New ‘EvORanker’ AI Algorithm Cracks a Rare Disease Case by Comparing 1,000 Species
Researchers have developed a new AI algorithm called EvORanker that dramatically speeds up the search for genetic causes of rare...
Year: 2026
OpenAI’s Reasoning Model Helped Solve 18 Mystery Pediatric Disease Cases, Study Finds
A study published June 18, 2026 in NEJM AI showed that researchers from Boston Children's Hospital's Manton Center for Orphan...
Kaiser Permanente’s AI Scribes Hit 2.5 Million Patient Visits, Saving 15,800 Doctor Hours
The Permanente Medical Group has completed one of the largest real-world evaluations of ambient AI documentation to date, reporting that...
A Smartphone AI Tool Can Now Spot Stroke Symptoms From a 30-Second Video
AI-Stroke, a medtech startup, raised $4.6 million in seed funding in November 2025 to expand a smartphone-based AI system that...
UnitedHealth Is Betting $3 Billion on AI to Cut Costs and Quiet Its Critics
UnitedHealth Group plans to invest $3 billion in artificial intelligence across 2026 and 2027, with UnitedHealthcare CEO Timothy Noel projecting...
AI Chatbots Ace Direct Suicide Questions but Miss Subtle Warning Signs, Axios Reports
An Axios investigation published in May 2026 found that while today's leading AI chatbots have gotten reliably good at refusing...
Nearly 1 in 5 Young Americans Now Turn to AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice, RAND Finds
A RAND Corporation study released in June 2026 found that 19.2% of U.S. adolescents and young adults between the ages...
Your Smartwatch Can Now Screen for Sleep Apnea With Over 92% Accuracy, Study Finds
A newly published real-world validation study found that an AI-enhanced smartwatch algorithm can estimate the apnea-hypopnea index, the key metric...
Stanford’s SleepFM Can Predict 130 Diseases From Just One Night of Sleep Data
Stanford University researchers unveiled SleepFM in early 2026, a multimodal AI foundation model that can predict more than 130 different...
This $499 AI Sleep Mask Reads Your Brainwaves and Nudges You Into Deep Sleep
Bía Neuroscience's Smart Sleep Mask, a $499 wearable that uses neurofeedback and embedded brain-sensing technology, has become one of the...
