Artificial Intelligence In Health

DeepSeek emerges as a global force in China's rapidly growing AI industry

DeepSeek is now global force. But it's just one player in China's booming AI industry

We must strengthen national, int'l collaboration in research: Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani said that early detection is half the battle won in the fight against cancer at an event in Bengaluru

Indian startup Healthify closes $45 mn funding round to drive US expansion

Company uses AI to recommend personalised fitness and nutrition plans

'AI-powered system predicts patient deterioration up to 16 hrs in advance'

Healthtech firm Dozee's AI-powered system alerted patients' health deterioration about 16 hours in advance and continuous monitoring saved 10% of healthcare practitioners' time

Advantageous to build new AI applications on top of LLMs: Accel's Kirani

In 2023, the world's early AI applications and large language models (LLMs) emerged primarily from the Bay Area, driven by highly specialised PhDs in deep learning. India then lagged in terms of access to these expert resources. A year later, the India story has changed dramatically. The year 2024 will go down as a turning point with engineers in India beginning to develop innovative AI applications across various verticals, without needing deep learning PhDs. The number of AI startups building solutions on top of LLMs has since surged significantly. India is rapidly becoming a global hub for AI applications, says Shekhar Kirani, a partner at global venture capital firm Accel. He points to specific examples that demonstrate India's unique advantage in AI. A Bengaluru-based engineering team, for instance, built an AI application that automates 10-Q filings for US companies. Traditionally handled by accounting firms, the process took several days. However, the team trained a ...

Accel Atoms 4.0 to invest up to $1 mn in startups focused on 'Bharat', AI

Global venture capital firm Accel on Wednesday announced the launch of Accel Atoms 4.0, the fourth edition of its pre-seed scaling programme, Accel Atoms, that offers chosen startups up to USD 1 million funding along with perks of over USD 5 million from Accel network partners. Accel Atoms 4.0 builds on the success of three previous editions, and is designed to make the journey as frictionless as possible for visionary founders and promising entrepreneurs operating in the two distinct cohorts of AI and Bharat, the VC firm said in a release. Accel Atoms 4.0 is inviting applications from two categories of pre-seed startups - those building for Bharat', and AI (Artificial Intelligence), it said. Applications for the programme open on September 16. Accel defines Bharat' as the middle-income households spread across Tier 2, Tier 3, and rural India. Startups at the pre-seed stage, including idea-stage and pre-product companies, are eligible to apply for this rigorous three-month hybrid .

Nvidia supplier SK Hynix posts 6-year high profit on strong AI chip demand

Revenue rose 125 per cent to a record 16.4 trillion won

How digital tech and AI are revolutionising primary health care in India

Digital innovations are transforming not only clinical applications, but also streamlining administrative processes making the entire health care experience more patient-centric

Star Health deploys AI face tool to assist in health assessment

With the face scan feature, individuals can effortlessly track vital parameters such as blood pressure, pulse rate, heart rate, haemoglobin levels and stress levels

Consumers expect significant AI role in future daily life: Ericsson report

60 per cent of early adopters of AI technology believe that they will not have full control over how AI will impact their lives by 2030s

AI has already figured out how to deceive humans. Should we be worried?

A recent study published in the Patterns shows instances where AI systems learn to manipulate information and deceive others

GenAI inside: Personal computers improving productivity, collaboration

Technology will help people be more productive, open a new era of collaboration

AI shows prostate cancer is not just singular disease, reveals study

Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer which they said could help thousands of lives by revolutionising how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future. The study, published in the journal Cell Genomics, reveals that prostate cancer, which affects one in eight men in their lifetime, includes two different subtypes termed evotypes. The findings, led by researchers at the University of Oxford, and the University of Manchester, UK, could help provide tailored treatments to each individual patient according to a genetic test which will also be delivered using AI, they said. Our research demonstrates that prostate tumours evolve along multiple pathways, leading to two distinct disease types," said lead researcher Dan Woodcock, from the University of Oxford. This understanding is pivotal as it allows us to classify tumours based on how the cancer evolves rather than solely on individual gene mutations or expression ...

Half of health, pharma cos to integrate GenAI solutions under 1 yr: Report

The report said that 28 per cent of healthcare and pharma companies had already implemented their first GenAI solutions

AI makes mark in drug discovery in India; start-up Peptris raises $1 mn

Peptris is revolutionizing drug discovery through the implementation of its state-of-the-art AI platform. It is transforming the traditionally lengthy and costly drug discovery process

How human healing is getting a dose of regenerative technology

A lab-grown, fully functional human body organ could soon be a reality as regenerative technologies rapidly advance. In that advancement, a regulatory system will be needed

L&T Tech, NVIDIA to unveil Gen AI & advanced software for medical devices

This collaboration provides a complete solution for customers looking to transition to a software-defined business model via real-time AI applications

Qure.ai, PATH India partner to provide TB, Covid screening in Maharashtra

qXR uses deep learning to analyse chest X-rays and identify potential abnormalities. This can help to improve the accuracy and speed of TB and COVID-19 diagnosis

Apollo Hospitals to have 3,000 beds under real-time patient monitoring

This care technology, underpinned by artificial intelligence (AI), also monitors and detects early signs of patient deterioration, enabling timely corrective action

India needs to export talents skilled in AI: Microsoft Vice Chair

Microsoft President and Vice Chairman Brad Smith on Thursday said India needs to export talents skilled in artificial intelligence. While speaking at a US-India Strategic Partnership Forum event, Smith said the health of democracies is at stake and there is a need to find new ways to sustain economic growth. "The future of India in many ways will involve not just bringing talent to the countries but bringing more talents with a background in AI," Smith said. He said there is a need to develop responsible AI which fundamentally serves the principle that matters to humanity like security, privacy, and inclusion. Smith said the role of AI is to enhance productivity in a smarter way and there is a need to develop it through partnerships between educators and entrepreneurs, among countries like India and US. "There is no doubt, you can go anywhere in the world and if you find a talented company, I bet you will find a talented person who grew up in India. When you go to the United State