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AI in medicine, drug discovery, diagnostics, and brain-computer interfaces like implants

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AI Alone Will Be a Better Doctor Than Your Doctor, a New Paper Argues

A JAMA paper co-authored by a top oncologist and a leading tech investor says fully autonomous AI will outperform both human doctors and human-AI teams by 2030. Not everyone is convinced, but even the sceptics are starting to budge.

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AI reads mammograms for heart disease, not just breast cancer

A new study shows that the routine breast scans millions of women already get could double as a check for heart disease, the leading killer of women worldwide.

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London surgeons used AI to remove a brain tumour, and their patient kept his sight

A 48-year-old man is recovering after a historic operation at a London NHS hospital where AI analysed live camera footage to flag anatomy surgeons had to avoid.

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These AI-powered glasses want to replace your hearing aid

Legato has raised $12 million to build hearing-assistance technology into ordinary-looking eyeglass frames, targeting the 40 million Americans with mild to moderate hearing loss who never seek treatment.

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AI Won't Replace Radiologists, But Their Job Is Changing Fast

A bold 2016 prediction that computers would wipe out radiology within five years turned out to be wrong. What actually happened is more interesting.

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This startup keeps human skin alive for weeks to train an AI on it

Michael Polansky, Lady Gaga's partner and a former senior figure in tech philanthropy, has spent years building an AI startup that discovers skincare compounds using living skin tissue kept alive outside the body. He is only now talking about it.

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Englands NHS-Umstrukturierung würde gewählte Krankenhausgouverneure abschaffen. Das bedeutet das.

Ein neuer Gesundheitsplan für England, der im Herbst ins Parlament kommt, würde die gesetzlichen Gouverneure abschaffen, die in den Vorständen von Krankenhaustrusts sitzen. Freiwillige und ehemalige Kliniker, die NHS-Führungskräfte zur Rechenschaft ziehen, sagen, dass die Streichung dieser Rolle ein schwerwiegender Fehler ist.

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The NHS Region That Built Its Own Data Platform and Is Saying No to Palantir

Greater Manchester runs its own health data system and says it works better than the $400 million national deal. That claim is now shaping a decision the UK government must make by February.

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Yorkshire Patients Say Their GP's AI Receptionist Cannot Understand Their Accent

A local health watchdog in Rotherham says the AI system answering calls at several GP surgeries struggles with the area's broad Yorkshire dialect, leaving patients unable to book appointments.

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The AI scribe helping 2.7 million patient visits a week, and why its database matters as much as its model

Australian healthtech company Heidi built a clinical AI assistant that now spans 190 countries. Its CTO says the hard part was never the AI itself.

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Ein Robotiklabor züchtet menschliches Gewebe, um KI die Daten zu geben, die sie für echte Arzneimittel braucht

Die Warehouse-scale-Maschinen von Vivodyne testen Arzneimittelkandidaten an im Labor gezüchteten menschlichen Organen statt an Mäusen. Das Startup behauptet, dass dies die fehlende Zutat ist, die KI-Wirkstoffforschung tatsächlich zum Funktionieren bringen könnte.

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Indonesien eröffnet sein erstes Universität-AI-Zentrum zur Bekämpfung von TB, Überschwemmungen und Landwirtschaft

Ein neues Labor in Yogyakarta gibt indonesischen Forschern erstmals Zugang zu ernsthafter Rechenleistung, mit drei Anfangsprojekten, die sich den dringendsten Gesundheits- und Sicherheitsproblemen des Landes widmen.

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Robots and AI Are Changing How Stroke Survivors Recover

From hospital gyms to living rooms, robotic rehab devices are helping stroke patients retrain their brains faster and more consistently than ever before.

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AI-Unternehmen zahlte zehn Personen, um einen Monat lang täglich zu masturbieren. Das zeigen die Daten wirklich.

Joi AI führte eine 28-Tage-Selbstbefriedigung-Studie mit zehn bezahlten Teilnehmern und einer KI-Begleiter-App durch. Die Schlagzahlen wirken beeindruckend. Ein Neurowissenschaftler sagt, dass die Methodik nicht haltbar ist.

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Von KI entworfene Viren sind die nächste Hoffnung der Medizin, nicht ihre nächste Bedrohung

Zwei Forscher wehren sich gegen die britische Debatte zur Wissenschaftsfinanzierung und gegen die Medienberichterstattung über von KI entwickelte Bakteriophagen und argumentieren, dass die angstgetriebene Darstellung übersieht, was die Technologie tatsächlich für Patienten leisten kann.

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