Economy slows before Healey’s maiden Budget

Economy slows before Healey’s maiden Budget

AI cuts diagnosis for eye disease from 23 days to just 30 seconds

Study suggests artificial intelligence could improve access to specialist care and help prevent irreversible sight loss

Global fund utilises AI to tackle malaria, TB, and HIV amid aid cuts

The organisation, which fights malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV in poor countries, said it had to quickly “adapt” amid a funding shortfall

AI could transform global inequalities or ‘widen the gap’, warns Bill Gates

Announcing a $1bn investment, Gates says AIs will have to learn hundreds of new languages and customs if they are to serve the world equally

What an AI Armageddon might actually look like

AI could pose a threat like no other, surpassing even the nuclear race. Scenarios include a rogue agent creating a biological weapon

Robots with moves and a very light laptop – the best gadgets at Europe’s biggest electronics show

This year’s IFA conference in Berlin was the usual mix of gimmicks and genuinely useful tech – plus AI for every corner of the home

AMR chatbot could prevent drug-resistant infections in African hospitals

Developers say the phone-based tool, which advises medics on how to prescribe antibiotics, has already helped raise the quality of care

The British innovations saving mothers and babies in the developing world

From a portable blood pressure monitor to AI-powered ultrasound tools, these inventions are already saving thousands of lives

Taiwan could share its successful healthcare model with the world were it not excluded

The international community could benefit from invaluable practical experience that is being sidelined by the WHO