Many health symptoms can be caused by multiple illnesses – if AI can’t tell the difference between them, it won’t be able to operate accurately without human oversight.

But common sense and the precautionary principle suggest that it is too early for AI to prescribe drugs without human oversight. And the fact that mistakes may be baked into the technology could mean ...

When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their ...

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been diagnosed from the outside in, through behavior, mood, and memory ...

For more than a century, scientists have argued over what really drives cancer, yet the pieces of the puzzle have rarely fit together cleanly. I now see artificial intelligence not as a magical answer ...

Automation in healthcare means using smart technology, like computers and robots, to do tasks that people used to do. This ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and KTH have developed a computational method that can reveal how cells change and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get ...

A "simple" genetic test for newborns that will help to prevent deafness caused by a common antibiotic is to be rolled out across Scotland. Doctors often prescribe Gentamicin to babies showing signs of ...

A research team at Duke University has developed a new AI framework that can uncover simple, understandable rules that govern ...