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AI project to help older patients understand lab test results – HealthITAnalytics.com

By Shania Kennedy April 30, 2024 – A research team spearheaded by Florida State University (FSU) faculty has received a $1 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help older patients better understand their lab results. The tool, called “LabGenie,” is set to utilize generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to provide users with contextualized information about their lab results and generate potential questions that patients can use to guide discussions…

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FDA clears first fully autonomous AI for portable diabetic retinopathy screening – PR Newswire

AEYE Health’s clearance enables global prevention of the leading cause of blindness in the working age population by making screening accessible anywhere NEW YORK, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — AEYE Health, the leading company for AI retinal imaging and diagnostics, is thrilled to announce that it received the first ever FDA clearance for a fully autonomous AI that diagnoses referable diabetic retinopathy from retinal images obtained by a handheld camera. Combining a fully autonomous AI with a portable handheld device introduces a new and affordable screening solution to address the leading cause…

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Why AWS’ AI Chatbot Amazon Q Bests Google, Microsoft GenAI Tech: Ruba Borno – CRN

AWS’ global partner leader, Ruba Borno, talks with CRN about the general availability of Amazon Q Tuesday and why the AI-powered assistant is better than rivals Google and Microsoft’s generative AI technology. AWS’ Ruba Borno is bullish that Amazon Q is now the world’s best generative AI-powered assistant as the new AI chatbot becomes generally available Tuesday. AWS’ global partner leader said Amazon Q and AWS’ generative AI stack have major market differentiations compared with rivals Microsoft and Google. “You have got to take a look at our entire generative…

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Yelp is launching a new AI assistant to help you connect with businesses – TechCrunch

Yelp announced a new AI-powered chatbot today for consumers that helps them connect with relevant businesses for their tasks. The company joins a long list of organizations leaning into AI chatbots as an assistive medium. The company is rolling out the AI assistant on its iOS app under the “Projects” tab with plans to expand to Android later this year. Yelp said that the chatbot uses OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs) along with its own data to ask users queries about their problems and connect them with relevant professionals for…

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Securonix Ushers in a New Era of AI-Reinforced CyberOps with the Launch of Securonix EON – Yahoo Finance

Leveraging Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic’s Claude 3, Securonix Transforms Security Operations with the Introduction of Advanced AI-Reinforced CyberOps that Helps to Combat AI-powered Attacks ADDISON, Texas, April 30, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In an era where cybersecurity challenges are escalating at an unprecedented pace, Securonix today unveiled Securonix EON, a groundbreaking suite of AI-Reinforced capabilities to transform CyberOps in the face of new AI-powered threats. This launch builds on Securonix’s AI legacy, marking a significant leap forward in securing and preparing organizations to respond to the dynamic cybersecurity threat landscape against a backdrop…

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insitro Hires AI and Machine Learning Visionary, Emily Fox, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of AI/ML – Yahoo Finance

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 30, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–insitro, a machine learning-powered drug discovery and development company, today announced the appointment of Emily Fox, Ph.D., as senior vice president of AI/machine learning. In this role, she will oversee those areas as well as data science and computational biology, inclusive of data modalities that span genetics, omics, imaging, clinical data, and molecular design. Dr. Fox, a professor in the Department of Statistics and Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, has made groundbreaking contributions in the application of machine learning in healthcare,…

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AI is set to transform hiring requirements: Report – CIO

“AI is transforming the way we work, creating new opportunities for innovation and growth, while simultaneously posing unprecedented challenges, especially when it comes to talent,” Ken Englund, EY Americas Technology, Media and Telecommunications Leader, said in a statement. “Our recent pulse poll demonstrates that technology companies generally have a positive sentiment toward the next productivity wave. There’s a lot of excitement at these companies in terms of how they will successfully apply their own industry tools to themselves.” AI’s impact: A double-edged sword for workplace culture This survey paints a…

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Student AI usage studied at BYU – KSL NewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY — The question of artificial intelligence in the classroom is becoming something nearly all teachers are having to deal with, and a new study by a group of BYU professors looked into how student AI usage has developed on campus. The study surveyed BYU students on how they used ChatGPT in school. It also surveyed students on what prompts they had fed into the program. Ryan Schuetzler, an associate professor at BYU, participated in the study on student AI usage. He said the four most common uses…

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Amazon Q Business, now generally available, helps boost workforce productivity with generative AI | Amazon Web … – AWS Blog

At AWS re:Invent 2023, we previewed Amazon Q Business, a generative artificial intelligence (generative AI)–powered assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and securely complete tasks based on data and information in your enterprise systems. With Amazon Q Business, you can deploy a secure, private, generative AI assistant that empowers your organization’s users to be more creative, data-driven, efficient, prepared, and productive. During the preview, we heard lots of customer feedback and used that feedback to prioritize our enhancements to the service. Today, we are announcing the general…

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