Congratulations to Serina Chang for being recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2026 for her contributions to healthcare through the development of AI systems that address societal challenges and build more resilient societies!
UC Berkeley and UCSF Researchers Release Top-Performing AI Model for Medical Imaging
Adam Yala and the researchers at Voio have released Pillar-0, an open-source AI model which analyzes medical images to recognize medical conditions with an unprecedented degree of diagnostic accuracy.
AI—Days of Future Past
JAMA+ AI Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, talks with Eric Horvitz, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft, about the future of AI in 5 years to 100 years
AI Model Maps the Brain at Unprecedented Detail and Scale
Reza Abbasi-Asl, PhD, and colleagues from UCSF and the Allen Institute have developed CellTransformer, an AI model capable of creating a fine-grained map of the brain at unprecedented detail and scale. Read the findings in their Nature Communications article.
From Chronic Pain to Parkinson’s, 4 Ways DBS is Changing Care
Feauturing Prasad Shirvalkar MD, PhD.
Stuart Russell named one of Time 100 Most Influential People in AI
Featuring Stuart Russell, PhD.
Big Data Begins to Crack the Case of Endometriosis
Featuring Marina Sirota, PhD.
Declining Medical Safety Messaging in Generative AI Models
MIT Technology Review highlights work by Ahmed Alaa, PhD, and colleagues on the decreasing use of medical disclaimers by AI chatbots providing health information
Your Fitness Tracker Could Help Doctors Spot Health Risks Early
Featuring Ida Sim, PhD, MD and Sandeep Kishore, MD, PhD, MSc.
Lung cancer risk in never-smokers predicted by AI tool ‘Sybil’
Adam Yala, PhD, is working to expand Sybil to not only predict cancer in extremely low-risk patients, but also be applicable in other personalized health practices.
