Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls, sources say

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Techme101

The startup, now valued at $750 million, is one of three that recently raised funding to use AI agents for helping healthcare practices answer patient calls.

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Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Techme101

Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program as AI and data infrastructure take center stage.

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OpenAI says it plans ChatGPT changes after lawsuit blamed chatbot for teen’s suicide

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI disclosed plans to improve ChatGPT safety for users expressing “suicidal intent.”

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Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after activists take over Brad Smith’s office

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Techme101

The incident is the latest escalation by current and former employees who are demanding the company end its cloud contracts with Israel.

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Okta raises forecast as CEO says economic conditions were ‘better than we thought’

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Techme101

One of Okta’s partners, Palo Alto Networks, recently announced an agreement to buy Okta competitor CyberArk.

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Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic is the latest AI lab to offer an AI agent with the ability to view and take action in a user’s Chrome browser.

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Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.

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Warning for Windows Users: Global UpCrypter Phishing Attack is Expanding

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Techme101

Hackers are using fake voicemails and purchase orders to spread UpCrypter malware, giving them remote control over Windows systems worldwide.

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A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Techme101

“Let Down” broke into the Billboard Hot 100 nearly 30 years after its release, marking just the fourth Radiohead song to enter the charts.

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Researchers Are Already Leaving Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Techme101

CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on a recruiting blitz to lure top AI researchers to Meta. WIRED has confirmed that three recent hires have now resigned.

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