In July 2025, TIME magazine reported on a collaboration between OpenAI and Penda Health, a Kenyan primary care provider, which tested the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant called AI Consult to improve clinical decision-making in real-world settings. The results suggest AI can meaningfully reduce diagnostic and treatment errors Read more
Psychologists are increasingly turning to tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline their practice—about 1 in 10 use it at least monthly for note-taking and other administrative work, according to the 2024 Practitioner Pulse Survey by APA and APA Services. “Historically, technology is something that psychologists have been rightly wary of,” Read more
Keratoconus is a disease of the cornea that affects people between the ages of 10 and 40 years. In those affected, the cornea weakens and thins over the years, gradually bulging into the typical cone‐like shape, which leads to reduced vision. Glasses can resolve this problem in the early stages Read more
Understanding How AI Writing Tools Affect Our Brains This MIT study looked at what happens to our brains and our writing when an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT are used for write essays, compared to using a search engine or writing completely on their own (without using any tool). Read more
From The Ceylon Medical Journal – link Since the 1950s, scientists have been striving to program computers to mimic human thinking and reasoning. In 1956, John McCarthy coined the term “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) with the goal of creating machines that could use language, solve complex problems, and even improve themselves Read more
Your Majesties Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year the Nobel committees in Physics and Chemistry have recognized the dramatic progress being made in a new form of Artificial Intelligence that uses artificial neural networks to learn how to solve difficult computational problems. This new form Read more
In simple terms, an AI agent is a system that can perceive its environment, make decisions, and take actions to achieve specific goals—often with minimal human involvement. Think of it as a kind of digital assistant that can learn, reason, and act on your behalf within a defined task or Read more
BACKGROUND Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) chatbots hold promise for building highly personalized, effective mental health treatments at scale, while also addressing user engagement and retention issues common among digital therapeutics. METHODS A RCT with (N=210) with clinically significant symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or at Read more