This week in AI: 🧠 Stony Brook’s SeeMe tool detects hidden consciousness in coma patients days earlier than doctors, 💼 Anthropic’s CEO warns AI could erase entry-level jobs, ⚙️ OpenAI partners with Broadcom to build its own chips, 📉 signals emerge that the AI boom may be slowing, 🖥️ Microsoft’s Windows 11 update adds new Copilot perks, 💰 Anthropic settles a $1.5B copyright case, 🇪🇺 the EU fines Google €3B over ad dominance, 🍏 Apple unveils the iPhone 17 lineup with on-device AI, and 🏥 big tech ramps up bets on AI in healthcare.
Imagine a device that reads facial muscle twitches so subtle you can’t see them... until AI digs in. Researchers at Stony Brook unveiled SeeMe, a system that detects covert consciousness in coma patients 4–8 days earlier than standard clinical checks. It watches for tiny, involuntary reactions to commands like “open your eyes”—enough to save crucial time for families and clinicians.
Why it matters: earlier diagnosis can guide treatment plans, reduce misdiagnosis, and give loved ones peace of mind. Patients mistakenly labeled “unresponsive” may actually be aware, and SeeMe could bridge that gap. Still, this isn’t about replacing human judgement—it’s about powering up our tools to act faster and smarter.
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Anthropic CEO warns on job losses
Dario Amodei says AI could wipe out many entry-level white-collar jobs—like in law, admin, finance—within five years. Industry leaders are divided: some see efficiency; others worry about mass job displacement.OpenAI and Broadcom team up for AI chips—OpenAI is set to begin mass‐producing proprietary AI chips alongside Broadcom, aiming to cut reliance on Nvidia and ramping up compute power ahead of GPT-5 .
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The AI growth boom may be slowing—OpenAI admits a rough ChatGPT rollout, MIT data shows most generative AI yields no revenue, and tech stocks are coolingWindows 11 security update adds AI perks
Rolling out September 9, the patch brings Copilot-specific features like interactive tutorials, enhanced Widgets, AI activity tracking—and even seconds shown on your clock.£1.5B copyright deal
Anthropic settled a massive copyright lawsuit, agreeing to pay around $1.5 billion—roughly $3,000 per book—for training its models on unauthorized texts.EU regulator slams Google
The EU fined Google nearly €3 billion for ad dominance and ordered it to share its search index with competitors—stirring talk of fairer AI search competition.Apple’s latest AI-powered iPhones
Apple’s fall event (Sept 9) introduced the iPhone 17 series—incl. a slim “Air” model—with on-device generative AI features powered by the A19 chip.Big tech bets on healthcare AI
Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, and others are aggressively investing in AI for diagnostics, imaging, documentation, drug discovery—and beyond.