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Covid pandemic linked to surge in child and teen diabetes

Covid pandemic linked to surge in child and teen diabetes

There has been an unusual rise in the number of children and teenagers around the world diagnosed with type 1 diabetes since Covid, say researchers. A new study in JAMA Network Open journal has collated available data from different countries, including the UK, on more than 38,000 young people diagnosed …

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Google creates AI with same level of accuracy and bias as doctors

Google creates AI with same level of accuracy and bias as doctors

Some large language models of artificial intelligence contained biases that could exacerbate health disparities and produce inaccurate answers to medical questions. Artificial intelligence produces misinformation when asked to answer medical questions, but there is scope for it to be fine tuned to assist doctors, a new study has found. Researchers …

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Smartwatches may provide early Parkinson’s diagnosis

Smartwatches may provide early Parkinson's diagnosis

Smartwatches might help diagnose Parkinson’s disease up to seven years ahead of symptoms, a study suggests. The UK Dementia Research Institute team at Cardiff University used artificial intelligence to analyse data from 103,712 smartwatch wearers. And by tracking their speed of movement over a single week, between 2013 and 2016, …

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India CEO criticised for picking AI bot over human staff

India CEO criticised for picking AI bot over human staff

An Indian CEO is being criticised after he said that his firm had replaced 90% of its support staff with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Suumit Shah, founder of Dukaan, said on Twitter that the chatbot had drastically improved first response and resolution time of customers’ queries. The tweet sparked …

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