November 20, 2023
(BBC) – Hundreds of families are suing some of the world’s biggest technology companies – who, they say, knowingly expose children to harmful products. One plaintiff explains why they are taking on the might of Silicon Valley. “I literally was … Read More
November 20, 2023
(Associated Press) – The company that created ChatGPT was thrown into turmoil Monday after Microsoft hired its ousted CEO and many more employees threatened to follow him in a conflict that centered in part on the safest way to build … Read More
November 20, 2023
(Ars Technica) – UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance company in the US, is allegedly using a deeply flawed AI algorithm to override doctors’ judgments and wrongfully deny critical health coverage to elderly patients. This has resulted in patients being kicked … Read More
November 16, 2023
(Wired) – Platforms require that workers be over 18, but Hassan simply entered a relative’s details and used a corresponding payment method to bypass the checks—and he wasn’t alone in doing so. WIRED spoke to three other workers in Pakistan … Read More
November 16, 2023
(Forbes) – Adrian Aoun doesn’t believe in doctor’s offices — at all. For him, the future of healthcare is an AI-powered mall kiosk he’s dubbed the “CarePod.” Aoun, who cofounded San Francisco-based health tech startup Forward in 2016 and today … Read More
November 16, 2023
(Axios) – Scientific information and data analytics giant Elsevier is partnering with a medical startup to give doctors the ability to use generative AI to access the most up-to-date medical research as they treat patients in real time. Why it … Read More
November 16, 2023
(Washington Post) – Federal regulators announced warnings against two major food and beverage industry groups and a dozen nutrition influencers on Wednesday, as part of a broad action to enforce stricter standards for how companies and social media creators disclose … Read More
November 15, 2023
(STAT News) – The class action suit, filed on behalf of deceased patients who had a UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan and their families by the California-based Clarkson Law Firm, follows the publication of a STAT investigation Tuesday. The investigation, cited … Read More
November 15, 2023
(The New Yorker) – There are many reasons to be concerned about the advent of artificial intelligence. It’s common sense to worry about human workers being replaced by computers, for example. But Hinton has joined many prominent technologists, including Sam … Read More
November 14, 2023
(Bloomberg) – The global push to use artificial intelligence to find new medicines faces a crucial test as one front-runner starts approaching late-stage trials for a drug discovered by algorithms. Insilico Medicine — which has headquarters in Hong Kong and … Read More
November 14, 2023
(Futurism) – Data plays a central role, if not the central role, in the AI economy. Data is a model’s vital force, both in basic function and in quality; the more natural — as in, human-made — data that an … Read More
November 14, 2023
(Axios) – For all the promise that artificial intelligence holds for health care, one of the industry’s big fears is its potential to churn out more convincing misinformation. Why it matters: AI experts are warning that tech used to create … Read More
November 14, 2023
(STAT News) – The nation’s largest health insurance company pressured its medical staff to cut off payments for seriously ill patients in lockstep with a computer algorithm’s calculations, denying rehabilitation care for older and disabled Americans as profits soared, a … Read More
November 14, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Inside a vast data center on the outskirts of Chicago, the most powerful supercomputer in the world is coming to life. The machine will be able to analyze connections inside the brain and help design batteries … Read More
November 14, 2023
(The Guardian) – Artificial intelligence could be used to predict if a person is at risk of having a heart attack up to 10 years in the future, a study has found. The technology could save thousands of lives while … Read More
November 13, 2023
(Business Insider) – People are consuming TikTok like no other social media platform. The most addicted generation — the typical American Gen Z watcher — spends 79 minutes on the app a day. In the US, the number of minutes … Read More
November 9, 2023
(Axios) – A wave of medical services delivered via software has the potential to expand access to new therapies and help keep people out of the hospital — but the health system is still trying to figure out how to … Read More
November 8, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Amazon is turning to Prime members to bolster its healthcare business, an industry where the company has sought to expand for years. The tech giant on Wednesday revealed plans to offer its millions of Amazon Prime … Read More
November 8, 2023
(Futurism) – Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s startup xAI released its first AI model, called Grok, to a select group of users — and judging by screenshots posted by X-formerly-Twitter employees, the model will be a far more crass and dad … Read More
November 8, 2023
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (vol. 32, no. 4, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Moral Uncertainty and Our Relationships with Unknown Minds” by John Danaher “Minding Rights: Mapping Ethical and Legal Foundations of ‘Neurorights’” by Sjors … Read More
November 7, 2023
(Axios) – AI could help people get pregnant. Why it matters: As doctors deal with overwhelming demand for fertility services, machine learning tools are offering ways to help streamline the IVF process. (Read More)
November 6, 2023
(Nature) – A machine-learning tool can easily spot when chemistry papers are written using the chatbot ChatGPT, according to a study published on 6 November in Cell Reports Physical Science1. The specialized classifier, which outperformed two existing artificial intelligence (AI) … Read More
November 6, 2023
(Gizmodo) – Fantasies of immortality and extended life preservation are likely as old as humanity itself, but new advances in robotics and advanced artificial intelligence models are inching those transhumanist tales closer to reality at a rapid pace. AI researchers … Read More
November 3, 2023
(MIT Technology Review) – Generative AI has enormous potential to revolutionize business operations, but how companies decide to employ it will make all the difference. Its full business value will only be achieved when it is used thoughtfully to blend … Read More
November 3, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – The experience of young users on Meta’s Instagram—where Bejar had spent the previous two years working as a consultant—was especially acute. In a subsequent email to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, one statistic stood out: One in … Read More
