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Renowned Miller School Cardiologist Edits Special Journal Issue on Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Yiannis Chatzizisis, a renowned cardiologist at the Miller School, has co-edited a special journal issue on artificial intelligence (AI) in cardiovascular interventions. The issue explores how AI is revolutionizing cardiovascular clinical care, research, education, and training. Dr. Chatzizisis leads a team at the Center for Digital Cardiovascular Innovations, which focuses on the role of AI in accelerating cardiovascular procedures to improve patient outcomes.

The special issue examines AI's role in several core areas of interventional cardiology, including intravascular imaging and optical coherence tomography, percutaneous coronary intervention optimization, risk prediction models for procedural success, robotics and automation in the cath lab, and AI in structural heart disease.

Anthropic Eyes Customers Who ‘Spend All Day in Meetings’

Anthropic, a startup focused on artificial intelligence, is reportedly readying new AI products aimed at business users. The company is concentrating on how its technology could help with knowledge work for people who spend all day in meetings or in Excel or Google Docs. Anthropic's chief product officer, Krieger, said, "It feels like we should be able to make that easier."

CURRENC Group and ARC Group Jointly Launch $100 Million AI-Focused Infrastructure & Investment Fund

CURRENC Group Inc. and ARC Group have jointly launched an AI-focused investment fund, aiming to raise up to $100 million. The fund will invest in AI data center, green energy, and computing power development, driving AI innovation and digital transformation globally.

The Next Big Theme: March 2025

This month, we discuss disruptive trends in U.S. Infrastructure, AI, Defense Tech, Data Centers, FinTech, and Robotics. Apple has announced a $500 billion investment in the United States over the next four years, aiming to bolster domestic manufacturing, innovation, and job creation. Meta intends to launch the Meta AI app in Q2 2025, marking a significant step in the company's goal to become the AI industry leader by year-end.

RocketBoots: Superpowers for In-person Service Businesses Using AI

RocketBoots is a high-growth investment opportunity with its AI-driven, scalable SaaS model, targeting a $2.4 billion+ market across retail and banking. The company's technology addresses key business challenges—reducing operational costs, preventing self-checkout losses and staff fraud—while simultaneously improving service quality, increasing sales, and strengthening customer loyalty.

Europol warns of AI-driven crime threats

Organised crime gangs are turning to AI-powered scams and payment systems to target victims, allowing them to rapidly and more cheaply scale up operations globally and making them harder to detect, Europol warned. Criminals are also using generative artificial intelligence to produce child sexual abuse material.

Opinion | Open AI access will make a once-exclusive tool empowering for all

AI has made quite the splash this year. Despite the many benefits its advancement can bring, a world where AI remains in the hands of a few elite corporations and nations will pose significant risks. Without democratization, only a limited number of players will be able to afford AI-driven solutions, leading to increased economic inequality.

AI is "tearing apart" companies, survey finds

AI adoption in the workplace is deepening divisions and sparking new power struggles between leaders and workers, with half of executives saying that AI is "tearing their company apart," according to new research from Writer, the enterprise AI startup. Executives are pushing AI as an inevitable revolution, but workers aren't buying it.

Google rolls out medical records APIs, AI co-scientist at annual The Check Up event

Google unveiled its latest health updates at its annual The Check Up event, including expanded support for medical records in its Health Connect service and open models to improve the efficiency of AI-powered drug discovery. The company also announced a new AI co-scientist built on Gemini 2.0 to help biomedical researchers create novel hypotheses and research plans.

Key Takeaways

  • AI is revolutionizing cardiovascular clinical care, research, education, and training.
  • Anthropic is readying new AI products aimed at business users.
  • CURRENC Group and ARC Group have jointly launched an AI-focused investment fund.
  • Apple has announced a $500 billion investment in the United States over the next four years.
  • Meta intends to launch the Meta AI app in Q2 2025.
  • RocketBoots is a high-growth investment opportunity with its AI-driven, scalable SaaS model.
  • Europol warns of AI-driven crime threats.
  • Open AI access will make a once-exclusive tool empowering for all.
  • AI adoption in the workplace is deepening divisions and sparking new power struggles between leaders and workers.
  • Google has unveiled its latest health updates, including expanded support for medical records in its Health Connect service and open models to improve the efficiency of AI-powered drug discovery.

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