The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., is embarking upon a three-year partnership with IBM Watson Health to develop predictive algorithms for cardiovascular diseases.

President Donald Trump appointed Apple CEO Tim Cook and IBM President and CEO Ginni Rometty to the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, according to CNBC.

Through its Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge, CMS hopes to attract private investors' attention to AI and how the technology could potentially transform healthcare delivery, according to STAT News.

IBM Watson Health is planning to invest $50 million over 10 years to support research collaborations at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

IBM has made its artificial intelligence service, dubbed Watson, available on any cloud environment, the company announced Feb. 12.

An IBM computer that the company calls the first artificial-intelligence system built to debate humans was outsmarted by a human during a recent public event, CNN reports.

Technology giants are increasingly calling for regulation of facial recognition technologies, according to Wired.

The Connected Health Initiative — a coalition of providers, payers and vendors — outlined 11 policy suggestions for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

Hospitals in India are helping Alphabet build an artificial intelligence algorithm that screens patients for diabetic retinopathy, The Guardian reports. Diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes-related eye disease, is a common cause of vision loss.

IBM plans to invest more than $2 billion to grow its artificial intelligence footprint in New York state, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Feb. 7.

Here are five recent studies and projects with implications for artificial intelligence in healthcare, as covered by Becker's Hospital Review:

A recent press release by Lenovo announces their partnership with China's Southeast University in establishing its School of Artificial Intelligence. 

Researchers from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence — a Seattle-based research institute funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen — created a Pictionary-style game to teach AI "common sense," according to MIT Technology Review.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is integrating artificial intelligence software into its EMR at 15 hospitals in an attempt to decrease avoidable readmissions.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computer science and artificial intelligence laboratory in Cambridge are working to create an AI algorithm that can "de-bias" other AI systems.

Medical diagnostics, clinical trial enrollment, healthcare biometrics and drug discovery will be among the biggest artificial intelligence trends in 2019, according to a report from market research firm CB Insights.

Eric Topol, MD, digital health expert and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, Calif., published an evidence-based review of potential applications for artificial intelligence in healthcare in Nature Medicine Jan. 7.

Nearly half of hospitals and clinics think 3M's acquisition of M*Modal's technology business will positively affect their workflow, according to a Reaction Data survey.

Artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to take over 54 percent of medical assistant positions and 11 percent of home health aide positions, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program.

Here are four recent updates on AI in healthcare, as covered by Becker's Hospital Review: