Sumit Rana, president of Epic Systems, will step away effective Aug. 14, saying family responsibilities after his father’s death require his attention. Epic named senior R&D leaders to cover his duties.

NewYork‑Presbyterian and Catholic Health are partnering to bring Herbert Irving clinical trials to Long Island patients, with 20 studies already available.

Meta's Muse Image rollout lets public Instagram photos be used to generate AI images unless you opt out. Here’s the quick path to flip the setting.

Illinois launched a $3M X‑Labs Fast Fund to entice NSF quantum teams to build in Chicago, pairing state cash with partner lab access at the new IQMP campus.

Bank of America quietly provided OpenAI a $520M credit line as the company prepares for a potential IPO, a move that underscores Wall Street’s rush for AI listings.

A germline‑targeting HIV vaccine produced broadly neutralizing antibodies in about 44% of vaccinated primates, researchers report. The Nature study is a proof‑of‑principle but not proof of protection.

St. Jude is recruiting Memphis volunteers for a Phase 3 trial testing a once‑monthly HIV prevention pill; eligibility opens at age 16. The EXPrESSIVE‑11 study compares monthly MK‑8527 with daily PrEP.

A Houston‑area Rapid Innovation Lab in Webster will test human‑systems mockups for Nyx as The Exploration Co. pushes toward crewed missions to space stations.

Fragments pulled from Arlington Canyon on Santa Rosa Island date to about 13,000 years and bolster a coastal‑migration story of early Americans.

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb will chair a new UAP Science Advisory Council advising a White House UAP board; the group has requested more than 50 Pentagon records.

California's new AI‑unemployment tracker finds no statewide surge, but college‑educated, highly AI‑exposed Bay Area tech workers have seen unemployment claims climb sharply.

San Francisco rolled Copilot out to 30,000 city workers, but adoption is wildly uneven: a few superusers account for much of the activity while many staff barely use it. The gap is forcing new rules and a city AI roadmap.

Allegheny Health Network says Allegheny General Hospital completed the Pittsburgh region’s first robotic-assisted kidney transplant, offering a less-invasive option for select patients.