OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, SpaceX, and Reflection AI — have signed agreements with the Pentagon to deploy artificial intelligence systems on the Defense Department's classified networks.

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A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed "Copy Fail" and tracked as CVE-2026-31431, allows any user with a basic account to gain full administrative control and escape cloud containers — affecting virtually every major Linux distribution released since 2017.

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Apple reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $111.18 billion, up 17% year over year, and earnings of $2.01 per share — both ahead of estimates — as the company navigated its best-ever March quarter and prepared for a CEO transition in September.

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A new phishing-as-a-service platform called Bluekit combines more than 40 phishing templates with an AI assistant capable of drafting campaign content, underscoring the growing integration of AI tools into cybercriminal infrastructure.

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Elon Musk returned to the federal witness stand in Oakland for a third time Thursday as his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman entered its fourth day, with cross-examination by OpenAI attorney William Savitt set to continue after a heated Wednesday session.

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Samsung Electronics posted its highest-ever quarterly operating profit in the first quarter of 2026, with earnings rising more than 750% year over year to 57.2 trillion Korean won, driven by surging demand for AI-linked memory chips.

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