Today’s topic is about the use of AI in the mental health area–how it is uniquely exposed to risk from LLMs and generative AI–and where best to use them. The author, Hari Prasad, is co-founder and CEO ...

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The Pennsylvania Department of State and the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine have filed a lawsuit requesting a preliminary injunction against chatbot developer Character.AI. The company, formally ...

The US Senate Special Committee on Aging will be holding hearings on this issue next week, with a focus on the public health and financial risks posed by falls among older Americans and the overall ...

Greater transparency in ensuring that users clearly understand when they are interacting with an AI system rather than a human being. Chatbots should not present as a licensed clinician or a human ...

Oracle is taking on $16 billion debt, this time largely funded by bond fund PIMCO. This funded a single data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan. Total financing announced in late April was $16 ...

In the Chutes department…remember the scandal around healthcare ad trackers back in 2022? After multiple lawsuits, Congressional hearings, Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ...

The hottest doctor reference source withdrew its medical evidence and decision support app from the UK and European markets. The news, reported in HIStalk on 28 April, is shocking–but not surprising.

South Australia Health has rolled out Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Patient Administration System (PAS). The EMR and PAS is being implemented across over 100 ...

Teladoc formally responds to the Blue Orca Capital research report [TTA 25 Feb]. Their letter (PDF) via its legal counsel (King & Spalding) yesterday refutes Blue Orca’s allegations in a report on ...

Merative data analytics raises $25 million from Morgan Health. The latter, a JPMorgan Chase business unit focused on employer-sponsored insurance, is investing in Merative to expand its capabilities ...

Even Oracle can’t get all the money it wants for AI. The speculation has been building since late last week, kicked off by a report from financial analyst TD Cowen that percolated through financial ...