Doctor + technologyConsider how Tata Consultancy Services uses virtual reality (VR) to help children with neuromuscular disabilities become more self-dependent. Eric Horvitz, technical fellow and director at Microsoft Research, calls AI the “sleeping giant for healthcare". Last year, Microsoft embarked on Healthcare NExT, an initiative which aims to accelerate healthcare innovation through AI and cloud computing. Despite the limitations of AI, Dr Deshpande believes this is “an amazing time for healthcare if you look at positively. Moreover, federated learning is emerging as an approach to train AI with sensitive user data while simultaneously protecting privacy.

Source: Mint May 08, 2019 15:56 UTC