Machines are now generating molecules that “no human would have imagined,” heard delegates at the BioAsia 2024 summit in Hyderabad, as big pharma and tech leaders discussed the many ways in which AI is causing fundamental shift in R&D approaches.

The digital “agent” on the horizon will draw on users’ entire health record, data from wearables and other sources to steer them in making health decisions. In this second part of a two-part series, Andrew Trister, chief scientific officer and chief medical officer at Verily, discusses his vision for the future and current obstacles.

AI voice tech start-up Canary Speech is developing algorithmic models for detecting behavioral health, progressive neurological and cognitive diseases based on a 40-second recording of speech. Medtech Insight caught up with Canary CEO Henry O’Connell at DHIS West to learn more about the company and its plans.

In this month’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb highlights interviews with behavioral health experts on implementing AI solutions to help ease the administrative burden on clinicians as well as recent coverage from the LSX Congress USA and HLTH conferences. Reed Miller discusses findings of EY’s annual pulse of the medtech industry report and Hannah Daniel discusses FDA guidance on regulating AI/ML.