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Microsoft says its GPT-5-powered Diagnostic Orchestrator uses agents that mimic panels of experts to diagnose conditions up to 4x more accurately than doctors (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

Microsoft says its AI tool is better than doctors at diagnosing conditions
In new research, Microsoft’s AI tool diagnosed medical cases up to four times more accurately than human physicians.

The Browser Company plans to shut down its Arc browser on December 22, as it shifts attention to the AI-focused Dia browser (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1016832/arc-browser-shutting-down

Arc browser is shutting down
The Browser Company is sunsetting the Arc browser, which will stop working on macOS and PC on December 22nd.

Video game ownership bill introduced in Congress https://www.theverge.com/policy/1013521/video-game-ownership-bill-congress-power-to-the-players-act

Filings: Nvidia, Anthropic, and OpenAI had their highest-spending lobbying quarter between July and September, spending $2.2M, $2.1M, and $1.5M, respectively (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/1016585/openai-anthropic-nvidia-lobbying-re…

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia had record lobbying quarters
Leading AI companies are ramping up their federal lobbying spending, with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia having their biggest lobbying quarters yet ahead of the midterms.

My choice of 4 would be:
https://tvark.org/channel-four-original-ident-2
which is the original UK Channel 4 animated logo.

Protect and serve ... who exactly?
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013541/a-woman-was-arrested-in-philly-for-blocking-a-delivery-robot

Cancer kills its host and dies with it.
A leveraged buyout makes the host finance its tumor, sells its organs and uses the proceeds to infect the next victim.
The corpses go into the pitch deck under “successful exits.”
https://www.theverge.com/games/1015647/ea-is-shutting-down-bioware

The term "single use software" currently lives rent free in my head.
People use LLMs to create software specific for their needs. But neither can other people use it (hardcoded variables, no rights management, too specific), nor do they use it again (too specific, easier to produce a new one).
Single use software is not maintained. Nobody understands it or has an interest in keeping it working.
The creation of single use software feels cheap, but isn't. It tak…

This little camera looks great! 70s spy crafts! #digital
https://www.theverge.com/tech/995399/fujifilm-instax-pal-2-digital-camera-wirel…

Never forget
https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning