Washington — Ace Parsi describes himself as “personally pretty against AI.” The Democrat is running an uphill race against Republican Rep. Riley Moore in ruby-red West Virginia and has drafted a legislative proposal to block new data centers that don’t have buy-in from constituents. But after what he said was probably the most complicated decision…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took steps this week that could open up access to certain unapproved peptide drugs that are being promoted for wellness. In a draft policy filed Wednesday, Kennedy said he had determined that compounding pharmacies could prepare six specific peptides — BPC-157, Epitalon, KPV, MOTS-c, Semax, TB-500…
Zane Shah arrives at school at 8:45 a.m., greets his friends and stores his backpack in the assigned cubby. It could be any middle school morning. But one thing about Shah’s school is different: There are no traditional teachers. Shah, 13, is an eighth grader at Alpha School, a network of private, for-profit institutions that…
New York’s Metropolitan Opera House seemed a fitting setting to chat with the Spanish pop artist Rosalía after the global tour for her latest album, “Lux” (which is Latin for light). “I really like how concentrated the energy is in spaces like this,” she said. This superstar knows about energy and performing. Her song “Berghain,”…
The Food and Drug Administration received reports in recent months that two people died after taking bootleg versions of an experimental weight-loss drug, according to documents reviewed by CBS News. The reports link the deaths to products claiming to be retatrutide, a drug being developed by Eli Lilly that hasn’t been approved by the FDA….
It’s one of the oldest plots in science fiction: Humans losing control to computers. But this summer, the old trope of AI going rogue left the realm of science fiction, and it happened inside an unmarked San Francisco building — the headquarters of AI giant OpenAI. The incident has been dominating the news. You may…
ALS robbed Terry Mandable of his ability to speak. But with an experimental brain chip and an AI-backed program that translates his brain waves into speech, he can communicate again. Tony Dokoupil has the story. Source link
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request from Alabama to move forward with a scheduled execution using nitrogen hypoxia. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the decision. The Alabama Attorney General’s Office had petitioned the high court to reverse a federal judge’s decision to permanently ban the state from putting…
Dolly Parton‘s sister, Stella Parton, said the country music icon offered to try experimental drugs if there was “no hope” in her cancer battle, in an effort to help others. “What the world saw is exactly who she was, so much so, she told me recently that if there was no hope for her, she…
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering U.S. patients a more effective treatment against one of the deadliest types of cancer. FDA officials gave expedited approval to the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, which blocks a mutated protein that fuels tumor growth in more than 90%…
