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The FDA cleared EchoNext, a deep-learning tool that reads a routine 12-lead ECG to flag six forms of hidden structural heart disease, outperforming cardiologists in a Nature study.

The U.S. Commerce Department will fund AI-driven work on PFAS-free chemicals, catalysts, rare earth-free magnets, and backup batteries, and take a minority equity stake in return.

Mercer and Oliver Wyman surveys find 99% of executives expect AI to cut headcount, while 2026 tech layoffs have already reached 134,603 across 212 companies.

The AI startup founded by Figure AI's CEO closed an oversubscribed round led by Parkway Venture Capital, with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm among the backers.

Google's Threat Intelligence Group says a cybercrime group built a zero-day exploit using AI, marking the first confirmed case of adversaries weaponizing an LLM to discover and exploit a previously unknown vulnerability.

A new AI controller modeled on biological synapses lets soft robotic arms handle novel tasks and unexpected disturbances without retraining, achieving over 92% shape accuracy under real-world disruptions.

Three bipartisan Senate bills and a House companion measure introduced in early 2026 would require federal disclosure of AI-related job cuts, fund workforce research, and establish a commission to recommend labor and tax policy changes.

Meta plans to eliminate 10% of its global workforce starting May 20, restructuring around AI-driven productivity as it nearly doubles capital spending to $135 billion.

The Trump administration's drive to create a single federal AI framework is colliding with a bipartisan wall of state resistance, setting up a constitutional battle that could define AI governance for a generation.

Snap is eliminating 16 percent of its workforce and closing over 300 open roles, citing AI-driven efficiency gains that let smaller teams handle tasks previously requiring larger headcount.

Snap is eliminating 16 percent of its workforce, projecting $500 million in annualized savings as AI generates over 65 percent of the company's new code.

Meta releases Muse Spark, a proprietary multimodal reasoning model from its new Superintelligence Labs unit, marking a sharp departure from its open-weight Llama strategy after a nine-month infrastructure rebuild.