Google DeepMind brings AlphaEvolve, an AI tuned to tackle maths and computing problems

Google DeepMind brings AlphaEvolve, an AI tuned to tackle maths and computing problems

Ahead of the Google I/O 2025 annual developer conference, starting May 20, Google has announced its new AI agent called AlphaEvolve. The company introduces the AI agent as “an evolutionary coding agent powered by large language models for general-purpose algorithm discovery and optimisation.” It explains that AlphaEvolve combines the inventive problem-solving strengths of Google’s Gemini … Read more

NHS maternity care: What are the problems at the heart of its failures?

NHS maternity care: What are the problems at the heart of its failures?

Michael Buchanan Social Affairs Correspondent BBC By the entrance to Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness sits a sculpture of a moon with 11 stars. It is a memorial to the mother and babies who died unnecessarily due to poor care at the hospital between 2004 and 2013. Inscribed underneath is a short verse: “Forever in … Read more

Wes Streeting says he is ashamed of NHS winter problems

Wes Streeting says he is ashamed of NHS winter problems

Getty Images The health secretary has said some patients’ experience of the NHS this winter makes him feel “ashamed”. Wes Streeting said he had seen patients left crying and distressed and stuck in corridors, as hospitals struggle to cope. It comes as a number of NHS trusts declare critical incidents due to exceptionally high demand … Read more

‘Theatre is an effective medium to reach the people, explore solutions to problems’

‘Theatre is an effective medium to reach the people, explore solutions to problems’

Theatre personality Raghunandana speaking at an event to commemorate B.V. Karanth’s birth anniversary at Rangayana in Dharwad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Rangayana Dharwad organised a book reading and special lecture on the occasion of B.V. Karanth’s birth anniversary in Dharwad on Sunday. Theatre personality Raghunandana delivered the special lecture and spoke about … Read more

Weight-loss drug given green light to tackle heart problems

Weight-loss drug given green light to tackle heart problems

Getty Images The anti-obesity injection Wegovy contains the drug semaglutide Weight-loss treatment Wegovy has been approved by the UK’s medicines regulator, for reducing the risk of serious heart problems in overweight and obese people. Wegovy contains the drug semaglutide, which is already prescribed on the NHS to help some people with a body-mass index (BMI) … Read more

Why an ‘AI health coach’ won’t solve the world’s chronic disease problems – ET HealthWorld

Why an ‘AI health coach’ won’t solve the world’s chronic disease problems – ET HealthWorld

Melbourne: Last week, two big names in the artificial intelligence (AI) and wellness industries announced a collaboration to develop a “customised, hyper-personalised AI health coach that will be available as a mobile app” to “reverse the trend lines on chronic diseases“. Sam Altman (head of OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT) and Arianna Huffington (a former media … Read more

India is going to be at the forefront of solving some of the larger healthcare problems: Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS – ET HealthWorld

India is going to be at the forefront of solving some of the larger healthcare problems: Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS – ET HealthWorld

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Jaideep Bajaj, Chairman, ZS, to figure out how AI applications will accelerate the future of healthcare. AI in healthcareAI can have everything from macro applications to micro applications in healthcare. Let me just pick on some of the micro ones because they are pretty important too. One really important … Read more