2026-08-23
A lawsuit says Oura’s sleep stages are AI guesses with a coin flip’s odds
A proposed class action filed in San Francisco alleges Oura’s sleep staging is generated by AI estimates rather than measurement, and names Finnish parent Oura Health Oy as a defendant. Oura says it stands behind its science and accuracy claims. The number Oura puts on its own product pages is now the subject of a […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-23
AI could make scientists do more work less well, not less work better, study argues
Even if language models worked perfectly, they could make research worse, not better. A new theoretical study argues that because AI saves time, researchers' remaining hours become more valuable and get funneled into starting new projects instead of improving existing ones. In two out of three modeled scenarios, the quality of individual publications drops.<br /> The article AI could ma [...]
