Google Cloud is partnering with Mayo Clinic in an effort to expand the use of generative AI in healthcare

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the Google I/O developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California on May 10, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Google’s cloud business is expanding the use of new AI technologies in healthcare, giving medical professionals at the Mayo Clinic the ability to find patient information quickly using the kinds of tools that power the latest chatbots. On Wednesday, Google Cloud said the Mayo Clinic is testing a new service called Enterprise Search on the…

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Anxious about AI? You are not alone. Here’s what therapists recommend.

With AI systems evolving rapidly, it’s not uncommon to feel anxious about the development of technology and how it affects our work. According to a Forbes advisory survey, 77% of people fear AI will cause job losses in the next year as companies are looking to boost overall productivity. Even if AI hasn’t been implemented in your workplace, you might feel uneasy about how fast it’s growing, which is right. Artificial intelligence is capable of doing this mimic human functionincluding activities involving perception, reasoning, learning, problem solving and more, all…

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AI could be your next therapist for loneliness and anxiety

When you wake up in the middle of the night feeling overwhelmed due to the recent death of a loved one, your new shrink could be an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. It offers advice and suggests techniques to improve one’s mood. And it’s almost like you’re texting with a human therapist. Opening your heart to an AI-enabled empathetic app or text bot doesn’t replicate laying down on a couch to confide in a human psychotherapist or even calling a crisis line. But with proper guardrails, some mental health professionals see…

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