In the brief, YC charged that Google is a “monopolist” that has “stunted” the U.S. startup ecosystem by making VC firms like itself hesitate to fund web search and AI startups in what it calls a “kill zone” around Google.
Epic Systems is perhaps the most successful health technology company in the world. Its electronic health record (EHR) platform is now used by the majority of large health systems in the U.S. Its customers are vocal in their support and are often passionate defenders of the platform’s reliability, configurability, and comprehensiveness. And its commercial success continues: according to newly released KLAS Research data, Epic gained even more market share in 2024, widening the gap between itself and competitors.
HHS says a recent Ascension Healthcare breach affected 437,329 patients. Ascension did not disclose the number of patients affected when it first reported the April 28 breach a couple of weeks ago. While it's a much smaller number than the 5.6 million people affected by the May 2024 breach involving ransomware group Black Basta, security pros still considered it a significant incident.
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Mass General Brigham researchers are using artificial intelligence to scan a photo of a person's face and estimate their age based not on a birthday, but on how well that person is aging. They believe the technology could assist doctors in determining treatment options for cancer and other chronic diseases, or improve a doctor's estimate of how long a patient might live.
The FDA is rolling out an aggressive plan to make generative AI a linchpin in its decision-making, part of a bid to get faster and leaner in evaluating drugs, foods, medical devices and diagnostic tests. The plan raises urgent questions about what's being done to secure the vast amount of proprietary company data that's part of the process and whether sufficient guardrails are in place.