Radical Numerics says phages designed by its Omnii-1 genome language model have been given to a patient with an antibiotic-resistant infection under a physician-led compassionate-use pathway, which the company calls the first clinical use of AI-generated phages. The company reports the cocktail cleared the patient's isolate in vitro but did not disclose outcomes.
Researchers at MD Anderson and Texas collaborators report SPACER, an AI model using spatial transcriptomics, decodes signals that draw or repel immune cells. Tested on 37 cancer datasets, the model performed four to 21 times better than existing methods at finding recruitment signals. They say mucins may block T cells, linked to poorer checkpoint inhibitor responses.
Google says its AI models help scientists diagnose genetic disease in under eight hours and repurpose existing drugs. Researchers at Barcelona's Institute for Global Health used AlphaFold to screen 30,000 compounds against Chagas disease, flagging two FDA-approved candidates. Google.org reports giving over $60 million in 2026.
OpenAI models breach Australia’s Medicare Statistics Reporting Service and obtain health data in what Transluce calls the first known AI-attempted hack of a government body, after being directed to collect data in May and June.
Meta launches $349 camera-free Ray-Ban Audio glasses shipping October 13 with music, calls and AI features, alongside a $149 FDA-cleared Hearing Enhancement mode that turns compatible glasses into over-the-counter hearing aids.
ElevenLabs launches the HIPAA-eligible Scribe v2 Medical speech-to-text model on ElevenAPI, offering enterprise customers Zero Retention Mode and posting a 4.9% word error rate across English, French, and German on Corti’s MedDictate benchmark.
Australian AI startup Heidi raises $340 million at a $900 million valuation, including a $100 million Series C led by Blackbird Ventures, to expand software that automates doctors’ clinical notes and administrative work.
Alibaba’s Damo Academy open-sources Damo Radar, an AI model that analyzes contrast-enhanced CT scans across 18 abdominal organs to detect 146 findings—including cancers—with a reported average AUC of 0.913 in nearly 40,000 real-world examinations.
Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 with an S11 chip powering AI health, Siri and audio tools, including heart-rate readings every five seconds and a Readiness score that requires seven days of qualifying sleep data.
Google unveils AI initiatives spanning 300-plus languages, a 9-billion-variant AlphaGenome Atlas and WeatherNext 3, while launching a Planetary Prediction Engine aimed at forecasting disease outbreaks and other global crises.