TrialAtlas improves detection of clinical-trial design flaws in preprint tests
Researchers introduced TrialAtlas, a multi-agent AI system that analyzes literature, competing trials, regulatory precedents and historical drug applications to help plan clinical development. In a preprint evaluation built from 2...
ExpGSI cuts estimated computation for reward-guided language-model inference
Researchers introduced ExpBoN, a preprint method that adds exponential noise when selecting the best response from multiple language-model samples, allowing finer control over reward and deviation from the model's original output ...
Mithrl raises $20 million for biopharma AI infrastructure
Mithrl raised a $20 million Series A led by Obvious Ventures, CEO Vivek Adarsh told Axios. The company integrates its proprietary biomedical world model with pharmaceutical companies' research-and-development systems. The round gi...
Raindrop raises $35 million to monitor AI-agent failures
Raindrop raised a $35 million Series A led by CRV, co-founders Zubin Koticha and Ben Hylak told Axios Pro. The company builds technology to monitor AI agents for problems such as invented information and misuse of the tools they c...
OECD survey finds wider use of worker-sanction software in US firms
An OECD survey of 6,047 firms across six countries found 67% of US firms use software to sanction poor performance, versus 4% across France, Germany, Italy and Spain. It found US firms were also more likely to monitor conversation...
Tilly Norwood’s AI video-call service requires facial age checks worldwide
Talking Tilly, a service for video calls with the AI character Tilly Norwood, requires users worldwide to pass a facial age check before their first call. The requirement was added to the service's terms this month. Identity prov...