AI in medicine and health care

Last month, we released our whitepaper, Demystifying AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare. In this latest blog post, you’ll learn how venture fund... (2018)

Will artificial intelligence change what it means to be human? Cancer physician, researcher, and author Siddhartha Mukherjee joins the podcast to h... (2023)

We believe that any new technology has to be 10 times better to successfully displace the last one – marginal improvements aren’t worth the effort.... (2023)

Computational genomics pioneer Jimmy Lin explains what many machine learning-focused biotech companies and get wrong about hiring, data, and commun... (2022)

There’s been a lot of talk about technology — and AI, deep learning, and machine learning specifically — finally reaching the healthcare sector. Bu... (2017)

AI in healthcare feels inevitable: Optimists predict that artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) will diagnose disease better and ear... (2018)

Professor Anshul Kundaje, Seminar in AI in Healthcare (course notes) In 2003, after 10 years of work, costing about 3 billion dollars, we got a... (2018)

We actually understand this technology better than we understand human decision-making. Bio, bio, bio: We don't have to fear an AI 'black box' i... (2018)

TECHNOLOGIES are often billed as transformative. For William Kochevar, the term is justified. Mr Kochevar is paralysed below the shoulders after a ... (2018)

Mayo Clinic used it to create a “bloodless blood test.” (2018)

Axed engineers say IBM isn't always smart about artificial intelligence (2018)

AI advances by the 'Medical Brain' team could help the internet giant finally break into the health-care business  (2018)

Algorithms and artificial intelligence can transform the field. (2018)

What happens when diagnosis is automated? (2018)

In a recent piece, I explained why AI’s complexity shouldn’t be a deterrent for its adoption. In fact, I went as far as stating that artificial int... (2018)

Grandma’s little helper WHEN GILL PRATT sat down to discuss the job of running the Toyota Research Institute, the carmaker’s new research divisi... (2019)

Refresh Miami is a community of hackers, early adopters, entrepreneurs and change artists. We’re a hub of inspiration and resources for people who ... (2019)

Amazon reveals new skills for its voice assistant Alexa, a sign of its growing interest in health care. (2019)

After its triumph on Jeopardy!, IBM’s AI seemed poised to revolutionize medicine. Doctors are still waiting... (2019)

There is now a number, that you can't see, that follows you wherever you go. (2020)

A study has highlighted the risks inherent in using historical data to train machine-learning algorithms to make predictions.The news: An algorithm... (2020)

Why does the cost of education and healthcare services continue to rise rapidly, while the cost of goods rise much more slowly? According to econom... (2020)

Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists. (2020)

A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities. (2020)