Private health insurers use AI to approve or deny care. Soon Medicare will, too.

A pilot program testing the use of artificial intelligence to expand prior authorization decisions in Medicare has providers, ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

AI Tool Accurately Identifies Precancerous Stomach and Esophagus Conditions From Health Records

A groundbreaking NLP algorithm accurately identifies precancerous gastric and esophageal conditions from EHRs, enhancing early detection and personalized patient care.
Business Wire

Dandelion Health Launches Public Service Program to Evaluate Performance and Bias of Healthcare Algorithms Using Most Comprehensive Datasets Available

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dandelion Health, Inc., a startup offering a healthcare data platform that specializes in artificial intelligence and precision analytics, announced today the launch of a ...
ProPublica

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation

Global exam grading algorithm under fire for suspected bias

NEW YORK, July 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Colorado high school student Isabel Castaneda checked her final grades for the International Baccalaureate program in July, she was shocked.
University of South Florida

Turning Ideas into Algorithms

Martino’s first steps in research were firmly rooted in psychology. As an undergraduate, she studied mindset theory and ...

Read the pitch deck these ex-DeepMind scientists used to raise $5 million for an AI 'algorithm factory'

Former DeepMind scientists raise $5 million for Hiverge, a startup developing AI to improve code.
The New York Times

Here’s a homemade version of the Codebreaker algorithm — and how to break it

You, too, can be a state-of-the-art sign-stealer. You can play along at home and download The Athletic’s homemade version of the sign-cracking algorithm, while we ...