This week on Pulse: Hot Topics, Louise and George explore the rapidly shifting boundaries of science, AI and human health.

They unpack the extraordinary research using AI to design entirely new, functioning viruses, and the biosecurity questions that follow. Then, turning the discussion to South Australia’s newly announced Royal Commission into AI and whether governance can possibly keep pace with technological change.

Then they look at the emerging era of the “continuous human”: Germany’s €40 million push to crack continuous hormone monitoring, and Google’s enormous SensorFM foundation model, trained on more than a trillion minutes of wearable data, which could point towards a future of personalised, continuous health intelligence.

Plus, George recommends Paper Guide for scientific research, and we highlight two international opportunities for clinicians to contribute to research on AI in healthcare.

Research Opportunities:

Clinicians – be part of the research into clinician use of AI, open globally Link

AI policy vs frontline reality survey (deadline 2 September) Link

Resources:

SPRIND Continuous Hormone Monitoring Challenge Link

Ida Tin Coined Femtech. Now She's Funding Continuous Hormone Monitoring, Forbes Link

SensorFM: Towards a general intelligence and interface for wearable health data, Google Research Link

Recommendations:

Paper Guide Link

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