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Healthcare provider wearing a lab coat and stethoscope while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 11:58 am October 9, 2023
At HLTH 2023, Google announced it added new generative AI-powered capabilities to its Vertex AI platform for health and life sciences companies to search patient data, including clinical sources like FHIR data and clinical notes, which can be combined with its medical large language model Med-PaLM 2.  Vertex AI is a search engine that allows organizations to build their own generative AI-enabled...
Google Fitbit Charge 6
By  Jessica Hagen 12:11 pm September 28, 2023
Google announced the launch of the next generation of its fitness wearable, Fitbit Charge 6, equipped with new features, including a more precise heart rate tracker, built-in YouTube Music controls, GPS capabilities, new exercise modes, and accessibility of Google Maps and Google Wallet. "This is our most accurate tracker yet. This is due to advancements in machine learning and AI," T. J....
Three healthcare providers sitting around a table looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 01:54 pm September 13, 2023
Google announced that it is funding 15 AI-powered projects, including digital health initiatives to improve provider experience and patient access to care, via its commitment to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.  Each project received $3 million in technical assistance, cash support and Google Cloud credits. A handful of projects received Google.org Fellowships, where a...
Artificial Intelligence robot and a futuristic data panel background
By  Jessica Hagen 12:24 pm July 31, 2023
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and AI safety and research company Anthropic announced the formation of the Frontier Model Forum, a body that will focus on ensuring the safe and responsible development of large-scale machine learning models that are capable of surpassing the capabilities of current AI models, also known as frontier models.  The partners are looking for organizations to join the Forum...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:08 pm July 28, 2023
The Google Pixel Watch, announced in March, included the addition of fall detection capabilities, which uses sensors to determine if a user has taken a hard fall and then subsequently alerts emergency services upon being prompted by the user or when no response from the user is received.  In part two of our two-part series, Edward Shi, product manager on the personal safety team of Android and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:28 pm July 21, 2023
Tech giant Google announced in March that it added fall detection capabilities to its Pixel Watch, which uses sensors to determine if a user has taken a hard fall.  If the watch doesn't sense a user's movement for around 30 seconds, it vibrates, sounds an alarm and displays prompts for a user to select if they're okay or need assistance. The watch notifies emergency services if no response is...
Healthcare provider smiling while wearing a lab coat and stethoscope
By  Jessica Hagen 12:36 pm July 17, 2023
A study performed by Google researchers and published in Nature reveals the tech giant's generative AI technology Med-PaLM provided long-form answers aligned with scientific consensus on 92.6% of questions submitted, which is in line with clinician-generated answers at 92.9%. Med-PaLM is a generative AI technology that utilizes Google's LLMs to answer medical questions. Researchers utilized...
[Left-Right] Logos of Ubie and Google's Health Connect (Beta)
By  Adam Ang 01:03 am May 12, 2023
Ubie ties up with Google's Health Connect (Beta) Japanese health tech startup Ubie is one of the six launch partners of Google for Health Connect (Beta) in Japan. Health Connect (Beta) is an Android platform that allows the easy sharing of data between health and fitness apps. It also enables easy management of health data. This latest partnership connects Ubie AI Symptom Checker, which allows...
Physician sitting in a chair looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 12:44 pm April 14, 2023
Google has announced that Med-PaLM 2, the tech giant's medical large language model, will be available to select Google Cloud customers in the coming weeks to share feedback, explore use cases and for limited testing.  Med-PaLM 2 is a generative AI technology that utilizes Google's LLMs to answer medical questions.  When tested on U.S. Medical Licensing Examination-style questions, Med-PaLM 2...
An image from the radiotherapy planning model developed by Google and the Mayo Clinic.
By  Emily Olsen 11:15 am March 14, 2023
Google announced a slew of new healthcare AI partnerships Tuesday, as well as an open source tool kit for developing digital health tools and new search functionality. In the AI space, the tech giant said it has been working with the Mayo Clinic for the past three years to research tools for radiotherapy planning during cancer treatment.  The partners focused on developing a model that could...