AI Jobs Grow in Pharma: Drug Companies are Hiring More Machine Learning Engineers Than Ever
Medicine

AI Jobs Grow in Pharma: Drug Companies are Hiring More Machine Learning Engineers Than Ever

Pharmaceutical companies in several countries are hiring machine learning engineers at increasing rates.

August 10, 20222 min read
Protein Families Deciphered: Machine Learning Categorizes Proteins Based on Their Functions
Medicine

Protein Families Deciphered: Machine Learning Categorizes Proteins Based on Their Functions

Convolutional neural networks separate proteins into functional families without considering their shapes.

August 10, 20222 min read
Standout Startups: The Top 100 AI Startups off 2022
Medicine

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
Standout Startups: The Top 100 AI Startups off 2022
Medicine

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
Managing Medical Uncertainty: How Hospitals Use AI to Protect Patients
Medicine

Managing Medical Uncertainty: How Hospitals Use AI to Protect Patients

Hospitals across the United States are relying on AI to keep patients safe. Doctors are using a variety of machine learning systems to assess the risk that a given patient will suffer complications.

May 4, 20222 min read
Managing Medical Uncertainty: How Hospitals Use AI to Protect Patients
Medicine

Managing Medical Uncertainty: How Hospitals Use AI to Protect Patients

Hospitals across the United States are relying on AI to keep patients safe. Doctors are using a variety of machine learning systems to assess the risk that a given patient will suffer complications.

May 4, 20222 min read
Predicting the Next Pandemic: Using AI to Predict the Next Pandemic
Medicine

Predicting the Next Pandemic: Using AI to Predict the Next Pandemic

Odds are that the next mass contagion will jump to humans from animals. But which species? Virus hunters are using learning algorithms to learn which animals are likely to carry microbes that pose a danger to humans.

May 4, 20222 min read
Predicting the Next Pandemic: Using AI to Predict the Next Pandemic
Medicine

Predicting the Next Pandemic: Using AI to Predict the Next Pandemic

Odds are that the next mass contagion will jump to humans from animals. But which species? Virus hunters are using learning algorithms to learn which animals are likely to carry microbes that pose a danger to humans.

May 4, 20222 min read
AI Enters the Radiology Department: ChestLink, an AI X-Ray Tool Approved by European Officials
Medicine

AI Enters the Radiology Department: ChestLink, an AI X-Ray Tool Approved by European Officials

The European Union approved for clinical use an AI system that recognizes normal chest X-rays. ChestLink is the first autonomous computer vision system to earn the European Economic Area’s CE mark for medical devices...

April 13, 20221 min read
AI Enters the Radiology Department: ChestLink, an AI X-Ray Tool Approved by European Officials
Medicine

AI Enters the Radiology Department: ChestLink, an AI X-Ray Tool Approved by European Officials

The European Union approved for clinical use an AI system that recognizes normal chest X-rays. ChestLink is the first autonomous computer vision system to earn the European Economic Area’s CE mark for medical devices...

April 13, 20221 min read
The Many Faces of Genetic Illness: Face recognition identifies childhood genetic diseases.
Medicine

The Many Faces of Genetic Illness: Face recognition identifies childhood genetic diseases.

People with certain genetic disorders share common facial features. Doctors are using computer vision to identify such syndromes in children so they can get early treatment.

March 23, 20222 min read
The Many Faces of Genetic Illness: Face recognition identifies childhood genetic diseases.
Medicine

The Many Faces of Genetic Illness: Face recognition identifies childhood genetic diseases.

People with certain genetic disorders share common facial features. Doctors are using computer vision to identify such syndromes in children so they can get early treatment.

March 23, 20222 min read
Alexei Efros: Learning from the ground up
Medicine

Alexei Efros: Learning from the ground up

Things are really starting to get going in the field of AI. After many years (decades?!) of focusing on algorithms, the AI community is finally ready to accept the central role of data and the high-capacity models that are capable of taking advantage of this data.

December 29, 20212 min read
Alexei Efros: Learning from the ground up
Medicine

Alexei Efros: Learning from the ground up

Things are really starting to get going in the field of AI. After many years (decades?!) of focusing on algorithms, the AI community is finally ready to accept the central role of data and the high-capacity models that are capable of taking advantage of this data.

December 29, 20212 min read
Transformers Take Over: Transformers Applied to Vision, Language, Video, and More
Medicine

Transformers Take Over: Transformers Applied to Vision, Language, Video, and More

In 2021, transformers were harnessed to discover drugs, recognize speech, and paint pictures — and much more.

December 22, 20212 min read

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