This week in AI: three stories that matter for anyone running or building a business.
Sam Altman is having a bad week in court. A Harvard study has shown AI now outperforms emergency room doctors at diagnosis (but there are caveats). And one of the most-cited papers proving ChatGPT helps students learn has been retracted by Nature.
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This Week in AI | Bad Week for Altman. AI Outdiagnoses Doctors. The Retraction.
Top three AI stories from this week.
May 08, 2026
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This is the kind of stuff we cover at Humans in the Loop - a platform for humans who want to thrive in an AI-shaped world.
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Become a top 1% AI thinker and user.
❓ Have you ever wondered who’s really shaping the AI tools you use every day (and what their priorities are)?
❓ Do you think about what AI skills your kids will need?
❓ Have you seriously considered how you could be using AI to boost sales (without losing trust)?
❓ Are you curious about what companies aren't telling you about how they use AI?
This is the kind of stuff we cover at Humans in the Loop - a platform for humans who want to thrive in an AI-shaped world.
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