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Interesting to see where citations come from... and even more interesting once they introduce ads...

Interesting to see where citations come from... and even more interesting once they introduce ads...

Ah yes all the private jets arriving on schedule for their annual climate conference…

Ah yes all the private jets arriving on schedule for their annual climate conference…

So uhhh… what’s the other 84% ?

So uhhh… what’s the other 84% ?

Super excited to share! We generated synthetic cervical spine radiographs which were indistinguishable from real patient scans when reviewed by neuroradiologists & neurosurgeons. We also publish a dataset of >20k synthetic scans Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.22166

Super excited to share! We generated synthetic cervical spine radiographs which were indistinguishable from real patient scans when reviewed by neuroradiologists & neurosurgeons. We also publish a dataset of >20k synthetic scans Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.22166

What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology Try it out: x.com/alvie_barr/s...

What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology Try it out: x.com/alvie_barr/s...

Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…

Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…

To prompt the LLM, obviously. Why are we still seeing headlines like these???

To prompt the LLM, obviously. Why are we still seeing headlines like these???

USMLE ✅, brain diagrams... ❌ My favourite is the 'hypohalenus', what's yours?

USMLE ✅, brain diagrams... ❌ My favourite is the 'hypohalenus', what's yours?

Elevators should have an undo button if you press the wrong floor

Elevators should have an undo button if you press the wrong floor

When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:

When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:

I tend to do quite well on open book tests too

I tend to do quite well on open book tests too

You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!

You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!

Interesting paper: When any use of AI is mentioned, participants perceived physicians as less competent, trustworthy & empathetic, & were less willing to book an appointment with them Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @moritz-reis.bsky.social

Interesting paper: When any use of AI is mentioned, participants perceived physicians as less competent, trustworthy & empathetic, & were less willing to book an appointment with them Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @moritz-reis.bsky.social

This has to be a joke

This has to be a joke

When they ask you to put your thinking cap on:

When they ask you to put your thinking cap on:

Officially the longest author list I've ever seen: when et al. = et everyone

Officially the longest author list I've ever seen: when et al. = et everyone

People are now adding prompt injections to their articles in case reviewers just feed them into an LLM…

People are now adding prompt injections to their articles in case reviewers just feed them into an LLM…

EXCITED TO SHARE! Here we show synthetic clinical data may be used in place of real-world data to answer research questions, train ML models, and to amplify sample sizes Check it out: thejns.org/focus/view/j... @emreszg.bsky.social

EXCITED TO SHARE! Here we show synthetic clinical data may be used in place of real-world data to answer research questions, train ML models, and to amplify sample sizes Check it out: thejns.org/focus/view/j... @emreszg.bsky.social

That was the most Friday the 13th of Friday the 13ths

That was the most Friday the 13th of Friday the 13ths

Paper straw… in a plastic wrapper…

Paper straw… in a plastic wrapper…

Why is it always ‘AI is going to replace physicians’ as if accountants, programmers, analysts, lawyers aren’t at greater risk?

Why is it always ‘AI is going to replace physicians’ as if accountants, programmers, analysts, lawyers aren’t at greater risk?

What if LLMs had whistleblowing capabilities? From the system card Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4: www-cdn.anthropic.com/6be99a52cb68...

What if LLMs had whistleblowing capabilities? From the system card Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4: www-cdn.anthropic.com/6be99a52cb68...

Call your mom today, it's evidence-based: Happy Mother's Day!

Call your mom today, it's evidence-based: Happy Mother's Day!

Life isn’t real

Next time someone with a private jet tries to educate the public on the environment...