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What's left for human doctors after AI?

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In this week's Backchannel: A recent paper argues that AI is often better at doctoring than doctors—guess who isn’t thrilled. View in browser | Your preferences ■ In this week ’ s Backchannel : Hi everyone, Steven here. A recent paper argues that AI is often better at doctoring than doctors—guess who isn ’ t thrilled. “AI alone will exceed physicians and physician AI-hybrids in providing the best care at five fundamental medical tasks” Don’t be fooled by the question mark in the title of an article published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association...

The New Yorker beat my ass

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Plus: The VF reporter posting through it, an indie outlet vs. the NYT, and a Substack mini-mystery. ͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ ...

A cop used Flock to track other cops—his ex and her friend

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PLUS: OpenAI is developing a ‘persistent’ AI agent. View in browser | Your preferences SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS SECURITY   A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend   By Caroline Haskins   After an affair with a fellow police officer ended, a Georg...