Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI launch AI health tools as
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- Microsoft, Amazon, and OpenAI have all launched medical chatbots to address the demand for accessible health advice, despite concerns about their limited external evaluation (Grace Huckins).
- A judge has temporarily blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk, indicating the government's disregard for existing dispute processes fueled the conflict (James O'Donnell).
- California has defied Trump's demands by imposing new AI regulations, requiring extra safeguards for firms seeking state contracts and highlighting a brewing AI regulation war in the US (Guardian, Reuters, NYT, MIT Technology Review).
- Experiments have verified quantum simulations for the first time, a breakthrough for quantum computing applications that could one day help solve healthcare problems (Nature, MIT Technology Review).
- The new White House app is criticized as a security and privacy nightmare, extensively tracking users, relying on external code, and inviting users to report people to ICE (Gizmodo, CNET, The Verge).
- Big Tech's $635 billion AI spending faces an energy shock test due to the Middle East crisis, clouding growth prospects and raising questions about AI's energy burden (Reuters, MIT Technology Review).
- Meta and Google are accused by Australia and Indonesia of breaking child safety rules by flouting social media bans (Bloomberg, Reuters).
- Nebius is building a $10 billion AI data center in Finland, rapidly expanding Europe’s AI infrastructure (CNBC).
- South Korea's chipmakers have helium stocks that will only last until June, creating uncertainty for their operations (Reuters).
Why it matters: The Pentagon's culture war tactic against Anthropic backfired, temporarily blocking the government from labeling it a supply chain risk.
