Yuri Quintana
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Chief Clinical Informatics @ BIDMC & Faculty Harvard Medical School, Chief of @DCINetwork.org #MedicalInformatics #AI #DigitalHealth #MobileHealth #LearningHealthSystems
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Call for Presentations: DCI Network 2026 Conference on Patient-Powered AI in Healthcare, June 22-24 at Harvard. Submit research on AI engagement, patient co-design, ethics, and real-world impact. Published in PubMed-indexed proceedings. www.dcinetwork.org/patients2026...
Google’s Gemini 3 proves TPU power, raising big questions for NVIDIA and xAI. Gavin Baker says xAI will likely train the first Blackwell model in 2026 as Elon builds data centers fastest, helping NVIDIA debug at scale. GB300’s rollout could reshape Google’s strategy. x.com/patrick_osha...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Google’s Gemini 3 proves TPU power, raising big questions for NVIDIA and xAI. Gavin Baker says xAI will likely train the first Blackwell model in 2026 as Elon builds data centers fastest, helping NVIDIA debug at scale. GB300’s rollout could reshape Google’s strategy. x.com/patrick_osha...
Cancer blood tests are rising fast—but evidence isn’t. Studies show limited proof they save lives, especially in low-risk adults 50+. False positives, unclear benefits, and costly workups remain major concerns. More: NYT + Topol review nyti.ms/4h4jJfF
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Cancer blood tests are rising fast—but evidence isn’t. Studies show limited proof they save lives, especially in low-risk adults 50+. False positives, unclear benefits, and costly workups remain major concerns. More: NYT + Topol review nyti.ms/4h4jJfF
Meta’s new paper shows a VLM can train its own judge—no humans, no labels. By generating good vs. flawed answers, the model learns to score responses and even beats much larger judges. A big shift for multimodal AI. arxiv.org/abs/2512.05145
Self-Improving VLM Judges Without Human Annotations
Effective judges of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) are crucial for model development. Current methods for training VLM judges mainly rely on large-scale human preference annotations. However, such an a...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Meta’s new paper shows a VLM can train its own judge—no humans, no labels. By generating good vs. flawed answers, the model learns to score responses and even beats much larger judges. A big shift for multimodal AI. arxiv.org/abs/2512.05145
LLMs can now construct full causal models by extracting, testing, and iteratively refining causal graphs, counterfactuals, and interventions directly from their latent world knowledge. A breakthrough showing AI can move beyond patterns to true causal reasoning.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.07796
arxiv.org/abs/2512.07796
Large Causal Models from Large Language Models
We introduce a new paradigm for building large causal models (LCMs) that exploits the enormous potential latent in today's large language models (LLMs). We describe our ongoing experiments with an imp...
arxiv.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
LLMs can now construct full causal models by extracting, testing, and iteratively refining causal graphs, counterfactuals, and interventions directly from their latent world knowledge. A breakthrough showing AI can move beyond patterns to true causal reasoning.
arxiv.org/abs/2512.07796
arxiv.org/abs/2512.07796
HHS selects C3 AI to build a platform unifying NIH, Medicare/Medicaid, and registry data — a foundation for large-scale public health AI initiatives www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hhs-tap...
HHS taps C3 for interagency AI data platform
The department plans to use the company's agentic artificial intelligence to integrate disease-specific NIH data with Medicare, Medicaid, claims and state registry datasets to improve data quality and...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
HHS selects C3 AI to build a platform unifying NIH, Medicare/Medicaid, and registry data — a foundation for large-scale public health AI initiatives www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hhs-tap...
The EU and Canada just strengthened their digital cooperation, with a focus on AI, digital identity wallets, and independent media, announced during the first “Digital Partnership Council” session in Montreal.
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European Union and Canada strengthen their digital partnership with a focus on artificial intelligence, digital identity wallets and independent media - The European Sting - Critical News & Insights o...
European Union and Canada strengthen their digital partnership with a focus on artificial intelligence, digital identity wallets and independent media The European Sting - Critical News & Insights on ...
europeansting.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The EU and Canada just strengthened their digital cooperation, with a focus on AI, digital identity wallets, and independent media, announced during the first “Digital Partnership Council” session in Montreal.
europeansting.com/2025/12/09/e...
europeansting.com/2025/12/09/e...
EU Digital Omnibus package proposes adjustments to how EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) . part of the EU’s effort to streamline its digital regulatory framework proposes delaying some obligations under the AI Act to give businesses more time to comply.
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EU Digital Omnibus: The European Commission Proposes Important Changes to the EU's Digital Rulebook
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December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
EU Digital Omnibus package proposes adjustments to how EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) . part of the EU’s effort to streamline its digital regulatory framework proposes delaying some obligations under the AI Act to give businesses more time to comply.
www.sidley.com/en/insights/...
www.sidley.com/en/insights/...
EU has launched a formal probe into Google’s use of online publishers’ content and YouTube videos to train its AI models. Regulators worry Google may be using this content without fair compensation or consent. potentially abusing its dominant position.
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EU-Google antitrust case: European Commission opens probe against tech giant over market dominance using AI tools | Company Business News
EU-Google antitrust case: European Commission, has opened an investigation into Google, alleging that the company has abused its market dominance using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to squeeze co...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
EU has launched a formal probe into Google’s use of online publishers’ content and YouTube videos to train its AI models. Regulators worry Google may be using this content without fair compensation or consent. potentially abusing its dominant position.
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www.livemint.com/companies/ne...
Brookfield Asset Management (Brookfield), Qatar Investment Authority (via its AI subsidiary Qai) Team Up on a $20 Billion AI Investment Venture. The joint venture will invest in AI infrastructure in Qatar and select international markets.
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Brookfield and Qatar launch $20 billion AI infrastructure joint venture
Brookfield and Qai, an artificial intelligence company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, have formed a $20 billion joint venture to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure in Qatar and se...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Brookfield Asset Management (Brookfield), Qatar Investment Authority (via its AI subsidiary Qai) Team Up on a $20 Billion AI Investment Venture. The joint venture will invest in AI infrastructure in Qatar and select international markets.
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www.reuters.com/technology/b...
AlphaGenome analyzes up to 1M DNA base-pairs at single-letter resolution, predicting effects on gene expression, splicing, chromatin and more. It can flag how one base change alters biology, disease risk or therapy.
deepmind.google/blog/alphage...
deepmind.google/blog/alphage...
AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome
Introducing a new, unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function — now available via API.
deepmind.google
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
AlphaGenome analyzes up to 1M DNA base-pairs at single-letter resolution, predicting effects on gene expression, splicing, chromatin and more. It can flag how one base change alters biology, disease risk or therapy.
deepmind.google/blog/alphage...
deepmind.google/blog/alphage...
Call for Presentations: DCI Network 2026 Conference on Patient-Powered AI in Healthcare, June 22-24 at Harvard. Submit research on AI engagement, patient co-design, ethics, and real-world impact. Published in PubMed-indexed proceedings. www.dcinetwork.org/patients2026...
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Call for Presentations: DCI Network 2026 Conference on Patient-Powered AI in Healthcare, June 22-24 at Harvard. Submit research on AI engagement, patient co-design, ethics, and real-world impact. Published in PubMed-indexed proceedings. www.dcinetwork.org/patients2026...
Peking University unveils AI-Newton, an autonomous system that rediscovers physical laws like Newton’s second law and gravity from raw data—no prior physics knowledge required.
arxiv.org/abs/2504.01538
arxiv.org/abs/2504.01538
AI-Newton: A Concept-Driven Physical Law Discovery System without Prior Physical Knowledge
Current limitations in human scientific discovery necessitate a new research paradigm. While advances in artificial intelligence (AI) offer a highly promising solution, enabling AI to emulate human-li...
arxiv.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Peking University unveils AI-Newton, an autonomous system that rediscovers physical laws like Newton’s second law and gravity from raw data—no prior physics knowledge required.
arxiv.org/abs/2504.01538
arxiv.org/abs/2504.01538
Foundation models can predict well but still fail to learn true underlying physics. New MIT/Harvard study shows they rely on heuristics, not world models. Important read for AGI debates.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.06952
arxiv.org/abs/2507.06952
What Has a Foundation Model Found? Using Inductive Bias to Probe for World Models
Foundation models are premised on the idea that sequence prediction can uncover deeper domain understanding, much like how Kepler's predictions of planetary motion later led to the discovery of Newton...
arxiv.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Foundation models can predict well but still fail to learn true underlying physics. New MIT/Harvard study shows they rely on heuristics, not world models. Important read for AGI debates.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.06952
arxiv.org/abs/2507.06952
A new multi-institution study defines what AGI actually requires and finds GPT-4 at 27 percent and GPT-5 at 58 percent toward full human-level cognition, with major gaps in memory and reasoning still unsolved.
arxiv.org/html/2510.18...
arxiv.org/html/2510.18...
A Definition of AGI
arxiv.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A new multi-institution study defines what AGI actually requires and finds GPT-4 at 27 percent and GPT-5 at 58 percent toward full human-level cognition, with major gaps in memory and reasoning still unsolved.
arxiv.org/html/2510.18...
arxiv.org/html/2510.18...
A review of 8,590 expert forecasts finds AI researchers expect AGI around 2040, far later than the timelines promoted by tech CEOs. The difference comes down to data, incentives and scientific rigor. research.aimultiple.com/agi-singular...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A review of 8,590 expert forecasts finds AI researchers expect AGI around 2040, far later than the timelines promoted by tech CEOs. The difference comes down to data, incentives and scientific rigor. research.aimultiple.com/agi-singular...
1/7 Microsoft committed $13B to OpenAI, but now pays AWS—their cloud rival—to integrate Anthropic's Claude into Office 365. Why? Claude excels at PowerPoints and Excel tasks per internal tests. aimagazine.com/news/why-mic... #AI #Microsoft #OpenAI
Why Microsoft Adds Anthropic to Office 365 Alongside OpenAI
Microsoft amplifies its AI capabilities in Office 365 with Anthropic’s advanced Claude models alongside OpenAI’s technology and AWS’ infrastructure
aimagazine.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
1/7 Microsoft committed $13B to OpenAI, but now pays AWS—their cloud rival—to integrate Anthropic's Claude into Office 365. Why? Claude excels at PowerPoints and Excel tasks per internal tests. aimagazine.com/news/why-mic... #AI #Microsoft #OpenAI
Is the AI Bubble about to burst? Microsoft stock sinks on report AI product sales are missing growth goals www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/m...
Microsoft stock sinks on report AI product sales are missing growth goals
Microsoft stock sank after a report that multiple sales teams for the company's Azure Foundry product missed growth goals in the last fiscal year.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Is the AI Bubble about to burst? Microsoft stock sinks on report AI product sales are missing growth goals www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/m...
@aobolaji.bsky.social Thanks for being my 2000th follower! Nice to connect on Blue Sky! We can connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yuriquint...
Yuri Quintana, PhD, FACMI, FIAHSI, FAMIA - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | LinkedIn
Yuri Quintana, Ph.D., FACMI, FIAHSI is an internationally recognized leader in digital… · Experience: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Education: University of Waterloo · Location: Greater Bosto...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@aobolaji.bsky.social Thanks for being my 2000th follower! Nice to connect on Blue Sky! We can connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yuriquint...
November 25, 2025
Science
AlphaFold: Five years of impact
Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, Pushmeet Kohli and Anna Koivuniemi on behalf of the AlphaFold team
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Science
AlphaFold: Five years of impact
Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, Pushmeet Kohli and Anna Koivuniemi on behalf of the AlphaFold team
deepmind.google/blog/alphafo...
AlphaFold: Five Years of Impact
Explore five years of AlphaFold’s impact on biology. Learn how this Nobel Prize-winning AI is accelerating scientific discovery globally
deepmind.google
November 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
November 25, 2025
Science
AlphaFold: Five years of impact
Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, Pushmeet Kohli and Anna Koivuniemi on behalf of the AlphaFold team
deepmind.google/blog/alphafo...
Science
AlphaFold: Five years of impact
Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, Pushmeet Kohli and Anna Koivuniemi on behalf of the AlphaFold team
deepmind.google/blog/alphafo...
Public Citizen, nonprofit advocacy group launched a tracker to monitor state-level efforts to regulate AI in healthcare coverage decisions. So far, 53 legislative proposals across 25 states. “Until every state takes action, millions of patients and families remain vulnerable." x.com/public_citiz...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Public Citizen, nonprofit advocacy group launched a tracker to monitor state-level efforts to regulate AI in healthcare coverage decisions. So far, 53 legislative proposals across 25 states. “Until every state takes action, millions of patients and families remain vulnerable." x.com/public_citiz...
Joe Lonsdale.confounder palantir argues against any AI regulation. Do you agree? www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
Joe Lonsdale on AI regulation: Don't want the populists to break the whole AI wave
Joe Lonsdale, Palantir co-founder and 8VC founding partner, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss AI and tech regulation, federal vs. state approach, state of the AI arms race, and more.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Joe Lonsdale.confounder palantir argues against any AI regulation. Do you agree? www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
MedTex 2025, Asia’s major AI-driven medtech investment forum, convenes Wednesday in Taipei to connect Taiwan research teams with global leaders, six VC firms, and 10 AI health start-ups in drugs, robotics, and breakthrough therapies.
Official page: www.medtex.tw/en/
Official page: www.medtex.tw/en/
www.medtex.tw
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
MedTex 2025, Asia’s major AI-driven medtech investment forum, convenes Wednesday in Taipei to connect Taiwan research teams with global leaders, six VC firms, and 10 AI health start-ups in drugs, robotics, and breakthrough therapies.
Official page: www.medtex.tw/en/
Official page: www.medtex.tw/en/
Korean man has been referred to prosecutors for operating a website that used AI to generate and issue medical prescriptions without a valid medical license.
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Man referred to prosecutors over using AI to issue medical prescriptions without license
A man in his 30s has been referred to prosecutors for operating a website that used AI to issue medical prescriptions. Authorities said that they referred the man to prosecutors late last month withou...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Korean man has been referred to prosecutors for operating a website that used AI to generate and issue medical prescriptions without a valid medical license.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-11...
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-11...
A Deloitte report commissioned by Canada Province Newfoundland and Labrador for 1.6M was found to contain errors that appear to be AI generated according to an investigation by The Independent raising concerns about accuracy in government commissioned analysis theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A Deloitte report commissioned by Canada Province Newfoundland and Labrador for 1.6M was found to contain errors that appear to be AI generated according to an investigation by The Independent raising concerns about accuracy in government commissioned analysis theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Agree that true intelligence requires thought, intuition, values, not just predictive repetition of language patterns. See the story on Yann LeCun thoughs on this.
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Large Language Models Will Never Be Intelligent, Expert Says
The AI industry is staking its future on language models. But LLMs, an expert argues, are fundamentally incapable of being intelligent.
futurism.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Agree that true intelligence requires thought, intuition, values, not just predictive repetition of language patterns. See the story on Yann LeCun thoughs on this.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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