Andromeda Robotics' companion robot Abi has expanded to 22 Australian aged-care facilities and is now opening a US waitlist after a $23 million Series A round, even as University of Houston researchers warn that surveillance fears remain a major barrier to older adults trusting robots like it.
Noom has expanded AI photo, voice, and text food logging in 2026 as rivals like MyFitnessPal (via its Cal AI acquisition) push into the same space, even as benchmark testing shows AI food recognition still misidentifies about 1 in 4 meals.
Cellens, a Boston cancer diagnostics startup, raised a $6.5M Series Seed round led by SOSV for its AI and atomic-force-microscopy-based BioFeel test, which identified every recurrence case in a nearly 100-patient study versus 60-65% sensitivity for standard molecular assays.
Owkin announced on June 5, 2026 a multi-year expansion of its Sanofi partnership, licensing its K Pro 'AI Scientist' platform for five years to build autonomous AI agents that independently carry out pharmaceutical research tasks.
Aidoc won FDA clearance in January 2026 for a foundation-model AI workflow that triages 14 acute conditions from a single abdominal CT scan, hitting 97% mean sensitivity and 98% mean specificity in its pivotal study.
NIH researchers presenting at NUTRITION 2026 found four popular AI photo-based calorie-tracking apps underestimated meals by 250 to 345 calories on average, using a controlled metabolic kitchen to test MyFitnessPal, LoseIt!, CalAI, and Appediet against precisely measured meals.
A Mayo Clinic AI model called REDMOD detected 73% of pancreatic cancers a median of 16 months before diagnosis by re-analyzing CT scans radiologists had called normal, according to a study published in Gut.
The CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics is using AI-enhanced surveillance to assess both a Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak in the DRC and an Andes virus cluster aboard a cruise ship, building on research showing such systems can detect outbreaks up to 24 days earlier.
The FDA has scheduled a September 23, 2026 advisory panel review of Grail's Galleri blood test, an AI-driven screen for more than 50 cancer types, despite a UK trial earlier this year that missed its primary endpoint.
UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley faced tough questions from Rep. Robin Kelly over AI-driven claim denial rates reportedly 16 times higher than typical, as Cigna and UnitedHealth both face active lawsuits over algorithmic claims processing.