April 9, 2020
(STAT News) – A randomized controlled trial ramping up in dozens of hospitals around the world proposes a third way — fusing those two approaches together by using artificial intelligence to home in on the most effective treatments on the … Read More
April 1, 2020
(Knowledge Magazine) – Such alerts reveal the promise of a vast yet risky resource: the tweet-sized hints from people all over the world who report their health status and vent their fears online. Some researchers are calling on public health … Read More
March 31, 2020
(The Guardian) – Reading minds has just come a step closer to reality: scientists have developed artificial intelligence that can turn brain activity into text. While the system currently works on neural patterns detected while someone is speaking aloud, experts … Read More
March 31, 2020
Nursing Ethics (vol. 26, no. 7-8, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include “Intelligent Machines, Care Work and the Nature of Practical Reasoning” by Angus Robson “Theoretical Foundations of Narrative Care: Turning Towards Relational Ethics” by Bodil H … Read More
March 18, 2020
(Nature) – Melissa Simone, a quantitative psychologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, uses surveys to study eating behaviours in people from sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+). In less than 24 hours of promoting one such survey on Twitter, … Read More
March 12, 2020
(Tech Crunch) – The European Commission is considering a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology, according to a draft proposal for regulating artificial intelligence obtained by Euroactiv. Creating rules to ensure AI is ‘trustworthy and human’ has … Read More
March 11, 2020
(San Francisco Chronicle) – Uber has resumed testing of robot cars in San Francisco, two years after one caused a fatal accident in Arizona. Starting Tuesday, two Volvo XC90 self-driving Uber cars will cruise city streets during daylight hours, each … Read More
March 5, 2020
(The Next Web) – A new AI device can identify babies at risk of going blind by analyzing images of their eyes. The system could help save the vision of babies born prematurely, who are particularly at risk of damage … Read More
March 3, 2020
(Science Daily) – Researchers have designed an artificial intelligence model that can determine whether lower back pain is acute or chronic by scouring doctors’ notes within electronic medical records, an approach that can help to treat patients more accurately, according … Read More
March 2, 2020
(Vox) – On Friday, Pope Francis backed a document that outlines how artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology, should be regulated. This so-called “Rome Call for AI Ethics” carries the endorsement of the Vatican as well as Microsoft and IBM. … Read More
