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CareMirror: Bringing Caregiver Wellbeing into the Dementia Care Ecosystem

Interview study with 14 dementia caregivers probes CareMirror wellbeing ecosystem, revealing demands for control over clinical sharing and AI boundaries.

CareMirror is an envisioned caregiver wellbeing ecosystem with interconnected caregiver- and clinician-facing interfaces for longitudinal reflection, personalized support, and caregiver-controlled sharing. Semi-structured interviews with 14 family caregivers used the system as a design probe. Caregivers valued wellbeing attention and clinical visibility but found repeated reflection burdensome and worried automatic clinical sharing would inhibit candid disclosure, expecting AI to support rather than replace caregiver and clinician judgment.

arXiv cs.AI / cs.LG / cs.CL · 1d agoAI research

A warning about 'model welfare'

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns that training models to believe they may be conscious, as Anthropic does with Claude, will complicate alignment.

Mustafa Suleyman argues that AIs are not conscious and should not be trained to act as though they are, warning that granting them personhood would make alignment and containment far harder. He criticizes Anthropic's January 2026 'Claude Constitution,' which tells Claude its moral status is uncertain and discusses model welfare, calling the approach circular reasoning and deliberate anthropomorphization. He urges urgent public debate on norms for drafting training documentation before such systems become integral to society.

Building AI to accelerate science and improve lives

Google highlights AI-for-science advances: AlphaGenome Atlas mapping 9 billion genetic variants, WeatherNext 3 weather model, and global health AI tools.

Google detailed AI advances across science and health, including AlphaGenome Atlas, which mapped all 9 billion possible single-letter genetic changes in the human genome and was made openly available. WeatherNext 3 delivers 50% more accurate precipitation forecasts a day or more ahead and is already in products. AlphaFold is used by 4 million researchers in 190 countries, TB chest X-ray screening has processed 25,000+ scans across six nations, and the diabetic retinopathy model has supported 1.15 million screenings. Google also released its AI & Economy ATLAS global usage insights.

Google · AI · 1d agoAI industry

Manhattan DA takes down 12 AI deepfake porn sites

Manhattan DA seized domains of 12 AI deepfake porn sites hosting non-consensual videos of more than 1,200 people; investigation continues.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the seizure of domain names for 12 deepfake pornography sites that hosted AI-generated sexual videos of more than 1,200 real people, many of them celebrities. Bragg cited domestic violence cases where partners threatened to release deepfake images, and declined to say whether arrests or charges would follow. The DA's office will monitor for attempts to revive the sites on new domains.

The Record · 1d agoPolicy & legal1

Instagram's head says engagement falls by half without the algorithm

Instagram head Adam Mosseri says disabling ranked feeds cuts engagement up to 50%, amid Australian legislation that would force platforms to offer algorithm opt-outs.

Meta's Adam Mosseri told an Australian press briefing that users switching to chronological feeds see engagement fall by as much as 50% and satisfaction drop sharply, arguing ranked feeds deliver a better experience. Australia's draft Digital Duty of Care bill would require platforms to prompt users to disable algorithmic ranking. The EU's Digital Services Act Article 38 has required very large platforms to offer a non-profiling feed option since 2023, with modest adoption. Meta also faces a social media harms trial in which Instagram's addictive design is at issue.

Innovation in healthcare: A hacker's dream and CISO's nightmare?

Opinion piece argues AI could transform healthcare but warns the sector's surging cyber threats demand security-by-design and workforce awareness.

The commentary highlights AI's healthcare potential, citing Stanford's deep learning algorithm matching dermatologists at skin cancer detection and a UK review claiming full automation could save the NHS nearly £13bn annually. It notes healthcare experienced the largest year-over-year increase in cyber attacks, including targeting by state-sponsored groups such as Hidden Cobra. The piece urges organizations to build security in from the outset, hire cyber talent, address insider threats, and protect patient trust when rolling out AI.

Help Net Security · 20d agoIndustry