Diligent Robotics is adapting its hospital delivery robot Moxi for senior living facilities, testing whether AI-driven supply runs and resident assistance can help operators cope with persistent labor shortages.
A meta-analysis of 16 studies in JMIR Mental Health finds wearable AI models detect existing depression with up to 96% accuracy, but the same technology performs far worse at predicting future depressive episodes, raising questions about real-world readiness.
Imperial College London, Wysa and Indian partners have launched a £5.3 million Wellcome-funded project to culturally adapt and test an AI mental health chatbot for adolescent girls facing anxiety and low mood in rural India.
The FDA has granted Fast Track Designation to ISM6331, an AI-designed drug from Insilico Medicine for advanced mesothelioma, the first such status in the company's AI pipeline, even as broader data show AI-designed drugs still struggle to beat typical Phase 2 success rates.
The Seoul Welfare Foundation picked six nursing facilities out of 40 applicants for a 2026 program deploying motorized repositioning beds and radar-based fall sensors to reduce physically demanding and high-risk caregiving tasks.
Judson Senior Living and Case Western Reserve University have launched a year-long, NIH-funded pilot testing whether an AI companion robot called Navi can support daily routines and ease caregiver strain without replacing human care.
Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology built an AI pathology system called PRET that recognizes 18 different cancer types from a small number of tissue slides without needing retraining at every hospital that adopts it.
Startup Natura launched a $99 smart ring called Interface on October 8, 2026, that lets wearers summon AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT with a finger press while also tracking heart rate, sleep, and activity.
Slingshot AI pulled its Ash therapy chatbot from the UK over medical-device regulatory concerns in January 2026, then pivoted in May to clinical trials pairing the chatbot with licensed human therapists.
A new American Psychological Association survey of 1,242 psychologists finds 77% have patients discussing AI chatbot use in therapy, with 97% worried these bots can reinforce delusions or negative thinking instead of challenging it.