Show Notes
This week on Pulse: Hot Topics, Louise and George ask
Can AI cure cancer before smoking kills you? Should we worry if NVIDIA's CEO thinks basic maths no longer matters? Louise and George introduce a new segment exploring the extraordinary things tech leaders say - and the consequences of believing the hype.
In this week's Hot Topics, they examine Australia's TGA review of AI scribes and the UK's ambitious plans to regulate healthcare AI throughout its lifecycle. They explore fascinating research allowing people with epilepsy to converse with their own brain-monitoring data, and revisit the controversy surrounding Palantir and the NHS Federated Data Platform.
Plus, a FemTech roundup covering Google Health and Flo, new approaches to breast cancer detection, and a rather unconventional device being marketed for menopause symptoms.
Resources TGA finds 8 of 12 scribes likely medical devices Pulse+IT Govt backs recommendations of NHS doctors-led AI Commission Link Human–artificial intelligence collaboration for comanaging epilepsy in real time. Nature Medicine Feminai pilots at home breast exam kit with Midi Health Femtech Insider Mammograms can miss cancer in dense tissue Inc MenoPulse Boots UK
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