AI in Action | October 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help us solve the greatest challenges of our time from health care, agriculture, and education to transportation, energy, and national security.
When guided by ethics, transparency, and fairness — responsible AI can spark creativity and help usher in a more prosperous and sustainable future.
See how AI is improving our lives, growing our economy, and keeping us safe.
AI in Action
Mirai uses AI to personalize breast cancer risk prediction
Developed by the MIT Jameel Clinic, Mirai is an AI model that predicts a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer up to five years in advance from a single mammogram. Using deep learning, Mirai analyzes imaging features and clinical data to generate a personalized risk score, helping clinicians tailor screening and prevention plans. The model has been trained and validated on more than two million mammograms from hospitals across 22 countries, ensuring accuracy and equity across diverse populations. By quickly identifying high-risk patients, Mirai enables earlier interventions while reducing unnecessary procedures for low-risk individuals.
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IQVIA and NVIDIA harmonize to accelerate clinical research and commercialization with AI agents
NVIDIA-powered agentic AI is set to accelerate every step of the pharmaceutical life cycle in collaboration with IQVIA, the world’s leading provider of clinical research services. IQVIA’s orchestrator agents accelerate workflows and allow researchers to focus on decision-making instead of administrative work. Using its vast databases and deep domain life sciences expertise, IQVIA can train and fine-tune these models for maximum productivity, addressing the growing need for acceleration in clinical trial timelines.
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In the U.S., legal nonprofits face overwhelming service demands, while over 90% of civil legal needs go unrepresented. Thomson Reuters’ AI for Justice program seeks to provide efficient, AI-powered legal assistance to nonprofits, recognizing that effective AI could mean the difference between harm and safety for those needing urgent legal support. Since the program’s launch, results from participating legal nonprofits show that attorneys are saving up to 15 hours per week, scaling capacity by as much as 50% daily, and preparing urgent case materials up to 75% faster.
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How a Gemma model helped discover a new potential cancer therapy pathway
Google
Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds
The Guardian
Your plumber has a new favorite tool: ChatGPT
CNN
AI Spotlight
Samsung is launching built-in AI privacy safeguards to ensure its users are protected when using its AI-powered tools. With Galaxy AI, all inputs remain within the confines of the user’s device, ensuring that personal data is never stored long-term or used for AI training. Galaxy’s Security and Privacy dashboard allows users to further control personal data through features like Auto Blocker, which checks for security threats and malicious activity, and Maximum Security, which blocks 2g service and prevents data interception through unsafe networks.
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About AI for America
AI for America is an initiative to educate the public about how AI is being used to improve lives, grow our economy, and keep us safe. The initiative combines coalition building, advocacy, social media, and traditional media to demonstrate the immense economic and societal benefits of AI. AI for America is funded by TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of tech CEOs and senior executives. TechNet advances public policies at the federal and state level that make the United States the world leader in innovation. Its diverse membership includes dynamic American businesses ranging from startups to the most iconic companies on the planet. For more information, go to technet.org and AI4America.com.