November 27, 2023
(MIT Technology Review) – In two clinical trials that included more than 200 children aged 4 to 11, the Smileyscope reduced self-reported pain levels by up to 60% and anxiety levelsby up to 40%. But how Smileyscope works is not … Read More
November 27, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – At healthcare conferences, someone always asks, “What if there was a magic pill?” One that could cure major diseases. What would the healthcare industry look like? Some emergency rooms and hospitals but less doctors and spending? … Read More
November 24, 2023
(STAT News) – The leadership turmoil within OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is triggering calls for stepped-up efforts to establish standards for how generative AI is used across the health care industry, where experts worry that one or two companies … Read More
November 24, 2023
(The Guardian) – The NHS has sparked controversy by handing the US spy tech company Palantir a £330m contract to create a huge new data platform, leading to privacy concerns around patients’ medical details. The move immediately prompted concerns about … Read More
November 24, 2023
(Wired) – Open AI’s new boss is the same as the old boss. But the company—and the artificial intelligence industry—may have been profoundly changed by the past five days of high-stakes soap opera. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, cofounder, and figurehead, … Read More
November 21, 2023
(New York Times) – It seems like something out of science fiction: swarms of killer robots that hunt down targets on their own and are capable of flying in for the kill without any human signing off. But it is … Read More
November 21, 2023
(Vox) – While mimicking conversational style is just one of the many uses of the popular generative chatbot ChatGPT, there’s a niche yet growing slate of platforms that use deep learning and large language models to re-create the essence of … Read More
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 17, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – But wearable brain-sensing devices—as opposed to implanted—could offer a broader swath of consumers cognitive feedback and other brain enhancements. That’s already happening in university and company labs. Several recent studies using simulators have shown that wearable … Read More
November 16, 2023
(MedPage Today) – In some tragic instances, taking a selfie for social media can be fatal. A study by Australian researchers, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, makes the bold claim that such selfie-related deaths — particularly falls … 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
(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
(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 15, 2023
(Tech Xplore) – Using the new technology, researchers at ETH Zurich have succeeded for the first time in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons made of different polymers in one go. The researchers from Switzerland and the … 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
(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 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 10, 2023
(Reuters) – Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at Musk’s rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds and one death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying the price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space … 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 7, 2023
(Bloomberg) – Elon Musk is preparing for the most consequential launch of his career. But this one isn’t rocket science–it’s brain surgery. Musk’s company Neuralink Corp. is seeking a volunteer for its first clinical trial, meaning it’s looking for someone … 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
