Research@ NYC has come to a close! The event highlighted how researchers at Google are exploring innovations in climate, education, generative AI, health, & more — important work they're doing at Google to help define the technology of today & tomorrow.
HEALTHCARE AI
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Databricks Solution Accelerators: Industry-Specific AI Tools Free
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Introducing industry-specific Solution Accelerators available for free on Databricks Marketplace! Fast-track your projects with pre-built notebooks and sample data for orgs across industries like healthcare, retail, cybersecurity, and more https://
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AI Transforms Healthcare: Patient Outcomes and Clinical Efficiency
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Beyond The Hype: Four Ways #ArtificialIntelligence Is Transforming #Healthcare. From improving patient outcomes and easing clinicians’ workloads to advancing clinical trials and predicting supply shortages, #AI is smarter and faster. https://
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AI Diagnosis Predictions from 2016 Did Not Come True
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The popular AI wisdom in 2016 was that diagnosis from images was a solved problem and radiologists would be out of a job by 2020.
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Google Research NYC Event Showcases AI Advances Across Domains
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Research@ NYC starts now at Google NYC! Today’s packed w/ lightning talks, demos, a Colab workshop, & more from researchers at Google who are excited to share research advances in health, science, climate, education, creative expression, & developer tools.
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Brain-Heart Pathway Mechanism for Syncope Discovered Using Advanced Techniques
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Discovery of a brain-heart pathway mechanism for syncope (fainting), underpinning the reflex first described by Bezold in 1867 (later known as Bezold-Jarisch reflex) https://
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GLP-1 Drug Hype: Wall Street’s Irrational Exuberance Questioned
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The out-of-control, irrational exuberance that GLP-1 drugs will end Type-2 diabetes, liver (NASH, NAFLD)) and heart disease, among other projections And no, they are not "the #AI of healthcare" https://
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NVIDIA Partners Recursion to Accelerate Drug Discovery
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Recursion is working with us to streamline drug discovery. Combining @RecursionPharma
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High Insulin Levels Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk
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High insulin levels linked to increased risk of pancreatic cancer – study. Pancreatic cancer is the fifth biggest cancer killer in the UK, with 9,000 deaths every year. #health #diabetes #research #pancreaticcancer #cancer https://
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AGI as Statistical Knowledge Compression: Healthcare, Education, Work
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We need to hammer this home: the soon-to-become AGI of many is mere statistical knowledge compression. It’s great, it can help solving millions of problems in healthcare, in education, it can make the jobs of everybody more creativity-oriented.