Chinese youth increasingly turn to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for mental health support as traditional therapy remains costly and inaccessible, with nearly half using AI for psychological discussions despite risks including inappropriate crisis responses and potential social isolation.
AI agents powered by large language models now assist scientists with research tasks like data curation and literature reviews, while new collaborative systems mimic medical teams to analyze drug trials and identify unexpected therapeutic effects, though current technology still requires human oversight due to reliability limitations.
MIT and McMaster University researchers use AI to discover enterololin, a revolutionary narrow-spectrum antibiotic that targets harmful gut bacteria causing Crohn's disease while preserving beneficial microbes, showing promising results in mouse studies and advancing toward human trials.
Stanford researchers use AI to successfully create 16 functional viruses capable of killing bacteria, prompting urgent biosecurity warnings that the technology could enable rapid bioweapon development by bad actors faster than current defense systems can respond.
Trump shares then deletes an AI-generated fake Fox News video featuring himself promoting QAnon's 'medbed' conspiracy theory, which falsely claims the government possesses secret alien-derived healing beds that can cure all diseases but restricts access to elites only.
Manufacturing companies race toward 20% production cost cuts as 80% of businesses worldwide plan intelligent automation adoption by 2025, with retail leading the charge while healthcare focuses on automating patient data processing.
RNA structure prediction remains far behind protein prediction as AlphaFold3 struggles with RNA's extreme flexibility, with only 7,759 RNA structures mapped versus 216,212 proteins, though most RNA therapeutics like mRNA vaccines rely on secondary structure which scientists can now predict with high accuracy.
Google launches an AI agent tool that lets users query vast public datasets on health, climate, census, and economics through simple natural language commands, eliminating the need for complex coding and enabling policy analysts to instantly access millions of datapoints for research and analysis.
Stanford and Arc Institute scientists successfully use AI to design 16 functional viruses from scratch that infected bacteria and outcompeted natural viruses, marking the first time artificial intelligence has created entire living genomes rather than editing existing DNA, potentially revolutionizing treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections while raising safety concerns.
GSA strikes major deal with Box offering federal agencies up to 75% discounts on AI-powered cloud platforms for 12 months, advancing America's AI Action Plan with government-approved models for automating contracting, research, disaster response, and veteran healthcare workflows.