Theo on A.I. · July 4th

Storyflo Tech — The Daily Tech Brief · Jul 4, 2026 · 2m

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief for July 4th. Quick one from Theo — five tech stories from overnight, ordered by how much they made me sit up. Let's get into it. First, from The Decoder. Anthropic launches its own drug discovery programs to tackle diseases Big Pharma considers unprofitable. Anthropic is launching its own drug development program for neglected diseases that the pharmaceutical industry considers unprofitable. Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan thinks AI could cut development time from twelve years to seven or eight and double the success rate from 8 to 16 percent. The…