The FDA has launched a site which they tout as a revamped VAERS database website. The site is here, and it's really underwhelming. Not only is it visually unappealing, with uneven lettering and copy-pasted repetitive captions, but the UI in the vaccine section is really clutzy. Did they use AI to create this site? It doesn't seem ready for launch. The old VAERS site was not pretty either, but at least I could find what I needed, even if it was the raw CSV file. On the current site, I wouldn't know where to click to submit a report of an adverse event. I hope this is a work in progress because it's not usable nor informative.
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Well, the identity of the mysterious Hunter Alpha AI model has been revealed. No, it's not the next Deepseek model. It's a new model from Xiaomi called MiMo-V2-Pro. But it's another example of how Chinese AI models can be just as powerful as U.S. models with a fraction of the cost. They make it look easy. Of course, it's easy when Americans have to develop the architecture and do the training, and all you do is quantize and distill. Just look how the two Chinese models compare with Meta's Llama architecture. They just copied it.
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Gerd Faltings got the Abel Prize in mathematics, but it's very odd that this guy got the Abel Prize in 2026 for work that he published in 1986 and got the Fields Medal for. Does the Abel committee have to reach back far now to find anything prize-worthy?
Yay! iOS 26.4 Fixes iPhone Keyboard Accuracy Bug. Someone already made a video about this, and I guess that Apple saw it. Good.
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AI is becoming a second brain at the expense of your first one. Well, only if you are intellectually lazy and don't use AI to augment your thinking, but actually to replace your thinking.
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Semaglutide, the active ingredient in the drugs Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss, as well as liraglutide (Saxenda) were associated with a lower risk of worsening mental illness in those with anxiety and depression.
Semaglutide had a 42% lower risk of worsening mental health, while liraglutide was linked to an 18% lower risk. Other GLP-1 drugs, including exenatide and dulaglutide, did not show the same benefit.
Semaglutide was associated with a 44% lower risk of worsening depression, a 38% lower risk of worsening anxiety and a 47% lower risk of worsening substance use disorder.
This was an observational study. The two drugs that did not cause a reduction in anxiety and depression also don't reduce weight very much. So perhaps people who remained obese continued to be anxious and depressed, while people who did lose weight improved emotionally.
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Google is now putting Veo3.1 and Gemini into YouTube, so that you can generate videos from shorts. They call it YouTube Reimagine. More AI slop?
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Someone coded an offline voice transcription app that is marketed as an AI Medical Scribe. What this coder may not know is that there is probably little if any market for free-standing scribes anymore. Most doctors are using scribe software built into their EHR, and they have no say in what their hospital selects. This is the new reality – doctors are just employees now, and have little or no say in what AI tools they use. "Just crank out the production, doc."
Whisper Notes is another offline voice transcription app (geez, there's so many now). Apparently Apple doesn't like to have apps like these in the App Store if it's not just for accessibility purposes. Why should Apple care about this? Possibly because in order for it to "interact" with other apps or devices, the data must leave your machine.
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Soon to be Gavin Newsom, Bob Ferguson and Tina Kotek. Kathy Hochul Begs Rich People to Come Back to New York. Fat chance of that happening.
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This app will make you lose friends fast. AI-Powered Fact-Checking in Your DMs. Correct your colleagues in real-time! Show 'em how smart you are! That'll teach 'em to try to make small talk with you!
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Portland watchdog skewers city’s arts tax program in damning new audit. I always knew that the arts tax was bullsh#t.
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This reminds of when KATU made a field trip to downtown Portland to check on progress on safety in the city. Kevin Dahlgren shows us what you might encounter trying to go to McDonalds. Holy crap.
Speaking of which, Oregon State Hospital is under fire for taking too long to admit people. We need to revive the old Dammasch Hospital and get these folks off the street pronto!
