How can artificial intelligence (AI) support both cancer research and healthcare more generally? Anoushka Harit (University of Cambridge) and Dr Zhongtian Sun (University of Kent) join today's episode to discuss this topic.

Anoushka talks about her research in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) and the development of an AI system to enable early detection of signet ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) during endoscopy. This new AI system could help to treat SRCC better or to prevent or delay drastic life-changing treatment, preserving patients' quality of life.

Zhongtian shares insights on how AI can support health applications more generally and how he tries to make it as explainable as possible. He even talks about his wish to make the AI mimic as much as possible the way a human brain works!

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Using AI to detect stomach cancer during endoscopy

Federal agencies will now have access to Anthropic’s Claude model for $1, the General Services Administration announced Tuesday, continuing the agency’s push for artificial intelligence products across government.  Under the OneGov deal, all three branches of government will be able to use Anthropic’s Claude for Enterprise and Claude for Government for a nominal $1 fee. Approval for members of Congress and the judiciary is pending, the GSA noted. It is the latest in a series of deals between private AI firms and the federal government to increase the use of automation in agency workflows and boost workers’ productivity and efficiency.  Anthropic said in a release Tuesday: “We believe the U.S. public sector should have access to the most advanced AI capabilities to tackle complex challenges, from scientific research to constituent services. By combining broad accessibility with uncompromising security standards, we’re helping ensure AI serves the public interest.” Anthropic’s Claude for Government models have FedRAMP High certification and can be used by federal workers dealing with “sensitive unclassified work,” while Claude for Enterprise models have expanded features for data protection, Anthropic said.  Anthropic said it will also offer technical support for agencies to implement its products into workflows. 

The Federal Risk Management and Authorization Program has already approved more than twice as many government cloud services in fiscal year 2025 as all of fiscal 2024, the General Services Administration announced Monday. FedRAMP reached 114 authorizations in July for fiscal 2025, along with four new cloud services through the FedRAMP 20x revamp program, according to a GSA statement. In fiscal 2024, FedRAMP authorized 49 cloud service providers, according to a GSA spokesperson. The reform program, unveiled in March, is focused on simplifying the authorization process and shaving the approval timeline from months to weeks. Eventually, agency sponsorship will no longer be needed to win authorization, a process that is often expensive and time-consuming. The new numbers come just over a year since the Office of Management and Budget published a memo calling for the modernization of the cloud authorization process. GSA said FedRAMP had a “significant backlog” at the time of the memo, with authorizations taking more than a year. A year later, FedRAMP’s increased use of automation and streamlined workflows cut the wait time to about five weeks, the GSA said.

Anthropic offers Claude AI to federal agencies for $1; FedRAMP authorizations in 2025 already more than double last year

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In this episode, we unpack the urgent warning from over 40 AI researchers who say our rare view into AI’s “inner monologue” may soon disappear. You’ll hear how leaders from OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic, Meta, and more are joining forces to keep AI transparent, - and why that’s both a technical and strategic challenge. We explore real cases where monitoring AI’s reasoning caught risky behavior, the forces that could make such insight vanish, and what innovation leaders should be doing now to keep the glass from going dark.

Bit & Being - AI’s Inner Monologue: A Window into Transparency That May Soon Close

In 2008, Rep. Ron Paul (R–Texas) ran for the Republican presidential nomination and did surprisingly well with a campaign focused on stopping the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, ending the Federal Reserve, and reducing the size and spending of the federal government. Two years later, the Tea Party movement burst onto the scene, bringing people like Paul's son Rand to the Senate and one of today's guests, Justin Amash, to the House of Representatives. In 2012, Ron Paul again ran for the GOP nod, finishing behind the eventual nominee Mitt Romney, and helping to usher in what The New York Times called "the libertarian moment."

What happened to the Ron Paul Revolution and Tea Party's promise to shrink government, especially once Donald Trump and the MAGA movement emerged in 2015? Did the broad-based alliance that rose to cut spending and limit power transmogrify into one that prizes wielding the state instead of restraining it?

Today's episode was recorded live on Saturday, August 9, at Ron Paul's 90th birthday BBQ in Lake Jackson, Texas. The guests are Amash and Fox News personality Kennedy. They talk with Nick Gillespie about how the MAGA movement grew out of the Ron Paul Revolution and the Tea Party and redirected the right's anti-establishment energy toward expanding government power rather than limiting it. They also discuss why Congress refuses to legislate, whether social media has expanded freedom or increased anxiety, and if Gen Z is libertarian or conformist.

0:00—Ron Paul's impact on the libertarian movement

6:33—The Tea Party wave

12:45—Did Trump end the libertarian moment?

18:41—Social media and bigger government

25:26—Optimism for young libertarians

33:42—Why has everything become political?

36:33—Will Amash run for office again?

44:38—Concerns for the next generation

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Generative AI is transforming Product Led Growth by turning products into both sales engines and intelligent advisors. AI enables deeper personalization, smarter onboarding, and proactive engagement, allowing products to guide users toward value faster. It empowers product managers with predictive insights, helping them anticipate customer needs and optimize experiences in real time. This combination shortens the path from trial to adoption while improving retention through continuous, tailored support. In the future, AI-driven PLG will give teams a competitive edge by making their products feel less like tools and more like proactive growth partners.

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Two-time Trump administration vet Lynne Parker has exited as principal deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy following the release of the administration’s AI plan. In a LinkedIn post Tuesday, Parker said she was “passing the torch” and had fulfilled her mission of helping the Trump administration “hit the ground running,” citing the launch of AI innovation and education initiatives as well as drone-focused policy, and the administration’s “gold standard” science initiative. She said she plans to return to her retirement in Tennessee. Parker joined the administration in January, working alongside OSTP Director Michael Kratsios. In addition to her OSTP title, she was also named executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology. Parker had returned to the current Trump administration after serving as deputy CTO and founding director of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office. The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on her departure. In addition to Parker, OSTP senior policy advisor Dean Ball also recently announced he was leaving the White House following the release of the administration’s anticipated AI Action Plan last month. Ball rejoined the Foundation for American Innovation, a technology-focused think tank formerly known as the Lincoln Network, as a fellow focused on AI policy and governance models for emerging technology.

The cloud management company Box is the latest agency to strike a deal with the General Services Administration to offer its artificial intelligence services to the federal government at a fraction of the normal price. The GSA said in an announcement Wednesday that federal agencies can buy Box’s Enterprise Plus for Government software for up to 75% off and the company’s Enterprise for Advanced Government software discounted by up to 65% of the listed price for a year-long term.  The announcement follows a series of other deals with major AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic that aim to increase the use of AI across the federal government. Like the other OneGov collaborations, the GSA said Box’s AI platform will help boost productivity at agencies, automate workflows and assist with tasks like document generation, e-signatures and forms. 

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Lynne Parker exits White House following publication of AI plan; GSA inks deal with Box for discounted AI products

United Arab Emirates News Today: Presight reports record AED 1B revenue in H1 2025 and more breaking news about Middle East artificial intelligence

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In this episode, we dive into Google DeepMind’s groundbreaking Gemini 2.5 “Deep Think”, - the multi-agent AI model reshaping what’s possible in enterprise problem-solving. From achieving gold-medal math scores to delivering 30% gains in code generation, we unpack how parallel reasoning and the “swarm advantage” can transform strategy, R&D, and long-horizon planning. Join us as we compare Deep Think to GPT-4 and Claude, explore its real-world applications, and ask: is the era of the lone genius AI over?

Bit & Being - From Chatbot to Think Tank: The Swarm Advantage and Parallel Reasoning

Patty and Brian discuss some benefits and pitfalls of generative AI for critical thinking skills.

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