Using big data, AI to boost physician training

AMA News Feed Using big data and AI to boost doctor training January 15, 2026 Winners of the AMA’s new Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education grant program plan to harness and make sense of big data and apply augmented intelligence (AI) to provide medical students and residents in training, as well as practicing physicians,…

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Supply chain resilience and AI readiness start with location-based data

For many supply chain organizations, the resilience conversation has shifted from reacting to disruption to understanding exposure. This shift requires companies to dig deeper, beyond tier-one suppliers, beyond transactional data, and into the physical and geographic realities that shape how goods are purchased, moved and stored over time. The question is no longer whether organizations…

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Heterogeneous computing and the future of AI

Heterogeneous computing is quietly redefining how AI appears in everyday devices, bringing intelligence closer to where people actually use it rather than keeping it locked in remote cloud systems. As AI expands into physical products, success depends less on raw performance and more on how efficiently CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs work together. Heterogeneous computing manifests…

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California AG to investigate xAI, Grok over sexualized AI images of women and children

The California Attorney General on Wednesday announced an investigation into non-consensual sexually explicit material produced using Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI. The investigation into the Elon Musk-owned company comes amid a broader global backlash against deepfake images that spread on X. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office cited reports that users asked Grok…

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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence: Understanding the Mechanism Behind the Magic

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly touching nearly every aspect of our modern life, from simple predictive models for text completion when composing messages and emails to highly sophisticated content creation, such as prompt-based realistic video generation. Yet despite AI’s widespread prevalence, there remains unawareness or misunderstanding about what AI truly is and how it operates….

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What can we expect from Artificial Intelligence?

By Thomas B. Fowler (bio – articles – email) | January 21, 2026 Introductory note from Jeff Mirus: In 2024, Thomas Fowler wrote a series of four articles on artificial intelligence for CatholicCulture.org: At the end of 2025, Tom published a major book on this subject: Artificial intelligence: foundations, limits, advantages and dangers….

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AI-powered toys navigate safety concerns after early missteps

Manufacturers unveiled a new generation of AI-powered generative toys at the Consumer Electronics Show, but emphasized careful safety measures after early models produced inappropriate responses in testing. Toy makers at the Consumer Electronics Show highlighted efforts to improve AI in toys following troubling early reports of chatbots giving inappropriate answers to children’s questions. A recent…

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