AI Diagnoses 4x Better Than Doctors

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AI is diagnosing diseases better than doctors. Meta's racing toward AGI by snatching OpenAI's top minds. Your Bluetooth earbuds might be listening in. And Apple's prepping smart glasses like it's 2027 already.

The future didn't knock—it kicked the door in. Let's see what just showed up.

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Doctor Who? Microsoft's AI Diagnostician Outperforms Human Experts

Paging Dr. HAL 9000—your patients are waiting.

That's not far from reality, thanks to Microsoft's latest AI breakthrough in healthcare. The tech giant's new Medical AI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) treats every tough case like a medical group chat, pitting multiple frontier models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Grok, and friends) against one another until a consensus emerges.

In a diagnostic showdown with 304 notoriously tricky case records, the o3-powered MAI-DxO setup achieved a correct diagnosis up to 85.5% of the time, nearly four times the accuracy of 21 seasoned doctors working solo.

Even better for insurers' wallets, MAI-DxO ordered leaner workups: AI trimmed roughly 20% off the average test bill compared with its human counterparts. The orchestrator can be instructed to stay within a spending cap so it doesn't default to the "MRI-for-everyone!" school of medicine.

Caveats abound. These are retrospective case files, not live patients with half-remembered symptoms. And Microsoft stresses that MAI-DxO is strictly experimental until real-world clinical trials—and regulators—sign off.

Still, the demo hints at an AI future where breadth and depth of expertise aren't mutually exclusive, where your first consult might be with a virtual panel before a human ever walks in. LLMs may be "the paranoid friend you need at 2 a.m.," but they're not replacing your PCP just yet, which is either comforting or inconvenient, depending on how long you've been in the waiting room.

Why it matters: Misdiagnosis costs thousands of lives and billions of dollars every year. An AI assistant that's vastly more accurate and cheaper could mean faster answers, fewer scary diagnostic odysseys, and maybe one less bill that makes your heart race harder than the treadmill test.

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Meta's Talent Grab Leaves OpenAI Reeling

Meta just swiped right on OpenAI's top talent.

Inside OpenAI, the mood is part siege, part spring cleaning after Meta's superintelligence lab lured four senior OpenAI researchers over the past month by allegedly offering $100 million signing packages.

Chief Research Officer Mark Chen told staff that the exodus feels "as if someone has broken into our home and stolen something," vowing to recalibrate compensation and fight for every headcount.

Leadership also declared a company-wide "recharge" week—a tactical nap while Meta circles the block with candy.

Zuckerberg's raid underscores a broader AI talent arms race: whoever staffs up fastest gets first dibs on building that ever‑elusive AGI. For now, Meta's offer sheet is the flashiest billboard on Sand Hill Road, while OpenAI frantically updates its own.

Job‑hunting? Refresh OpenAI Careers; the cubicles just opened up.

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Security Alerts

Bluetooth Hack Turns Headphones into Spy Devices

Millions of Bluetooth headphones, including popular models from Sony, Bose, and JBL, are vulnerable to attacks that let hackers remotely listen in on hijacked devices.

Security flaws in Airoha chipsets allow attackers within Bluetooth range to eavesdrop on conversations, access call histories, and manipulate device connections.

While the attack is complex and targets a limited number of wireless earbuds and headsets, a fix has been slow to roll out.

Bluetooth: the gift that keeps on giving... your conversations away.

Huge Data Breaches Rock Healthcare Sector

A wave of data breaches has exposed the sensitive information of millions of patients.

Episource lost data on 5.4 million people, Central Kentucky Radiology exposed 167,000 patient records, Esse Health had 263,000 patients affected, and Integrated Oncology Network reported that hackers accessed patient data. Meanwhile, Swiss nonprofit Radix had 2 TB of data stolen by the Sarcoma ransomware group.

Millions exposed. No scalpel required.

Industry Shakeups

Apple's Big Bet on XR Devices

Apple plans to significantly expand its lineup of extended-reality (XR) devices, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Upcoming products include a lighter, cheaper Vision Air headset and smart glasses featuring voice control and video recording capabilities by 2027.

These new devices aim to mainstream XR tech, positioning Apple ahead of Meta and Google in the race for consumer AR glasses.

iGlasses: because your eyes weren't distracted enough.

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