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13 stories taggedmedical AI.
When AI Gets the Fact Right but Credits the Wrong Source, a New Tool Catches It
ProvenanceGuard targets a blind spot in AI fact-checking: a claim can be true and still be falsely attributed. In medical tests, it caught 138 of 139 claims that should have been blocked.
A GP Says AI Consultation Notes Are Making Her Job Harder, Not Easier
An out-of-hours doctor warns that AI-written patient notes are riddled with errors and contradictions, and that she trusts a colleague's typed summary far more than anything a machine produces.
ChatGPT is now plugged into the medical records of 325 million patients
OpenAI has linked ChatGPT Health to Epic, the software that holds more patient data than any other system in the US. Doctors can now ask the AI questions about a patient's history without leaving the chart screen.
NHS watchdog warns AI scribes are getting drug names and diagnoses wrong
Software that listens in on doctor appointments and writes up notes is making serious medical errors that GPs are missing, according to Healthwatch England.
AI Alone Will Be a Better Doctor Than Your Doctor, a New Paper Argues
A JAMA paper co-authored by a leading oncologist and a tech investor argues that fully autonomous AI will outperform both human doctors and human-AI teams by 2030. Even the sceptics are starting to concede the point.
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.
Google's AMIE Just Ran a Doctor's Video Visit. Here's What Actually Happened.
The research AI listened, looked, and diagnosed. Patient actors said they preferred it to a text chatbot.
Medical Students Are Using AI Before They've Learned to Think Like Doctors
A popular AI tool already used by two-thirds of US doctors has reached trainees who are still forming basic clinical judgment. Experts warn the risk isn't losing a skill. It's never building one.
A Camera Pointed at Your Throat Could Replace the Dreaded Nose Swab
A Japanese AI device diagnoses influenza by photographing the back of your throat in ten seconds, no swab required. It's already in use at more than 2,000 clinics, and its maker believes the same technology could one day screen for diabetes and high blood pressure.
This AI Skips the Maths. It Could Run on a Band-Aid.
A University of Texas engineer says neural networks built on lookup tables instead of multiplication could cut AI energy use by 1,000 times, and fit on chips so small they flex like plastic.
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.
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.