Health
AI in medicine, drug discovery, diagnostics, and brain-computer interfaces like implants
Bristol Myers Squibb Just Gave Every One of Its Scientists Access to the Biggest AI Computer in Drug Research
The pharma giant is doubling its AI computing power with a new NVIDIA supercomputer cluster, and opening it up to every researcher on the planet, not just a chosen few.
AI Could Speed Up Health Insurance Approvals. Doctors Fear It Will Just Deny More Claims.
Prior authorization, the process where insurers must sign off before you get treated, already delays care for millions of patients. Artificial intelligence could clear the backlog faster. But six in ten doctors think it will make wrongful denials worse.
A Brain Implant Let a Paralysed Man Feed Himself Again. Here Is How It Works.
Keith Thomas lost movement from the chest down in a swimming accident. Electrodes implanted in his brain have given him back control of his arms and hands, and even the ability to feel touch.
The engineer behind Apple Face ID now wants AI to read your brain
Hemispheric has raised $52 million to build an AI that diagnoses depression, Alzheimer's, and PTSD from a 15-minute brain scan. No surgery needed.
OpenAI Researcher Leaves to Build AI Drug Discovery Startup, Seeking $200M at $2B Valuation
Miles Wang, who studied how AI can speed up science, is reportedly heading out of OpenAI to start a company focused on finding new medicines faster.
No surgery required: BrainCo wants to read your mind with a headband
While Neuralink makes headlines by implanting chips in people's brains, a Hangzhou startup backed by $280 million says wearable sensors and AI can do the job without ever opening the skull.
AI doctors, factory robots, and drones on the Great Wall: how China embraced artificial intelligence
While much of the West debates AI cautiously, China has woven it into daily life at speed, from millions of patients chatting with virtual doctors to state surveillance tools that watch city streets.
Twelve Bronx Nurses Laid Off After Hospital Replaces Them With AI Software
Montefiore Medical Center cut a dozen nurses whose job was reviewing patient insurance claims, handing that work to an automated system. Their union says the move broke a contract won through a recent strike.
Weekend Science: A Quantum Computer Just Helped Invent New Drug Candidates
Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark ran their AI model on a printer-sized quantum computer and produced better results than a standard machine, especially where medical data was thin.