
Develop Health announced a native integration of its AI‑driven prior‑authorization platform with athenahealth’s athenaOne EHR. The solution runs automatically when clinicians prescribe, handling benefit checks, form completion and status tracking without extra clicks. Early adopters report up to a 70% reduction in manual PA time and a 5–7× drop in the number of submissions per patient. The partnership aims to cut physician burnout and accelerate patient access to therapy.

Kamiwaza AI released version 0.8.0, adding native support for NVIDIA DGX Spark and a new Two‑Node Community mode that links two Spark systems into a single compute fabric. The update automates model parallelism, leverages unified memory over 256 GB, and integrates...

Recent breakthroughs show AI models from Meta and DeepMind making measurable progress on hard mathematical problems, such as finding Lyapunov functions for 10.1% of test cases and solving most of the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad questions. Yet leading mathematicians stress...

Researchers at ScienceRobotics taught a physical robot arm to acquire 1,000 distinct everyday tasks in under 24 hours, using only a single demonstration per task. The breakthrough relies on a novel learning framework that decomposes actions into reusable sub‑phases, allowing...

LightPDF, an AI‑powered all‑in‑one PDF editor, is offering a 30% discount on both its Annual and Perpetual licenses via the promo code techradar30. The Annual plan drops from $89.99 to $34.99, granting 12,000 AI credits per year, while the Perpetual...
Cognizant, TCS, Infosys and Wipro announced they will each deploy over 50,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot licences, totaling more than 200,000 seats across their enterprises. The rollout, unveiled in Bengaluru alongside Satya Nadella’s India visit, frames Copilot as a default productivity tool...

OpenAI is rolling out its low‑cost ChatGPT Go subscription to more than 70 additional countries, extending the tier that debuted in India earlier this year. In Germany the plan is priced at €8 per month and now includes image generation, file...

The episode explores a University of Amsterdam project that uses machine learning to decode how insect olfactory receptors bind to scent molecules, aiming to create a large, shared database of 25,000+ scent-receptor interactions. Researchers from biology, mathematics, data science, and...

OpenAI has added a pinned‑chats feature to ChatGPT, allowing users to keep up to three conversation threads at the top of the sidebar on both web and mobile apps. The option is accessible across Free, Plus, and Pro tiers, making...

OpenAI unveiled GPT-5.2-Codex, an autonomous software-agent model that adds context compression and improved image processing. Benchmarks show modest accuracy gains—56.4 % on SWE-Bench Pro and 64 % on Terminal-Bench 2.0—over the standard version. The company also launched a trusted access program, allowing vetted...
Zara is piloting generative AI to expand existing model photographs into multiple product‑image variations, aiming to cut the time and expense of repeat photoshoots. The technology is embedded directly within the retailer’s current production pipeline, allowing marketers to generate regional...

IDBS wrapped 2025 by unveiling Polar Control, a GxP‑compliant recipe‑book tool that modernizes process lifecycle and tech transfer. The company also launched a cloud‑native integration framework and expanded its Polar accelerator library with real‑time insight apps for bioanalysis, DMPK, stability,...

DCAI, the operator of the Gefion AI Supercomputer, has secured ISO/IEC 27001 certification, confirming its information‑security management system meets global standards. The audit also validated the company’s broader ISAE 3000 cybersecurity and privacy controls. Certification spans data‑center operations, infrastructure, and internal processes,...

Meta is preparing two new AI models, codenamed “Mango” and “Avocado,” slated for release in the first half of 2026. Mango will specialize in image and video generation, while Avocado is a language model optimized for programming tasks. The projects...

The article warns that as AI systems become tightly interwoven across enterprises, small glitches can trigger cascade failures that ripple organization‑wide. Interconnected models, shared data pipelines, and common compute resources amplify localized errors into systemic disruptions. The 2010 Flash Crash...

S3NS announced that its PREMI3NS trusted‑cloud platform has achieved the ANSSI SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification, the strictest security standard in France and Europe. The certification guarantees protection against non‑European extraterritorial laws and positions PREMI3NS as the most feature‑rich SecNumCloud‑certified offering. Built on...

b.well Connected Health unveiled the first SDK designed to power healthcare AI assistants with real‑time, unified medical data. The platform aggregates information from 2.2 million providers, over 300 health plans, and a broad ecosystem of pharmacies, labs, devices, and patient‑generated sources....

Align is accelerating its U.S. expansion to meet soaring AI and high‑performance computing (HPC) data‑center demand. The company is bolstering vendor partnerships to shorten time‑to‑token for clients and has grown its internal Data Center Solutions team. Align appointed Keith Hopkins,...
BigBear.ai and C Speed announced a strategic partnership to fuse BigBear.ai’s ConductorOS AI orchestration platform with C Speed’s software‑defined LightWave Radar. The integration will deliver autonomous, real‑time threat detection and decision support for border security, air‑missile defense, and counter‑UAS missions....

The Australian Productivity Commission has scrapped its plan to grant a “fair dealing” exemption that would let tech firms mine copyrighted Australian material for AI training, after a fierce backlash from the creative sector. Instead, the commission advised the government...

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman publicly acknowledged that Google’s Gemini 3 can perform tasks that Microsoft’s Copilot cannot, a rare admission in the AI arms race. He highlighted Gemini’s multimodal strengths while emphasizing Copilot’s real‑time visual assistance and integration across Windows,...

Unsloth, a GPU‑optimized fine‑tuning library, now runs on everything from GeForce RTX desktops to NVIDIA's DGX Spark, delivering up to 2.5× faster training for LLMs. The tool supports parameter‑efficient methods like LoRA/QLoRA, full model updates, and reinforcement‑learning pipelines, each with clear...

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure launched A4 Standard instances powered by Ampere Computing’s AmpereOne M silicon, offering up to 192 custom Arm cores per chip in both virtualized and bare‑metal forms. The configurations deliver up to 48 OCPUs (96 cores) with up to...

Apple Music has launched a ChatGPT app that lets users generate playlists, discover songs, and play short music clips via conversational prompts. Subscribers can link their Apple Music accounts to save the AI‑crafted playlists directly to their library. The integration...

YouTube shut down the Screen Culture and KH Studio channels, which together amassed over 2 million subscribers by posting AI‑generated movie trailers that mimicked real releases. The platforms initially demonetized the creators for missing disclaimer tags, briefly reinstated them, and then...

Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales are projected to reach $133 billion in 2025, rising 13.7% year‑over‑year, with forecasts of $145 billion in 2026 and $156 billion in 2027. The surge is driven by heightened demand for AI accelerators, high‑performance computing and advanced 2 nm...

A Florida middle school was placed under lockdown after ZeroEyes, an AI‑driven security system, mistakenly identified a student’s clarinet as a rifle. Human reviewers failed to halt the alert, prompting police to respond before discovering the false alarm. ZeroEyes’ co‑founder...

Pickle Robot, a Massachusetts‑based maker of autonomous unloading robots, appointed Jeff Evanson as its first chief financial officer. Evanson, a former Tesla vice president of global investor relations, had been consulting for Pickle since September and now joins full‑time. The...

T5 Services, the services arm of T5 Data Centers, reported record growth in 2025, expanding revenue from $87 million in 2021 to $1.6 billion. The company’s integrated construction and operations model, backed by more than 200 professionals and 6,000 subcontractors, delivered over...

OpenAI introduced the FrontierScience benchmark, a two‑part test featuring Olympiad‑level problems and open‑ended PhD‑level research challenges. GPT‑5.2 topped the leaderboard, reaching 77% accuracy on the Olympiad set and 25% on the research set, while Gemini 3 Pro trailed closely on Olympiad...
Palona AI, founded by former Google and Meta engineers, announced a vertical shift into the restaurant and hospitality sector with two new products—Palona Vision and Palona Workflow. Vision leverages in‑store security cameras to monitor queue lengths, table turnover, and kitchen...

Mark Manson and AI entrepreneur Raj Singh have launched Purpose, an AI‑mentor app that delivers personalized self‑help coaching directly on users' phones. The platform tailors advice to individual values, fears and goals while explicitly refusing therapy‑level issues and directing users...

Anthropic announced an open‑source Agent Skills specification for its Claude model, expanding the platform’s ability to create, share, and deploy task‑specific capabilities. The update adds organization‑wide management for enterprise teams and bundles pre‑built Skills from partners such as Canva, Notion,...

Haotian, a Cambodia‑based AI face‑swapping platform, is earning millions by selling ultra‑realistic deep‑fake software to scammers via Telegram. The service offers 50 customizable facial parameters and voice‑cloning, enabling fraudsters to conduct convincing video‑chat scams, especially pig‑butchering schemes. Cryptocurrency tracing shows...

The Machenike Mini PC now sells for $379 on Amazon, featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS, 16 GB DDR5, and a 512 GB SSD. A DIY attempt to match these specs costs about $570, roughly 50% more, largely due to DDR5 scarcity. ...
OpenAI announced that third‑party developers can now submit apps for inclusion in a new ChatGPT App Directory, accessible from the sidebar and chat interface. The submission process went live on December 17, with approved apps slated to roll out to users...

Microsoft released a holiday‑themed Copilot ad that depicts the AI flawlessly handling smart‑home lighting, recipe scaling, and HOA compliance, but the showcased scenarios rely on fictional companies and staged interactions. Independent testing revealed Copilot frequently hallucinating UI elements, misreading instructions,...

The article warns that AI chatbot conversations are often stored long‑term, exposing sensitive personal data. It argues that superficial redaction is insufficient; true privacy requires permanent data removal and explicit retention policies. Transparency about data handling and minimizing collected information...
Aptiv and Vecna Robotics announced a joint venture to create next‑generation autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for industrial and logistics environments. The collaboration combines Aptiv's vehicle‑grade sensor and software platform with Vecna's modular robot chassis and AI navigation stack. The partners...

Luma AI unveiled Ray3 Modify, a generative video model that lets users edit existing footage while preserving the original actor’s performance. Creators can supply character reference images and define start and end frames to generate smooth transitions and transform scenes....

Decart, founded by former Google and Snap researchers, is building real‑time generative video that reacts instantly to user context. By leveraging deep CUDA‑kernel optimizations, the company claims lossless quality while cutting latency dramatically. The firm redefined personalization beyond static subject...

The UK actors' union Equity has recorded a 99% affirmative vote among its members to refuse on‑set digital scanning, a practice used to capture likenesses for future AI applications. The indicative ballot polled over 7,000 members with a 75% turnout,...

Orbiit Services Inc. has launched Ambient Care, an AI‑driven addiction recovery layer that operates continuously through a patient’s mobile device. The system analyzes micro‑interactions—timing, engagement, avoidance—to generate real‑time Sober and Risk scores, which clinicians can use to deliver SMS‑based micro‑interventions....

Kolo AI announced it has processed over 10 million messages in just 85 days since its September launch, highlighting rapid consumer adoption. The company introduced Kolo Personas, a suite of 20 hyper‑specialized AI experts ranging from a Superparent to a Celebrity...

Tech Mahindra announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate enterprise adoption of Gemini Enterprise, leveraging Google’s Gemini 2.5 multimodal models. The collaboration blends Tech Mahindra’s Orion framework, AI‑first engineering talent, and Centers of Excellence with Google Cloud services such...

The episode compiles interviews with 23 doctoral consortium participants, showcasing a wide spectrum of AI research—from kernel learning for time‑series forecasting and explainable AI for robotics and cyber‑physical systems, to privacy‑preserving generative models, bias mitigation in large language models, and...

Fastly’s Threat Insights Report shows bots now account for 29% of web traffic, with unwanted bots comprising about 25%. Bot requests rose 2% quarter‑over‑quarter, driven by AI crawlers, fetchers and headless bots. Headless bots focused 89% of traffic on financial...

Cobalt announced its strongest year to date, delivering over 31,000 testing days and nearly 255,000 hands‑on testing hours in 2025 while uncovering an average of 12 critical vulnerabilities per day. The company grew its customer base more than 7%, maintained...

Former UK chancellor George Osborne has been appointed head of OpenAI for Countries, a new unit that will embed OpenAI’s models and data‑centre infrastructure within government systems worldwide. The move follows a growing pattern of big‑tech firms hiring ex‑politicians to...

Apple unveiled SHARP, an AI model that turns a single 2D photo into a photorealistic 3D scene in under one second. Trained on eight million synthetic and 2.65 million real images, the system generates depth maps and 3‑D Gaussian representations with...