Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic and OpenAI are shipping autonomous agents that build entire compilers and ship tens of thousands of lines of code in days. While tech firms like Microsoft block billions in AI-aided scams, local communities are blocking the data centers needed to run these models as residential electricity prices surge. In healthcare, California is scaling AI data unification for 2 million patients to automate risk quality and care coordination. Key Takeaways: • Orchestration beats manual coding: OpenAI Lead Sherwin Wu reports 95% of their engineers now manage 10-20 parallel agents, cutting code review times from 15 to 3 minutes. • Washington state legislation proposes a "BYONCE" (bring your own new clean energy) model, requiring data center developers to fund their own grid connections to protect residential ratepayers from infrastructure costs. • A UCSF study of 310 physicians found that AI scribes primarily benefit slow documenters (10% time reduction), while efficient documenters see negligible gains, suggesting health systems should target high-burden clinicians for maximum ROI.