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An analysis of 15M+ biomedical abstracts from 2010 to 2024 finds researchers using AI to write abstracts use certain words far more often than those who didn't (Gina Kolata/New York Times)

Gina Kolata / New York Times:
An analysis of 15M+ biomedical abstracts from 2010 to 2024 finds researchers using AI to write abstracts use certain words far more often than those who didn't  —  Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.

Bitcoin's implied volatility has fallen to its lowest level in about two years, per Deribit, and BTC has traded between $93K and $111K over the past two months (Kirk Ogunrinde/Bloomberg)

Kirk Ogunrinde / Bloomberg:
Bitcoin's implied volatility has fallen to its lowest level in about two years, per Deribit, and BTC has traded between $93K and $111K over the past two months  —  With Bitcoin stuck in a narrow trading range for much of the year, one of key attractions of the largest digital currency since its earliest days is waning.

Similarweb: since Google launched AI Overviews, the number of news searches that result in no click-throughs has grown from 56% in May 2024 to 69% in May 2025 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Similarweb: since Google launched AI Overviews, the number of news searches that result in no click-throughs has grown from 56% in May 2024 to 69% in May 2025  —  Referrals from ChatGPT to news publishers are growing, but not enough to counter the decline in clicks resulting …

White collar workers are increasingly using AI note-taking apps to assist them during virtual meetings or listen in their place when they choose not to attend (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
White collar workers are increasingly using AI note-taking apps to assist them during virtual meetings or listen in their place when they choose not to attend  —  Video calls can be a drag — some workers send a bot in their place.  —  Summary15  —  Clifton Sellers attended a Zoom meeting last month where robots outnumbered humans.

AI is making it easier to create VTubers and faceless voiceover channels, fueling a flood of virtual creators on YouTube and TikTok amid concerns over AI slop (Zach Vallese/CNBC)

Zach Vallese / CNBC:
AI is making it easier to create VTubers and faceless voiceover channels, fueling a flood of virtual creators on YouTube and TikTok amid concerns over AI slop  —  One of the most popular gaming YouTubers is named Bloo, and has bright blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes.