As payers deploy advanced technologies to review claims, health systems like Mercyhealth and WellStar are fighting back with stricter contracts and predictive AI. In recent years, the fierce struggle to combat denial has gradually intensified. During this week’s The Winning Edge for Defeating Denials webinar, revenue cycle leaders from Mercyhealth and Wellstar Health System discussed…
AMA News Feed Using big data and AI to boost doctor training January 15, 2026 Winners of the AMA’s new Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education grant program plan to harness and make sense of big data and apply augmented intelligence (AI) to provide medical students and residents in training, as well as practicing physicians,…
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Nebraska senators heard bills Monday afternoon that would put guardrails in place for AI programs, trying to ensure tech companies can continue to innovate while protecting the most vulnerable. Pew Research Data show that 64% of teens say they use AI chatbots, including three in 10 who use them daily. As…
Basic Prompts to Real Productivity The report, produced by AI transformation firm Section, claims that “mastering AI” meant one thing in 2025 and much more difficult in 2026. Last year, the focus was on basic literacy: understanding what AI is, how to avoid data leaks, and how to write a decent prompt. Many businesses can…
Heterogeneous computing is quietly redefining how AI appears in everyday devices, bringing intelligence closer to where people actually use it rather than keeping it locked in remote cloud systems. As AI expands into physical products, success depends less on raw performance and more on how efficiently CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs work together. Heterogeneous computing manifests…
Agentic AI marks a significant shift in enterprise AI, moving from answering questions to doing real work. And unlike previous technology waves that offered capabilities that teams could leverage, AI agents deliver results. This changes the adoption curve. Once agents demonstrate tangible value at the task level, they proliferate quickly. During our own AI development…
When artificial intelligence emerged as a marketing tool, I felt threatened. Not by replacement, but by the idea that others might think that AI could replace the basic work we do as communicators. The more I watched professionals rely on AI without critical thought, the clearer it became: artificial intelligence is exactly what the name…
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Thanks to numerous competing AI systems cluttering online application portals, applying for a new job in 2026 may feel more like applying for a bank loan than searching for a job. At least that’s what a group of disgruntled job seekers claim in a lawsuit against…
OpenAI will integrate 750 megawatts of ultra-low latency computing from the chipmaker Cerebral to accelerate the response time of its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The capacity resulting from the agreement will be put into service in several stages, starting this year and lasting until 2028, according to press releases issued by the companies on Wednesday…
SoundHound and Salesforce are betting big on agentic AI. The next big evolution in artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to be agentic AI, in which AI agents will perform tasks autonomously, with little or no human supervision. The technology carries the promise of a workforce of AI agents who work alongside everyday employees. It’s no…