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What the Brain Sees: How a text-to-image model generates images from brain scans
Healthcare

What the Brain Sees: How a text-to-image model generates images from brain scans

A pretrained text-to-image generator enabled researchers to see — roughly — what other people looked at based on brain scans. Yu Takagi and Shinji Nishimoto developed a method that uses Stable Diffusion to reconstruct images viewed by test subjects...

June 22, 20232 min read
What the Brain Sees: How a text-to-image model generates images from brain scans
Healthcare

What the Brain Sees: How a text-to-image model generates images from brain scans

A pretrained text-to-image generator enabled researchers to see — roughly — what other people looked at based on brain scans. Yu Takagi and Shinji Nishimoto developed a method that uses Stable Diffusion to reconstruct images viewed by test subjects...

June 22, 20232 min read
What Americans Want From AI: Pew survey asks 11,000 Americans about AI.
Healthcare

What Americans Want From AI: Pew survey asks 11,000 Americans about AI.

Adults in the United States tend to view AI’s medical applications favorably but are leery of text and image generation. Pew Research Center polled 11,004 U.S. adults for their opinions of AI in science, healthcare, and media.

March 29, 20232 min read
What Americans Want From AI: Pew survey asks 11,000 Americans about AI.
Healthcare

What Americans Want From AI: Pew survey asks 11,000 Americans about AI.

Adults in the United States tend to view AI’s medical applications favorably but are leery of text and image generation. Pew Research Center polled 11,004 U.S. adults for their opinions of AI in science, healthcare, and media.

March 29, 20232 min read
Bot Therapy and Informed Consent: Discord's Kokobot triggers an ethics controversy.
Healthcare

Bot Therapy and Informed Consent: Discord's Kokobot triggers an ethics controversy.

An experiment in using chatbots to dispense mental-health counseling raised questions about ethics.

January 18, 20232 min read
Bot Therapy and Informed Consent: Discord's Kokobot triggers an ethics controversy.
Healthcare

Bot Therapy and Informed Consent: Discord's Kokobot triggers an ethics controversy.

An experiment in using chatbots to dispense mental-health counseling raised questions about ethics.

January 18, 20232 min read
Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.
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Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.

A new report offers a rare peek into the use of automated decision-making tools by the government of a major city.

November 30, 20222 min read
Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.
Healthcare

Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.

A new report offers a rare peek into the use of automated decision-making tools by the government of a major city.

November 30, 20222 min read
New Clarity on Rules for Medical AI: FDA Guidance on AI Medical Devices for 2022
Healthcare

New Clarity on Rules for Medical AI: FDA Guidance on AI Medical Devices for 2022

The United States paved the way to regulate AI systems in healthcare. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) interpreted existing rules that govern health-related software to include some machine learning algorithms.

October 12, 20222 min read
New Clarity on Rules for Medical AI: FDA Guidance on AI Medical Devices for 2022
Healthcare

New Clarity on Rules for Medical AI: FDA Guidance on AI Medical Devices for 2022

The United States paved the way to regulate AI systems in healthcare. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) interpreted existing rules that govern health-related software to include some machine learning algorithms.

October 12, 20222 min read
AI Hits Its Stride: Cionic’s AI-Powered Neural Sleeve Could Help Fix Impaired Walking
Healthcare

AI Hits Its Stride: Cionic’s AI-Powered Neural Sleeve Could Help Fix Impaired Walking

Neural Sleeve is intended to correct leg movements for people impacted by multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and stroke.

August 17, 20222 min read
AI Hits Its Stride: Cionic’s AI-Powered Neural Sleeve Could Help Fix Impaired Walking
Healthcare

AI Hits Its Stride: Cionic’s AI-Powered Neural Sleeve Could Help Fix Impaired Walking

Neural Sleeve is intended to correct leg movements for people impacted by multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and stroke.

August 17, 20222 min read
Deep Doo-Doo: AI App Diagnoses Poop Better Than People
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Deep Doo-Doo: AI App Diagnoses Poop Better Than People

People who suffer from gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome are number two when it comes to describing the characteristics of their own poop.

June 22, 20222 min read
Deep Doo-Doo: AI App Diagnoses Poop Better Than People
Healthcare

Deep Doo-Doo: AI App Diagnoses Poop Better Than People

People who suffer from gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome are number two when it comes to describing the characteristics of their own poop.

June 22, 20222 min read
Standout Startups: The Top 100 AI Startups off 2022
Healthcare

Standout Startups: The Top 100 AI Startups off 2022

AI startups are creating high value across a wide variety of industries. CB Insights, which tracks tech startups, published the latest edition of the AI 100, its annual list of 100 notable AI startups.

June 8, 20222 min read

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