Author Archives: Frank Larkin

Healthcare: AI is improving cancer detection in ways that are too impactful to grasp.

In researching and writing about trends in cancer diagnoses and outcomes, and advancements in oncology, it’s hard to do full justice to the topic. We can quote as many studies as we want, with disturbing statistics around increases in cancer occurence in the last few decades, or encouraging upticks in prognoses with improved diagnosis times […]

“How about you, Mom?” AI-integrated speech and language tools help nonverbal children learn to converse.

Advancements in technology and science, especially in AI-powered speech tools, in the last two decades have helped us make strides in assisting those who need it, especially those with mental or physical disabilities. But developing new tech and methodologies compares better to a marathon than a sprint, and progress is not linear, however urgent it […]