A long-running working group in the Senate has issued its policy recommendation for federal funding for AI: $32 billion yearly, covering everything from infrastructure to grand challenges to […]
Vote for your Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice favs
We received countless submissions to speak at this year’s Disrupt 2024. After carefully sifting through all the applications, we’ve narrowed it down to 19 session finalists. Now we […]
Oura launches two new heart health features
Smart ring maker Oura is launching two new features focused on heart health, the company announced on Friday. The first claims to help users get an idea of […]
Amae Health is building an in-person approach to mental healthcare in an increasingly digital space
When Sonia García and Stas Sokolin decided to launch Amae Health to solve the broken care system for people with severe mental illness, they were already intimately familiar […]
Tiny shapeshifting stickers detect post-surgery complications
These dissolvable devices ‘tag’ organs to monitor abnormal activity and can help detect post-surgery complications.
Xaira, an AI drug discovery startup, launches with a massive $1B, says it’s ‘ready’ to start developing drugs
Advances in generative AI have taken the tech world by storm. Biotech investors are making a big bet that similar computational methods could revolutionize drug discovery. On Tuesday, […]
What Robert Durst did: Everything to know ahead of ‘The Jinx: Part 2’
Before you watch Andrew Jarecki’s “The Jinx: Part Two” on HBO/Max, read this explainer on Robert Durst’s life and crimes.
Hugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasks
As I wrote recently, generative AI models are increasingly being brought to healthcare settings — in some cases prematurely, perhaps. Early adopters believe that they’ll unlock increased efficiency […]
Is AI good or bad? A deeper look at its potential and pitfalls
Is AI good or bad? It’s an important question, but the answer is more complicated than “yes” or “no.”