London-based artificial intelligence company DeepMind, which is owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is training its software to fold proteins for drug discovery, reports Bloomberg.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/19/17

A team of researchers at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital in collaboration with Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory developed a machine learning tool that helps predict breast lesions at risk for becoming cancerous.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/18/17

Machine learning is a key focus for a majority (53 percent) of CIOs' digitization efforts, according to a ServiceNow survey.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/17/17

Shenzhen, China-based Huawei and Amsterdam, Netherlands-based Philips have developed a cloud solution for healthcare in China that the companies believe will shape a new future for digital healthcare.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/16/17

Amazon and Microsoft will team up again in artificial intelligence, this time to make it easier for developers to use open-source AI software.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/13/17

Venture capital funding in the artificial intelligence sector hit $1.09 billion in the third quarter of 2017, according to a joint report by PwC and CB Insights.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/12/17

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella enjoys contemplating the technologies of the future, he said in an interview at the GeekWire Summit 2017.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/12/17

Microsoft Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Microsoft, launched a global competition to offer $3.5 million in funding to startups focused on artificial intelligence Oct. 10.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/11/17

Michael Howell, MD, joined Google Research as the division's chief clinical strategist earlier this month, a Google spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review via email.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/9/17

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to issue guidance explaining how it intends to regulate artificial intelligence and clinical decision support technologies in early 2018 under the 21st Century Cures Act, according to a STAT investigation.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/9/17

As hospitals move toward value-based care, reducing length of stay has become a top priority. The national average length of stay for hospitals significantly decreased from 9 days in 1990 to 5 days in 2014, representing a 44 percent drop, according to CMS. However, to stay competitive and to lower costs, experts say there's more work to be done.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/7/17

In 2014, Google acquired U.K.-based artificial intelligence startup DeepMind for $525 million (£400 million) and has since invested heavily in AI research, reports Quartz.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

Google's artificial intelligence system has an IQ of 47.28, according to recent research reported in CNBC.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/5/17

DeepMind, Google's artificial intelligence arm, launched an ethics and society research unit to evaluate its breakthroughs in AI science and application, according to a company blog post.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/5/17

UC San Diego entered into a multiyear project with IBM Research to establish the Artificial Intelligence for Healthy Living Center on the university's campus, IBM announced Sept. 28.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/29/17

Nuance Communications, a voice and language solutions provider, launched an artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant solution targeted toward clinicians Sept. 27.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/28/17

Contrary to Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, who believes artificial intelligence could result in the development of weapons of terror, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is optimistic about the technology.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/28/17

Multibillionaire technology investor Jim Breyer, co-founder and CEO of Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture capital firm Breyer Capital, believes one key pioneer will eventually emerge to guide artificial intelligence, reports CNBC.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/26/17

As hospitals and health systems move toward value-based care, reducing length of stay has become a top priority.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/26/17

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty discussed the company's choice to brand its artificial intelligence platform, Watson, as a cognitive computing system during a Sept. 13 interview with Bloomberg Businessweek.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/22/17