Bill Gates has announced a $1 million prize called the Alzheimer’s Insights AI Prize to accelerate research into Alzheimer’s disease using artificial intelligence. The prize will be awarded to the team that develops the most original AI-powered agents capable of independent planning, reasoning, and action to generate breakthrough discoveries from existing Alzheimer’s data. This initiative aims to leverage AI technology to address critical health challenges and is seen as a boost to innovation within the European AI ecosystem. In a related development, Gates-backed scientists in Africa have engineered genetically modified mosquitoes designed to no longer transmit malaria to humans. This gene drive mosquito technology is planned for release in East Africa by 2029 and is expected to save hundreds of thousands of lives annually without requiring pills, vaccines, or behavioral changes.