October 19, 2020
(Knowable Magazine) – What the ducklings do so effortlessly turns out to be very hard for artificial intelligence. This is especially true of a branch of AI known as deep learning or deep neural networks, the technology powering the AI … Read More
October 16, 2020
(Wired) – The factors that conspired to enable robo-doping that March day—fast internet speeds, cloud-based platforms, connected devices, algorithms, automation systems, bots—also power our day-to-day lives. Outside of esports, we’ve already seen how easily algorithms can be manipulated. In order … Read More
October 16, 2020
(Medscape) – The Mayo Clinic, in partnership with the digital health start-up Safe Health Systems, has launched a new health and connected diagnostics platform that can be used to store COVID-19 testing and vaccination data, as well as test results … Read More
October 15, 2020
(STAT News) – With Covid-19 cases surging in parts of the U.S. at the start of flu season, developers of artificial intelligence tools are about to face their biggest test of the pandemic: Can they help doctors differentiate between the … Read More
October 14, 2020
(The Guardian) – YouTube has banned misinformation about Covid vaccinations, just days after Facebook took similar action on its own platform. The company says that the fact that such a vaccine might be imminent makes it the right time to … Read More
October 13, 2020
(The Guardian) – Facebook will ban ads that discourage people from getting vaccinated, the social media company announced Tuesday, as it launches a new public health campaign aimed at spreading flu vaccine information. The changes are a departure from Facebook’s … Read More
October 12, 2020
(The Wall Street Journal) – Implanted medical devices, such as insulin pumps, pacemakers and cochlear implants, have been hacked repeatedly, but so far only by researchers, ethical hackers and fictional characters in television shows. The risk of criminals targeting these … Read More
October 12, 2020
(The Wall Street Journal) – Here’s how the next outbreak of a dangerous new virus should unfold: Several people in a city develop a fever and cough, and a few land in the hospital. Machine-learning algorithms quickly detect anomalies in … Read More
October 9, 2020
(BBC) – People in Phoenix, Arizona will soon be able to order a driverless taxi, as Google expands its Waymo service. Vehicles with no human driver on board were previously tested by a select group of Waymo customers, before the … Read More
October 8, 2020
(STAT News) – The digital health gold rush is on. Teledoc’s $18.5 billion acquisition of Livongo reflects the valuation and consumer demand for virtual care. The capital, talent, utilization — and, let’s face it, speculation — driving the boom are … Read More
