AI nudges helped North American homes skip a gigawatt of peak power this year
Utilities using Oracle's AI-driven Opower programs asked customers to ease off electricity at the busiest moments, with personalised tips and rebates for doing it. Across a record 73 events in 2026, the savings added up to 1 gigawatt of peak demand.
Read the storyFifty blind veterans in Georgia got AI glasses that tell them what's in front of them
The Georgia Center for the Visually Impaired gave about 50 blind veterans free AI-powered smart glasses, made by Meta, at an event marking White Cane Safety Day. The Atlanta-based center also trains people to use them.
Read the storyA Montreal app lets people with ALS talk to family in a voice like their own
Anne-Marie Poirier lost her ability to speak to ALS. Now she types a few keywords into Vocality, an app built by two young Montreal founders, and it turns them into full sentences spoken in a recreation of her voice.
Read the storyDeepMind's new AI predicts how tiny DNA changes affect specific cells
Google DeepMind released AlphaGenome 2, trained on more than 100 million individual cells from 68 tissues. It predicts how a single-letter change in DNA alters what happens inside particular cell types, such as heart muscle or immune cells.
Read the storyA regular smartwatch spotted more hidden high blood pressure than a check-up did
Google researchers built an AI that reads the pulse and motion sensors already in a smartwatch, with no blood pressure cuff needed. In a study of 196 people at five US sites, it flagged 65.8% of those with high blood pressure, compared with 55.3% for a standard reading at the doctor's office.
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