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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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La réforme du NHS en Angleterre supprimerait les gouverneurs élus des hôpitaux. Voici ce que cela signifie.

Un nouveau plan de santé pour l'Angleterre, qui devrait être soumis au Parlement cet automne, supprimerait les gouverneurs statutaires siégeant aux conseils d'administration des trusts hospitaliers. Des bénévoles et d'anciens cliniciens qui tiennent les responsables du NHS responsables déclarent que l'élimination de ce rôle est une grave erreur.

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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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Un laboratoire de robots cultive du tissu humain pour fournir à l'IA les données dont elle a besoin pour découvrir de vrais médicaments

Les machines à l'échelle d'un entrepôt de Vivodyne testent les candidats médicaments sur des organes humains cultivés en laboratoire, et non sur des souris. La startup affirme que c'est l'ingrédient manquant qui pourrait enfin rendre la découverte de médicaments par IA viable.

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L'Indonésie inaugure son premier centre universitaire d'IA pour lutter contre la TB, les inondations et l'agriculture

Un nouveau laboratoire à Yogyakarta offre aux chercheurs indonésiens un accès à une puissance informatique sérieuse pour la première fois, avec trois projets initiaux ciblant les problèmes de santé et de sécurité les plus urgents du pays.

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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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Une entreprise d'IA a payé dix personnes pour se masturber quotidiennement pendant un mois. Voici ce que les données montrent réellement.

Joi AI a mené une étude d'auto-satisfaction de 28 jours avec dix participants rémunérés et une application de compagnon IA. Les chiffres bruts semblent frappants. Un neuroscientifique affirme que la méthodologie ne tient pas la route.

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Les virus conçus par l'IA sont l'espoir de la médecine, non sa menace

Deux chercheurs s'élèvent contre le débat sur le financement scientifique au Royaume-Uni et contre la couverture médiatique des bactériophages construits par l'IA, arguant que le cadre alarmiste occulte ce que la technologie peut réellement faire pour les patients.

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