AI Innovations: From Healthcare Breakthroughs to Election Disinformation

Explore the latest in AI advancements as Hippocratic AI secures $141M to revolutionize patient care, Google consolidates teams under DeepMind to boost AI development, and the alarming rise of AI-generated election disinformation threatens global democracy. Plus, Nvidia's AI avatar offers a glimpse into the future of human-computer interaction. Join us for an in-depth look at these transformative technologies and their implications for society.

Sources:
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/hippocratic-ai-raises-141m-for-creating-patient-facing-ai-agents/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/google-folds-more-teams-into-deepmind-to-accelerate-the-research-to-developer-pipeline/
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-elections-disinformation-chatgpt-bc283e7426402f0b4baa7df280a4c3fd
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/nvidias-ai-avatar-sat-on-my-computer-screen-and-weirded-me-out/

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:42) Hippocratic AI raises $141M for creating patient-facing AI agents
(00:03:31) Google folds more teams into DeepMind to ‘accelerate the research to developer pipeline’
(00:06:28) AI-created election disinformation is deceiving the world
(00:09:24) Nvidia’s AI avatar sat on my computer screen and weirded me out