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A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors. The study was published this week in Science and comes from a research team led by …

You’ve seen this comic before: An anthropomorphic dog sits smiling, surrounded by flames, and says, “This is fine. ” It’s become one of the most durable memes of the past decade, and now AI startup Artisan seems to have incorporated it into an ad campaign — an ad for which …

When Spirit Airlines shut down overnight Saturday — canceling all flights, letting go of 17,000 employees, and telling ticketholders to just not come to the airport — people were flabbergasted but also bereft. For all its indignities, Spirit was cheap. Then one of them had an idea. Hunter Peterson, a …

A man and woman have died and three others have been injured in a "suspicious" explosion at a house in Bristol, police say. Avon and Somerset Police were called to a house in Sterncourt Road, Frenchay, for a domestic-related incident minutes before an explosion happened at about 06:30 BST. Three …

The family behind the South Korean corporate giant Samsung has completed its payment of a 12 trillion won (£6bn; $8bn) inheritance tax bill, the largest such settlement in the country's history. Chairman Lee Jae-yong and other members of the family, including his mother Hong Ra-hee and sisters Lee Boo-jin and …

The daughter of a Bondi Beach attack victim has described how, since the shooting, she has received messages saying she too should have been killed. Sheina Gutnick was the first witness appearing before Australia's royal commission into antisemitism, set up in the wake of a shooting at a Hanukkah event …

Tourist hotspot with UK's worst phone signal 'frustrating' locals and visitors It's one of Wales' most popular seaside towns which welcomes thousands of tourists every year - but a lack of mobile phone signal in Tenby is frustrating locals and visitors alike. The Pembrokeshire town's postcode was named by Which? …

Met Gala 2026: How to watch, the price of tickets and this year's theme The dresses have been sewn, the jewellery has been polished and New York's hairdressers and make-up artists have been fully booked ahead of the Met Gala 2026. Around 450 A-list guests will begin arriving later for …