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Centene hires JPMorgan veteran Lauren Tyler to board
Lauren Tyler, who spent over 30 years in finance leadership at JPMorgan, joins Centene's board as health insurers face mounting operational pressure. Her appointment signals the company is recruiting external expertise to navigate a deteriorating market.
US health spending hits $5.7T in 2025 as drug use, not prices, drive costs
CMS projects $5.7 trillion in US health spending for 2025, with utilization—not inflation—as the primary driver. GLP-1 prescriptions are a major factor. Here's what's shifting.
AI Model Identifies cardiac fibrosis as hidden cause of sudden cardiac death
Nature study uses machine learning to spot 350,000 annual U.S. cardiac deaths that current screening misses. Scar tissue emerges as a key risk marker — here's what cardiologists need to know.
Biotech Execs Debate AI's Real Role at BIO 2026 Summer Summit
STAT News reports from San Diego as biotech leaders and FDA officials assess how artificial intelligence actually fits into drug development and clinical care—separating hype from evidence.
Gartner names best AI agents for procurement reviews in 2026
Gartner released its list of top AI agents designed for procurement review workflows. See which vendors made the cut and what capabilities matter most to buyers.
Gartner: Benchmark Your AI Cyber Risk Before Breach Season Hits
Gartner released a framework for assessing AI security readiness. Organizations can now benchmark their defenses against emerging threats tied to AI deployment.
KPN builds AI agents for Dutch telecom customer care
KPN, the Netherlands' largest telecom operator, is deploying agentic AI in its contact center to handle customer support. The shift aims to improve quality and cut operational costs.
AI Could Fix Your Deployment Bottleneck, Says Resolve AI CEO
Resolve AI's Spiros Xanthos explains how AI agents can automate deployment, production monitoring, and infrastructure management—areas that have resisted automation. Why reliability and speed matter more now.
Three ways AI is already changing how software teams work
McKinsey breaks down where AI helps developers most: individual productivity, workflow redesign, and role redefinition. Here's what separates winners from the rest.
NVIDIA speeds BEV pooling 16–19x on RTX GPUs for autonomous vehicles
BEVPoolV3 cuts bird's-eye-view perception latency to 17.3 µs on Blackwell by eliminating redundant memory traffic. Here's how to profile and optimize scatter-reduce kernels on your GPU.
Rare disease diagnoses jump 5% when AI reruns old genetic tests monthly
Talos, an open-source system from Microsoft Research, recovered 241 new diagnoses by automatically reanalyzing stored genomic data as scientific knowledge evolves. Deploy it yourself—here is why monthly cycles beat one-time testing.
Far-field ASR leaderboard exposes real performance gap below 6dB SNR
Hugging Face and Treble Technologies launched FFASR, the first open benchmark simulating 14 real rooms at varying noise levels. Early results show WER jumps several times higher in far-field low-SNR conditions than near-field clean speech.