Medical AI training reduces false lesion reports but misses critical external cases
Researchers report in a preprint that training MedScope-4B on images with lesions erased reduced its tendency to report findings absent from an image.
TimeOmni-o1 combines text reasoning and time series forecasting in one architecture
Researchers report that TimeOmni-o1 combines a language model with a pretrained time series model to interpret text and numerical sequences together and generate both text and forecasts.
Research agent improves dye removal across 15 autonomous laboratory rounds
Researchers report in a preprint that their Embodied Science Agent improved wastewater treatment results over 15 continuous rounds of autonomous experiments. Final solution transmittance rose from 82% to 99.7%, corresponding to a 98.5% reduction in residual dye concentration.
Blue J raises $176M to expand AI tools for tax work
Toronto-based Blue J raised $176M in a Series E led by JMI Equity, valuing the tax AI company at more than $700M. Existing investors Oak HC/FT and Sapphire Ventures participated alongside Intrepid Growth Partners, and JMI principal Jack Duane will join the board.
Odessia founder says OpenAI acquired travel startup as its tool shuts down
OpenAI has acquired AI travel startup Odessia, founder Francis Davidson said in an announcement. Davidson has joined OpenAI to work on travel, and an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed his hire to TechCrunch. The deal's terms were not disclosed.
Anthropic opens Australian retail IPO to individual investors
Anthropic opened its Australian retail initial public offering on Wednesday, giving individual investors access to Class A shares, CNBC reported. The offering by the maker of AI chatbot Claude comes ahead of the company's planned Nasdaq listing.
