I finished reading Robert Wachter’s new book “A Giant Leap” and it was a wonderful and engaging read. Thank you @bobwachter.bsky.social for your overview of the current landscape and all of its complexities. (I especially enjoyed seeing your conversation with @robcaliff.bsky.social in chapter 6!)

I enjoyed working with an all-star team – the great Lisa Rotenstein of UCSF and David Bates of Brigham & Womens – on this paper describing how to measure return on investment (ROI) for clinician-facing AI tools. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“Even if you are skeptical about AI’s promise or agnostic about its relevance, the way others use it will shape higher education. Slowing down is not about becoming an AI advocate. It is about developing habits that protect judgment, highlight blind spots and reduce harm.”

Don't miss the opportunity to join our 13th Duke Machine Learning School, directed by Ricardo Henao. The student seats are almost sold out, and others are going fast. The ML School will held March 9-11 in person at Duke: aihealth.duke.edu/2026-mlss-he...

Recommended post and thoughtful questions to ponder!

A great new story by Duke's student-led newspaper @dukechronicle.bsky.social about the new Discovery AI initiative! www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

Just finished reading the classic “Crossing the Chasm” by Geoffrey Moore (3rd edition). A wonderfully engaging read and helpful model in understanding disruptive technology. #booksky

Coffee and improved cognition, reduced dementia >130,000 people followed 37 years Benefit seen only with caffeinated coffee or tea and most pronounced ~2 cups/day @jama.com ☕️☕️https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844764

Dr. Califf’s latest substack is a compelling personal story and call for action to ensure that all children have the best possible chance, not just luck: open.substack.com/pub/robcalif...

I like seeing summaries like this one that integrate findings from practice, theory, empirical work, and neuroscience. Each domain provides a type of evidence and when they cohere, we can have greater confidence in making practice recommendations. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

A great post on the current state of AI use in instructional videos by by colleague Steve Toback: open.substack.com/pub/stevetob...

This August as I sheltered indoors from wildfire smoke, I got a moving note from MIT statisticians - my disability story had informed a fundamental insight about wildfire smoke forecasting that could someday help AI systems protect public health. Here's the story: natematias.com/portfolio/20...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

New AI Grand Rounds! Dr. Karandeep Singh explains how early experiments with code led him to biomedical informatics, why gaps between paper performance and clinical reality must be confronted, and how governance committees weigh ethics and safety. Listen to the full episode: nejm.ai/ep34

I’m looking forward to hearing @robcaliff.bsky.social’s views on the “Non-learning health system” this afternoon! rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/septemb...

"It's not just the technology -- the human element and how humans interact with the technology is also important." [email protected] said while moderating the #hdpalooza

Really good (gift) article on #GenAI and cheating. I appreciate how Victor Lee brings data, research history, and careful thought to this issue. We should be teaching individual responsibility and creating environments that decrease the likelihood of cheating. #PsychSky #EduSky #AcademicSky

Epic UGM 2025 FOMO generator. AI scribes by UCDavis and Ohio Health AI scribes all the time! What are organizations thinking about this rapidly evolving area? ​how about a balanced scorecard? Cost is a big deal.

🧪 When doctors track heart disease, they need scans over time—but aligning them is tough, tedious, and subjective. We built an algorithm that automates alignment, saving time and effort. Read more 👉 duke.is/align24 @dukeengineering.bsky.social #research #comphealth #CCDHI #cardiovascular

"The question is, again, what are the consequences of it?" The Verge's Hayden Field interviews Duke AI Health Director Michael Pencina for a story investigating a possible hallucination in a paper highlighting the capabilities of Google's Med-Gemini LLM: www.theverge.com/health/71804...

A novel dataset designed to train and evaluate grounded report generation models from chest x-ray images includes comprehensive sentence-level bounding-box annotations for all clinically relevant findings in each image. Learn more: nejm.ai/44rk1a1 @dccastr0.bsky.social #AI #MedSky #MLSky

Duke University School of Medicine researchers have developed two pioneering studies that offer a new approach to ensuring that artificial intelligence systems used in clinical settings meet the highest standards of quality and accountability. #DukeB&B #AcademicSky #MedSky #AI

Excited to announce we are launching a Graduate Certificate in Society-Centered AI at Duke w/coursework in computer science, social science, and philosophy/ethics and provide support to 12 current Duke students each year thanks to a new $2.4 million grant interdisciplinary.duke.edu/news/equippi...

In the overflowing room for the Triangle AI Summit, an enthusiastic show of hands for people who have used LLMs!

Artificial intelligence (AI) & generative AI has the potential to address challenges facing the health care system, including clinician burnout, operational inefficiencies, and concerns about patient safety. But barriers remain. More: academic.oup.com/jamia/advanc... @dukeaihealth.bsky.social

Please join us for next month’s Duke Machine Learning Summer School in Generative AI! Learn more at aihealth.duke.edu/2025-mlss/

I've started blogging on substack to provide a bit more depth. Rationale is provided in the first blog. I'm using some great artwork, but I've lost the source, so the great person who created FDA as Humpty Dumpty--please identify yourself! substack.com/home/post/p-...

It’s always fun to help the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics students practice their networking skills (and always good practice for me too!)

High school student opportunity alert! Duke Health Volunteer Services is offering a unique experience to dive into the world of healthcare careers. Applications for the 2025 Youth Symposium on Healthcare Careers are open April 11 – 14. Spaces are limited. More: duke.is/y/jv4d

The frequently used medical term "heart failure" is awful and needs to be replaced www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org

Thank you @amiainformatics.bsky.social for an having me for another fun Translational Bioinformatics Year in Review! #YIR25 #IS25 Here are the slides of the top papers of the year: tatonettilab-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/TBI-Year-in-...

1-Page Handout on High Performance Teams and Book Club (by CT Lin) What does a high performance team have to do with book club? Come to the Clinical Informatics Leadership Bootcamp to find out!

Fantastic wide-ranging program and thought-provoking presentations at this weekend's Responsible AI Symposium at Duke University. The event concludes today at Duke's Penn Pavilion. Congratulations to conference organizers Brinnae Bent and Chris Bail for putting together an outstanding event!

Bluetorial: The path to a new pain medication with little potential for addiction Perhaps a good story to share with folks who want to learn about how biomedical research works and where advances come from.

Hot off the presses from Health Affairs: Duke University's Lisa McElroy, @jessiet1023.bsky.social & Ricardo Henao address the need for modernizing data infrastructure & approaches supporting organ transplantation to overcome existing structural inequities: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Looking forward to feedback. thebullshitmachines.com

Are you talking to colleagues impacted by executive branch targeting? Here’s a thread 🧵 w/ simple tips about how to show support—what to say that is likely to help, rather than make things worse. (The tips are simple, but I try to explain the rationale behind them. So please follow to the end.) 1/

Finally! NEJM AI is here @ai.nejm.org.

I wrote about "the fate of letters" and the ways that paper and bytes differ, how they shape correspondence. https://technocomplex.substack.com/p/the-fate-of-letters "Has email technology so channeled texts that they consist of little more than directives or the dry give-and-take of business? […]

The HHS AI Strategic Plan is now available on the ASTP website. Very grateful to the over 200 contributors across all HHS divisions who provided inputs to the plan! www.healthit.gov/topic/hhs-ai...

#ARM25 abstract submissions deadline is fast approaching! Submit by 1/8 at 5pm ET to attend the 2025 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in Minneapolis, MN: academyhealth.org/page/2025-ar... Learn more about why students should attend ARM here: academyhealth.org/blog/2024-12...

Friday Roundup: pumping the brakes on “mirror life”; federated registration for health AI; state of play for H5N1 infections; privacy challenges for synthetic data; learning from longitudinal digital health; who owns your digital twin; better LLMs with RAG; more: aihealth.duke.edu/ai-health-ro...

My current book is exactly the right height to prop up Franklin the kitten, which is making it a little hard to keep reading…

This is quite an old cartoon of ours but still very accurate!

There is planning at NIH to inform a potential major Common Fund program called "Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI)". If interested: virtual strategic planning workshop (3/11-12/2025). Free registration. Details: commonfund.nih.gov/potential-pr...

It's that time of year. Confocal + Christmas = Xmas Tree, Ymas Tree, and our favorite Zmas tree. #microscopy #confocal #imaging

Here's an amazing multimodal dataset optimized for #AI research in type 2 #diabetes (clinical/EHR, imaging, blood, urine, questionnaires, activity & continuous glucose monitoring, environmental data, more...). @natureportfolio.bsky.social, funded by NIH Bridge2AI: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#AMIA2024 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! 🦋 I'm so excited to see people finally arrive at the shores of Bluesky! I want to make sure you stick around so let me give you a guided tour on how to maximize your fun and engagement here! 🧵

Duke is hiring #Informatics faculty! 2 positions- Clinical Research Informatics (data harmonization, linkage, etc.) and Collaborative #AI. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29227 #jobs #faculty #academia