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What AI Brings to Drug Discovery: Current Capabilities and Future Directions

The Promise of AI in Pharmaceutical Research Drug discovery is traditionally a lengthy and expensive process, often taking over a decade and billions of dollars to bring a single candidate from initial discovery to market. Artificial intelligence offers the potential to compress timelines and reduce costs by accelerating key stages

Researchers Outline Framework for Responsible AI Use in Food Security Early Warning Systems

Food insecurity affects hundreds of millions of people globally, and timely early warning systems are critical for coordinating humanitarian responses. A perspective article published in Nature Food examines how artificial intelligence and machine learning can be ethically and effectively integrated into these systems. The researchers identify key challenges in applying

AI Tool Exposes Novel HTTP Desync Vulnerabilities and Unpatched Apache Zero-Day

Security researchers have demonstrated how AI can accelerate the discovery of complex web vulnerabilities. Using a tool called HTTP Terminator, a research team identified novel HTTP desync techniques—attacks that manipulate the way servers interpret sequential HTTP requests—alongside a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in the Apache HTTP Server. HTTP

A New Framework Aims to Audit AI Chatbots Used in Mental Health Settings

As AI-powered chatbots become increasingly common in mental health support, the need for rigorous evaluation methods has grown more pressing. A newly published framework in Nature offers a structured approach to auditing how these systems behave during mental health conversations. The framework provides clinical researchers and developers with standardized criteria

AMD Announces Acquisition of Taalas to Strengthen AI Computing Portfolio

AMD has announced an agreement to acquire Taalas, a company focused on artificial intelligence computing technologies. The acquisition is expected to strengthen AMD's position in the AI hardware market as competition among chipmakers intensifies. The deal reflects the ongoing consolidation in the semiconductor industry, where major players are

ByteDance Reportedly Developing Large-Scale AI Model to Rival Anthropic's Mythos

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is reportedly developing a large-scale AI model that could rival Anthropic's rumored "Mythos" system, according to recent Financial Times reporting. The Chinese technology company has been expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities, and this new effort appears to position ByteDance as

AI-Designed Viruses Dominate Headlines as Research Advances and Concerns Mount

AI-Designed Viruses Raise Biosecurity Questions Researchers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to design completely new viruses, a development that offers potential medical benefits but also raises significant biosecurity concerns among experts. Read more: Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses - BBC AI Generates Novel Viruses Not Found in