Utah has become the first U.S. state to formally allow artificial intelligence to autonomously renew prescriptions without a doctor’s direct involvement. The pilot program, implemented in partnership with Doctronic, is set to cover thousands of patients and will focus on routine renewals for chronic conditions, with specific safety limits in place.
Microsoft is considering another round of layoffs as early as January, as rapidly rising costs related to the development and maintenance of artificial intelligence infrastructure begin to weigh heavily on the company’s financial performance. Despite strong revenue growth, investments in AI are increasingly squeezing operating margins.
The New Zealand government has launched a wide-ranging review of a cybersecurity incident that affected Manage My Health—one of the country’s most widely used platforms for managing electronic patient records. The attack may have exposed private information belonging to around 6–7% of the platform’s 1.8 million registered users and prompted an immediate response from the government and data-protection bodies.
More than 40 million people worldwide turn to ChatGPT every single day with healthcare questions, according to a report released by OpenAI today, underscoring a dramatic change in how Americans are seeking medical information in response to a healthcare system they perceive as fundamentally broken.