[Adobe Stock] Since early 2023, large language models (LLMs) have posted passing-level scores on medical licensing exam questions. A study published that February found that the first iteration of ChatGPT, based on the GPT-3.5 model that debuted in 2022, scored at or near the passing threshold on publicly available questions from all three steps of

The humble stethoscope has been a physician’s companion for more than two centuries, but the skill of interpreting what it hears, the soft whoosh of blood through heart valves, the crackle of fluid in diseased lungs, has always depended on years of human training. Now, a pair of researchers at Saudi Electronic University in Riyadh

I’ve often been surprised when I hear from top researchers in industry that they think AI will be better than them at their job in a few years, and I didn’t really know why I doubted it. The explanation I arrived at is that researchers are seeing this massive acceleration in the infra and engineering

"AI will not replace oncologists; it will help interpret complex data and design more precise, adaptive, personalized cancer treatment," the authors write. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly visible in clinical practice, including in evidence retrieval and clinical documentation. AI-based tools are being evaluated for their ability to answer clinical questions and assist with digital

4 minute read | October.09.2026 FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) released a Warning Letter finding O.N. Diagnostics’ latest vertebral fracture assessment software is adulterated and misbranded because the company introduced a new algorithm and moved the product to the web without a new premarket notification. Why it matters: For software as a

Part I — The problem Four sectors, one bottleneck Hospitals and health systems generate the raw material. Radiology is the most heavily regulated corner of medical AI anywhere: of the roughly 950 AI/ML-enabled devices the FDA had authorized by mid-2024, about 723 (around 76%) were radiology tools. Almost all are narrow and human-supervised, doing triage

Harvard Business Review Logo Illustration by Jason Ford AI isn’t simply replacing sales work or automatically equalizing sales performance; it’s providing disproportionate lift to individuals and organizations that can build systems around Generative AI has produced two competing views about which workers will benefit most. One view is that AI will narrow performance gaps by

For more than a century, the humble light microscope has been the frontline weapon against parasitic disease. Trained eyes peer down at blood smears and stool samples, hunting for the telltale shapes of malaria parasites, intestinal worms and other pathogens that collectively burden hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Now, a sweeping new analysis suggests