What would it take to put just about every medical institution on par with Mayo Clinic in sheer quality of care? Not a lot more than better use of AI.

Right now U.S. healthcare has almost everything it needs to eliminate one awful affliction—and then to adapt the resulting victory for going after many others. 

Warning healthcare consumers about the unreliability of AI for medical advice is like screaming at tourists for frolicking in a decorative fountain on an oppressively hot and humid day. 

Researchers have demonstrated the use of machine–human teamwork for reducing mortality in inpatient care across a large health system.

The meteoric rise of large-language AI is quietly altering if not effectively upending scientific inquiry. It’s been doing so almost since the technology’s public debut in late 2022. And medical research has been anything but exempt.