How to create a medical condition that does not exist?
Post preprints of a fake disease (Bixonimania) and let AI take it from there
@erictopol
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AI-Generated Fake Diseases: Medical Misinformation Risk
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AI Cancer Prevention Strategy Shift from Detection Treatment
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We should be prioritizing prevention of cancer instead of the major focus on detection and treatment. A new @CellCellPress perspective https://
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AI Blood Test Detects Multiple Diseases via DNA Methylation
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Detection of multiple diseases via a cell-free DNA methylation blood test at low cost https://
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Eric Topol reviews Sebastian Mallaby’s AI history book
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Just finished this riveting, fact-based, storytelling book on how AI rose in the past 15+ years to where it is today, by @scmallaby, featuring @demishassabis and @GoogleDeepMind. Join Sebastian and me for a Ground Truths live podcast tomorrow 12N PT erictopol.substack.com
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Five Tech Companies Launch AI Health Chatbots for Consumers
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This year 5 tech companies have introduced AI chatbots to consumers for health support @AnthropicAI @perplexity_ai @OpenAI @Microsoft @amazon @nicnguyen, a @WSJ journalist, tried some out.
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) 4 avril 2026
gift link https://t.co/vwO261Q6qB pic.twitter.com/VFPyvc1P9OThis year 5 tech companies have introduced AI chatbots to consumers for health support @AnthropicAI @perplexity_ai @OpenAI @Microsoft @amazon @nicnguyen, a @WSJ journalist, tried some out. gift link wsj.com/tech/ai/health-data-…
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Digital Twins Revolutionize Catheter Ablation for Heart Arrhythmias
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Cool use of digital twins: First we have seen for patients having successful catheter ablation of their heart arrhythmia (VT) by first working on their twin 3D replica before the patient. @NEJM today nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2517822 [Translated from EN to English]
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New scalable method for evaluating 15 LLM AI models published
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The current science of evaluating AI models, such as primarily relying on benchmarks, is far from optimal. @Nature today a new scalable way used to assess 15 LLMs with absolute demand scales, enhancing predictor power and expandability nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Large Language Models Need Embodiment: New Neuron Perspective
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The need for embodiment for large language models @NeuroCellPress an open-access perspectiive cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…
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New Clinical Practice Guidelines on AI in Medicine
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New clinical practice guidelines on this axis @CMAJ
