A Visionary Doctor Prescribes AI: Dr. Eric Topol makes the case for AI in medicine.
Medicine

A Visionary Doctor Prescribes AI: Dr. Eric Topol makes the case for AI in medicine.

Eric Topol is one of the world’s leading advocates for AI in medicine. Below he shares his insights into the fusion of AI and medicine and advice for machine learning engineers who want to get involved.

April 15, 20203 min read
Online Conference Goes Antiviral: A conference explored how AI was deployed against Covid-19.
Medicine

Online Conference Goes Antiviral: A conference explored how AI was deployed against Covid-19.

AI experts convened to discuss how to combat the coronavirus crisis. An online conference hosted by Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered AI explored how machine learning is being deployed to address this pandemic — and prepare for the next one.

April 8, 20202 min read
Online Conference Goes Antiviral: A conference explored how AI was deployed against Covid-19.
Medicine

Online Conference Goes Antiviral: A conference explored how AI was deployed against Covid-19.

AI experts convened to discuss how to combat the coronavirus crisis. An online conference hosted by Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered AI explored how machine learning is being deployed to address this pandemic — and prepare for the next one.

April 8, 20202 min read
(Science) Community Outreach: A survey of machine learning from Eric Schmidt
Medicine

(Science) Community Outreach: A survey of machine learning from Eric Schmidt

Are your scientist friends intimidated by machine learning? They might be inspired by a primer from one of the world’s premier tech titans. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Cornell PhD candidate Maithra Raghu school scientists in machine learning in a sprawling overview.

April 8, 20201 min read
(Science) Community Outreach: A survey of machine learning from Eric Schmidt
Medicine

(Science) Community Outreach: A survey of machine learning from Eric Schmidt

Are your scientist friends intimidated by machine learning? They might be inspired by a primer from one of the world’s premier tech titans. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Cornell PhD candidate Maithra Raghu school scientists in machine learning in a sprawling overview.

April 8, 20201 min read
Deep Learning Finds New Antibiotic: Researchers used AI to identify a promising new antibiotic.
Medicine

Deep Learning Finds New Antibiotic: Researchers used AI to identify a promising new antibiotic.

Chemists typically develop new antibiotics by testing close chemical relatives of tried-and-true compounds like penicillin. That approach becomes less effective, though, as dangerous bacteria evolve resistance to those very chemical structures. Instead, researchers enlisted neural networks.

March 25, 20202 min read
Deep Learning Finds New Antibiotic: Researchers used AI to identify a promising new antibiotic.
Medicine

Deep Learning Finds New Antibiotic: Researchers used AI to identify a promising new antibiotic.

Chemists typically develop new antibiotics by testing close chemical relatives of tried-and-true compounds like penicillin. That approach becomes less effective, though, as dangerous bacteria evolve resistance to those very chemical structures. Instead, researchers enlisted neural networks.

March 25, 20202 min read
Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans
Medicine

Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans

Every second counts when a patient’s skull is open in the operating room. A new technique based on deep learning can shorten some brain surgeries. During brain cancer operations, surgeons must stop in mid-operation for up to a half hour while a pathologist analyzes the tumor tissue.

February 26, 20202 min read
Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans
Medicine

Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans

Every second counts when a patient’s skull is open in the operating room. A new technique based on deep learning can shorten some brain surgeries. During brain cancer operations, surgeons must stop in mid-operation for up to a half hour while a pathologist analyzes the tumor tissue.

February 26, 20202 min read
Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.
Medicine

Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.

Chinese tech giants have opened their AI platforms to scientists fighting coronavirus. Alibaba Cloud and Baidu are offering a powerful weapon to life-science researchers working to stop the spread of the illness officially known as Covid-19: free access to their computing horsepower and tools.

February 12, 20201 min read
Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.
Medicine

Tools For a Pandemic: Chinese tech giants provide resources for Covid research.

Chinese tech giants have opened their AI platforms to scientists fighting coronavirus. Alibaba Cloud and Baidu are offering a powerful weapon to life-science researchers working to stop the spread of the illness officially known as Covid-19: free access to their computing horsepower and tools.

February 12, 20201 min read
AI Tackles OCD: An AI-designed drug got approved for human testing.
Medicine

AI Tackles OCD: An AI-designed drug got approved for human testing.

A drug designed by AI has been approved for testing in humans. A UK startup focused on automated drug discovery teamed up with a Japanese pharmaceutical company to produce a new medicine for obsessive compulsive disorder.

February 5, 20201 min read
Protein Shapes Revealed: A summary of the AlphaFold research paper
Medicine

Protein Shapes Revealed: A summary of the AlphaFold research paper

A protein’s biological function depends largely on its three-dimensional shape, but deducing its shape from its sequence of amino acids has been a longstanding problem. Researchers at DeepMind reveal how they used deep learning to solve the puzzle.

February 5, 20202 min read
Protein Shapes Revealed: A summary of the AlphaFold research paper
Medicine

Protein Shapes Revealed: A summary of the AlphaFold research paper

A protein’s biological function depends largely on its three-dimensional shape, but deducing its shape from its sequence of amino acids has been a longstanding problem. Researchers at DeepMind reveal how they used deep learning to solve the puzzle.

February 5, 20202 min read
AI Tackles OCD: An AI-designed drug got approved for human testing.
Medicine

AI Tackles OCD: An AI-designed drug got approved for human testing.

A drug designed by AI has been approved for testing in humans. A UK startup focused on automated drug discovery teamed up with a Japanese pharmaceutical company to produce a new medicine for obsessive compulsive disorder.

February 5, 20201 min read

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