The National Science Foundation (NSF) is setting up seven new institutes for studying foundational AI. Two of the initiatives have healthcare as a prime focus.

Unexpected empathy: Blinded healthcare professionals consistently scored the AI—yes, a ChatGPT model—higher than the doctors even for bedside manners.

Every industry on earth is buzzing over the promise and potential of ChatGPT and similarly sharp AI models, whether “large language” or another generative form. Healthcare is no exception. But shouldn’t it be?

Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare industry.

Fresh off its success using AI to develop a blockbuster COVID vaccine, up-and-coming biotech player Moderna (founded 2010) has won the confidence of 112-year-old Big Blue as a strategic partner.

The editors said they have tried to get the high charges reduced, but they were ultimately unsuccessful. 

Poverty was associated with 183,000 deaths in the United States in 2019 among people 15 years and older, according to a recent study published in JAMA. 

The new findings come after Moderna accused other pharmaceutical companies of stealing its mRNA technology for COVID-19 vaccines.