Of the nearly 700 such devices captured in STAT’s Breakthrough Device Tracker, at least 10% use artificial intelligence. At least 16 have already been authorized by the FDA, and the unofficial count is still higher: STAT found examples of AI-based breakthrough devices that have been cleared by the FDA but have yet to be reported on the agency's public list of authorized breakthroughs, which was last updated in November.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which publishes an annual report on surgery trends, recently found that 2 in 5 of its members' GLP-1 patients were considering undergoing cosmetic surgery — and 1 in 5 already had.
As large language models like Claude 4 express uncertainty about whether they are conscious, researchers race to decode their inner workings, raising profound questions about machine awareness, ethics and the risks of uncontrolled AI evolution
Roughly 60 entities in the healthcare sector will pledge to making patient data more accessible and speeding its delivery among patients, clinicians and payers, according to an HHS employee granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive plans. The White House and CMS are expected to announce the commitments on Wednesday. The agency hopes the commitments will stoke companies to make it easier for patients to import their data into an app of their choice, where they can manage their day-to-day health and easily share their history with doctors.