Brighter Burn: Harsh Truth About California’s Fires

California Fire search and rescue team look through for possible human remains in ashes of burned houses after massive wildfire in Altadena of Los Angeles County, California, United States on January 13, 2025. Image: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images The current wildfire season has been rather ruthless for California as the Pacific Palisades and … Read more

AI roundup: News from Mayo Clinic, Google Cloud and more

This week Abridge announced that its artificial intelligence listening documentation platform will be distributed more broadly at Mayo Clinic to improve patient care following the health system’s evaluation. The use of Google’s and other’s machine learning models is also accelerating in areas like drug repurposing and infectious disease tracking and response with announcements from the … Read more

Digital Data Protection Rules 2025: Here’s What Needs To Change

These draft rules “seek to protect citizens’ rights in accordance with the DPDP Act, while achieving the right balance between regulation and innovation, so that the benefits of India’s growing innovation ecosystem are available to all citizens and India’s digital economy Image: Shutterstock On January 3, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published … Read more

AI will boost workflow, workforce development and patient safety in 2025

Clinicians and other workers in the healthcare delivery chain are always looking for ways to improve workflow. Similarly, hospital and health system leadership always desire new ways to develop their workforce – the same people hunting for better workflow. And all of these executives, caregivers and workers want to ensure their organizations are operating at … Read more

HHS publishes AI Strategic Plan, with guidance for healthcare, public health, human services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued its HHS Artificial Intelligence Strategic Plan, which the agency says will “set in motion a coordinated public-private approach to improving the quality, safety, efficiency, accessibility, equitability and outcomes in health and human services through the innovative, safe, and responsible use of AI.” The strategic plan … Read more

How To Understand AI’s Potential Impact On Knowledge Jobs

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has put knowledge workers on alert because of its potential to automate all sorts of creative, cognitive work. Image: Shutterstock While technological advances have unsettled labor patterns throughout history, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has put knowledge workers on alert because of its potential to automate all sorts … Read more

Piyush Pandey: Steering A Global Enterprise Security Leader With Bootstrapping Success

Piyush Pandey, CEO of Pathlock New Delhi [India], January 7: With over 25 years of experience, Piyush Pandey has revolutionised how large organisations implement business controls and automate auditing processes. Since founding Pathlock, he has prioritised innovation to establish a stable and profitable enterprise. His foresight enabled the company to achieve organic growth from its … Read more