Eric Topol
Cardiologist and writer ยท Scripps Research
Follows medical AI as a clinician who still holds the patient in view. Useful for groups in health systems who need neither hype nor refusal.
Voices
Who to read in each topic
Not a ranking. People and groups whose public work helps you go deeper. Save a piece to review later, or open it in a new tab.
Who is harmed, who is excluded, and whose dignity is diminished in outputs and decisions.What is known about people, who knows it, and what that knowledge is used for.Shared facts, persuasion, elections, and the conversations a public needs.Fraud, cybercrime, and the weaponization of capable systems.What happens between a person and a system: overreliance, loneliness, lost judgement.Care, clinics, and the people who depend on systems they did not choose.Work, wages, skill, and the meaning of contributing.What is learned, what is lost, and who gets to know.Who can use these systems, who is shut out, and who captures the gains.Language, culture, meaning, and the texture of a shared life.
World Health Organization
Guidance on large multimodal models
Institutional guidance for health workers and ministries on generative models in care, written to be used rather than admired.