This week, up to 70 young people will work with mentors from London’s Tech City to develop AI based solutions to tackle mental health and social issues for their local communities. The #AcornHackAI takes place on 17-18 June and signals the end of London Tech Week. Young people attending will from teams of five and…
Cognitive computing company, IBM Watson Health, has released data on a number of studies that highlight the usefulness of the Watson supercomputer for diagnosing and accelerating cancer treatments. Three studies showed that Watson for Oncology agreed with doctors on a range of cancer treatments as much as 96% of the time. One study, taking place…
Dean Withey, CEO at ubisend writes of the growing trend of AI and its potential benefits in engaging with mental health patients. Would you be willing to discuss your medical concerns with an intelligent machine? Well according to Censuswide research, over two thirds (68%) of UK citizens would. So, with the recent passing of Mental Health…
Edinburgh based tech company snap40, has announced that it has been awarded a £1 million SBRI healthcare development contract by NHS England. The company state that the contract will support its efforts to further scale its technology. It will also provide critical validation funding for two clinical studies with NHS Fife and with NHS Lothian’s…
New data has revealed that 43% of NHS trusts are investing in artificial intelligence (AI) helping patients ‘self-help’ when accessing services. Speech technology company Nuance submitted a freedom of information (FoI) request to 45 NHS trusts to obtain the information. The data shows that trusts are using technology such as virtual assistants, speech recognition technology…