The Algorithm That Decides Whether Your Cancer Treatment Gets Approved
You've never heard of the company quietly saying no to your doctor. That's by design.
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Goldman Says AI Could Displace One in 11 Workers. The Layoffs Are Waiting for a Recession.
Goldman Sachs published a note on Thursday saying that up to 9% of workers in developed economies could be displaced by AI, roughly one in eleven when slower hiring is counted. The number is not the news. The timing is: the bank says the damage is likely to wait for
Your Insurance Company Uses an Algorithm to Deny Claims. Here's the Algorithm.
The doctor spent 1.2 seconds reviewing your claim. That's not an estimate. That's the documented average, pulled from internal Cigna records obtained by ProPublica. In the time it takes to blink twice, a physician employed by your insurance company decided whether you needed medical care.
Someone Swapped Real Chemotherapy for Fakes. Patients Found Out When the Cancer Came Back.
Cancer drugs are now the fourth most counterfeited drug class in the world. The WHO issued an alert about fake immunotherapy drugs with no active ingredient. Counterfeit Keytruda killed at least one patient in Mexico. Fake cancer drugs have reached US clinics. Most providers don't know it.