A deep dive on generative AI in health care, Pear sold for parts, and progress on stretchable skin

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What we know so far about generative AI in health

My colleagues and I have been trying to get a handle on how generative AI and large language models — the technology underlying systems like ChatGPT — will meaningfully change health care. How soon, if ever, will we see doctors feeding our symptoms into a chatbot that spits out a diagnosis? How will we know if the technology they’re using has been trained on biased data?

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