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GPT-4 Outscored AI-Assisted Doctors in Diagnostic Trials

GPT-4 alone beat doctors using AI on diagnostic tasks; care is another matter. In a trial of 70 doctors, accuracy was 82% to 85% with AI and 75% without. In one study, the public did worse with AI than without; models alone scored 94.9%. Models may echo your guess, so describe symptoms neutrally and ask for alternatives. Use AI to prepare for appointments; diagnosis and treatment stay with a clinician.

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Anthropic's AI disease forecast faces clinical trial limits

Anthropic says Claude found a gene-editing lead, but its biological role is unclear. Dario Amodei forecasts AI could help cure most major diseases in five to ten years. Trials need participants, controls and follow-up time that AI can't compress. Separate a proposed mechanism, a verified function and a treatment tested in people. Research teams: verify AI output independently and keep lab automation contained.

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Apple Watch Series 12: Heart Data and the Limits of Wearable AI

Apple Watch Series 12 samples heart rate every five seconds, not every five minutes. AI scores for sleep, readiness and Health Age track trends; they aren't diagnoses. Siri Recap summarizes nearby talk in the background, with no light or chime. Apple says raw audio is purged, but people nearby may not know and can't consent. Audio tools come later as an opt-in beta; keep Siri Recap to work hours or meetings.

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Health AI Can Summarize Records, but Triage Still Needs Doctors

Health AI can summarize records, but judging how urgent a symptom is needs a doctor. In a Nature Medicine study, ChatGPT Health missed 52% of emergency scenarios. OpenAI cited an older model; later tests on seven models still raised concerns. FRESH: facts first, new chat per issue, ask for downsides, and let a human decide. Coughing blood or sudden one-sided numbness means emergency care, not a chatbot.

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