AI is helping clinicians detect disease earlier, discover drugs faster, and cut administrative work — while raising real questions about bias, privacy, and the limits of machine judgment. This hub covers AI across medicine and life sciences, from diagnostics to drug discovery. Expect news and balanced explainers.
Neko Health, the AI-assisted preventive health-scanning startup founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, raised $700 million in Series C funding as it prepares to open its first US clinic in New York.
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AI models now help scientists find and design new drug candidates in weeks instead of years. Here's what AI drug discovery is and how it actually works.
Read more →Chai Discovery, an AI startup that designs antibodies and other molecules from scratch, raised a $400 million Series C led by Index Ventures at a $3.8 billion valuation.
Read more →A Bronx hospital eliminated 12 utilization-review nursing jobs and moved insurance-approval work to AI software, prompting a union grievance over a newly signed labor contract.
Read more →A plain-language guide to robotic surgery: how it actually works, why a human is (usually) still in control, and how close AI has come to operating on its own.
Read more →Teleoperated humanoid robots completed two live surgeries in a UC San Diego trial, a Nature study shows — a preclinical step toward cheaper, more portable alternatives to today's surgical robots.
Read more →AI bias is a systematic error in AI systems that produces unfair results for specific groups, shaping decisions in hiring, healthcare, and criminal justice. Here is what causes it and how to recognize it.
Read more →Meta's non-invasive AI system translates brain activity to typed text with 61% word accuracy — nearly eight times better than prior implant-free approaches — targeting people who cannot communicate due to brain injuries.
Read more →AI for Good is the UN's leading platform connecting artificial intelligence to real-world global challenges — from healthcare in Africa to climate modeling. Here's what it does and why it matters.
Read more →AI is helping doctors detect diseases earlier, discover drugs faster, and reduce diagnostic errors — but it also raises serious questions about bias, privacy, and the limits of machine judgment.
Read more →Meta's non-invasive AI system converts MEG brain recordings into typed text at 61% word accuracy — a seven-fold leap over prior non-invasive approaches and a step toward surgery-free brain-computer interfaces.
Read more →Anthropic released Claude Science in beta on June 30, an integrated environment connecting AI to 60+ scientific databases and lab compute for biomedical and life sciences research.
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