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.
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Apple is looking for a software engineer with a background in counseling or psychology to help design functions for its digital voice assistant, Siri, according to a job description on the company's website.
Amazon and Microsoft are partnering to integrate their two voice-powered digital assistants, reports CNBC.
In a whitepaper, Big Bang Health highlights how the fragmented healthcare system often does not meet many employer's needs and how Big Bang Health Mission Control is working to change that.
Gaining market power on both the provider and payer sides of healthcare has been the name of the game in recent years. In fact, consolidation has become so pervasive that partners have been increasingly likely to attempt dubious mergers, according…
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Oscar Health, the young health insurance startup company based in New York, is growing up fast. Google Capital, Google's growth equity fund, has invested $32.5 million in the company, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The bubble of activity among the five big healthcare payers continued this week when Cigna rejected Anthem's latest takeover bid. Talks of mergers and acquisitions in healthcare continue to permeate in the industry, but according to Jonathan Bush, cofounder and…
Jonathan Bush's no-holds-barred approach applies to all elements of his company athenahealth. Gatherings hosted by the company, of which Mr. Bush is co-founder and CEO, allow professionals and VIPs to bond over drinking games, share taboo stories and take rides…
Will one of America’s most innovative companies be able to disrupt healthcare? Earlier this week, Reuters broke the news of Salesforce.com’s plans to enter the healthcare industry. The cloud-based CRM juggernaut has set its sights quite high — to the…
R. Blake Curd, MD, chairman of the board of directors of Surgical Management Professionals, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Becker's ASC 21st Annual Conference on Oct. 23 through Oct. 25 in Chicago, Ill.