AI Journal 164th Edition

• Meta Restructures AI Teams to Boost Agility and Innovation

• Google Launches Edge Gallery for Offline AI on Smartphones

• YT Strikes Generative AI Licensing Deal with Amazon

• New Guidance Issued to Safeguard AI Data Integrity"

• Qlik Survey Exposes AI Execution Gap Amid Rising Demand for Results"

• AI Funding

• AI in Healthcare

• AI Tools

• Interesting Post

Meta Restructures AI Teams to Boost Agility and Innovation
Meta has reorganized its AI division, forming two focused teams: AI Products, managing tools like Meta AI and AI Studio, and AGI Foundations, developing core tech such as Llama models. Aiming to streamline operations, enhance accountability, and speed up development, the move responds to rising competition and recent talent losses, without cutting jobs but shifting leadership roles.
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Google Launches Edge Gallery for Offline AI on Smartphones
Google has launched Edge Gallery, an Android app that allows users to run AI models like Gemma 3 and Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 offline. Downloadable via GitHub, the app supports text, image understanding, and single-turn prompts. Users can install models up to 4GB after signing in via Hugging Face. An iOS version is coming soon.
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YT Strikes Generative AI Licensing Deal with Amazon
The New York Times has signed a multi-year licensing deal with Amazon, granting access to its editorial content, including NYT Cooking and The Athletic. The agreement allows Amazon to display summaries and excerpts via products like Alexa and use the content to train its proprietary AI foundation models—marking NYT’s first generative AI-related partnership.
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New Guidance Issued to Safeguard AI Data Integrity
On May 22, the NSA, CISA, and global partners released vital guidance on securing AI and machine learning data. It addresses risks like data poisoning, supply chain vulnerabilities, and data drift. Best practices include using reliable datasets, encryption, digital signatures, and immutable records—critical strategies for healthcare leaders managing AI system security and governance.
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Qlik Survey Exposes AI Execution Gap Amid Rising Demand for Results
Qlik’s April 2025 survey of 500 business leaders reveals a major gap between AI’s strategic value and real-world implementation. Barriers include infrastructure costs, fragmented data, and trust issues. Younger leaders show higher AI confidence. Qlik’s new solutions—Open Lakehouse and agentic tools—aim to bridge this gap, enabling scalable, trustworthy, and outcome-driven AI execution.
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AI in Healthcare

• Marisha Speights is developing AI tools at Northwestern's PedzSTAR Lab to better detect speech disorders across diverse children, addressing biases in traditional assessments and expanding representation in speech pathology research. Link

•  SoundHound AI and Allina Health launch “Alli,” an AI-powered assistant that streamlines patient engagement by managing appointments, verifying identities, and answering non-clinical questions, reducing hold times and improving care access. Link

• HealthBench, a new AI benchmark developed with 262 physicians, tests AI in 5,000 real-world medical conversations using 48,562 criteria, highlighting current gaps versus human physician performance. Link

AI Tools

• PDF.ai Interact with any PDF using AI—ask questions, get summaries, extract insights from legal, financial, or any document instantly.

• Riverside’s free AI tool transcribes audio or video in 100+ languages, processing hour-long files in under 2 minutes.

• Craiyon is a free AI image generator that transforms text prompts into unique visuals. Trained on Google’s TPU Research Cloud, it offers diverse styles and quick results. Users can generate, edit, and download AI art effortlessly

• Caspar.ai AI-powered fall prevention and healthcare with continuous monitoring—no wearables, cameras, or patient compliance needed. Get smarter insights, alerts, and outcomes.

• Visily uses AI and templates to instantly turn images or sketches into customizable wireframes, speeding up your design workflow effortlessly.

Interesting Posts

• Singapore's Meralion AI speaks eight regional languages, detects emotions, and supports elderly care and anti-scam efforts autonomously. Link

• AI is set to transform early detection and treatment of thyroid disorders in India, says Dr. Ashutosh Biswas of AIIMS. Link

• OpenAI’s restructuring targets a future IPO, focusing on AI investment while balancing profit and purpose as a public benefit corporation. Link

• Meta’s AI assistant now serves 1 billion users monthly on WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, boosting innovation with new AI teams. Link

• Trintech expands globally in Q1 FY26, delivering AI-driven financial close solutions that streamline and automate reconciliation for all businesses. Link

• AtScale unveiled new semantic layer innovations at the 2025 Summit, uniting 5,000+ data leaders to advance AI-ready analytics. Link

• AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs in 5 years, warns Anthropic CEO, urging honest public discussion. Link