Ruth Reader

3 days ago | politico.com | Ruth Reader

The FDA wants to replace animal testing with artificial intelligence. | Jeff Roberson/AP With help from Anthony AdragnaThe rise of AI promises a lot of big changes, and one of them is going to be warmly welcomed by mice, rats and zebrafish. The Food and Drug Administration wants to replace animal testing with artificial intelligence, POLITICO’s Lauren Gardner reports. Politically speaking, the change has wide support. In 2022, Congress passed a bipartisan law, co-sponsored by Sens.

3 days ago | politico.com | Ruth Reader |Shawn Zeller

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, owner of Facebook and Instagram, is flooding Washington with ads lawmakers to require his rivals’ app stores to verify shoppers’ ages and require parental consent for kids to download social media apps. If he succeeds in making Google and Apple the focus of kids’ safety legislation, it will show how much headway he has made with his Republican skeptics in Congress, Ruth reports. How’s that?

3 days ago | benton.org | Ruth Reader

To protect kids online, Mark Zuckerberg says Congress should focus on Apple and Google — not Facebook and Instagram. The Meta CEO, owner of the two social media sites, is flooding Washington with ads aimed at convincing lawmakers to require his rivals’ app stores to verify shoppers’ ages and require parental consent for kids to download social media apps.

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Ruth Reader

To protect kids online, Mark Zuckerberg says Congress should focus on Apple and Google — not Facebook and Instagram. The Meta CEO, owner of the two social media sites, is flooding Washington with ads aimed at convincing lawmakers to require his rivals’ app stores to verify shoppers’ ages and require parental consent for kids to download social media apps.

1 week ago | politico.com | Ruth Reader

Only 30 percent of artificial intelligence pilot tools designed for use in health care reach production, says a new report. Health care providers, insurers and pharmaceutical companies are widely interested in the use of generative AI in their practices, but , according to a survey from investment firm Bessemer Venture Partners. “The top barrier for expansion is concerns on security,” said Sofia Guerra, vice president at Bessemer and co-author of the report.