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9 stories taggedmedical AI.
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.
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 flat, no swab required. It's already in use at more than 2,000 clinics, and its maker thinks the technology could eventually screen for diabetes and high blood pressure the same way.
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.