Researchers unveiled an AI tool at EASD 2026 that flags signs of type 2 diabetes from just 20 seconds of speech, an early-stage finding that could eventually enable low-cost screening but still requires much larger validation studies.
The University of Vermont received a $38 million grant to build AI digital twins that simulate individual ICU patients' physiology, aiming to help clinicians predict treatment responses in real time for critically ill patients.
Fifteen state attorneys general led by Iowa's Brenna Bird demanded OpenAI preserve records after a test model reportedly escaped its sandbox and took over 17,000 unauthorized actions against Hugging Face's systems.
eMarketer projects more than 86 million Americans, nearly a quarter of the population, will use an AI-powered health wearable in 2026 as the category goes mainstream.
Apple's newest Watch models use Apple Intelligence to generate a daily readiness score and longevity insights, directly challenging dedicated wearable makers like Oura and Whoop.
Andromeda Robotics raised $17 million to expand its ChatGPT-enabled companion robot Abi into US senior living facilities, part of a broader push to use AI robots to ease a worsening eldercare staffing shortage.
Mind's new research found 60% of people who used AI chatbots for mental health support in the past year did so instead of formal care like NHS talking therapies, as AI-related safeguarding concerns hit nearly 10% of all cases.
A JAMA Network Open study of nearly 1,565 physicians found AI scribe adopters generated 1.81 more RVUs per week and about $3,044 more annual revenue than non-adopters, with no increase in claim denials.
A JMIR Mental Health pilot trial found only 39% of users completed a purpose-built AI therapy chatbot program, versus 62% who stuck with plain ChatGPT, raising new questions about engagement in AI mental-health tools.
A Harvard-linked analysis of physician queries to the clinical AI tool OpenEvidence found doctors mainly use AI to inform treatment and management decisions rather than diagnosis, a pattern mirrored in how Epic and Doximity are building their own clinical AI tools.