In the past decade, AI’s success has led to uncurbed enthusiasm and bold claims^[1] – even though users frequently experience errors^[2] that AI makes. An AI-powered digital assistant can misunderstand someone’s speech in embarrassing ways, a chatbot could hallucinate facts, or, as I experienced, an AI-based navigation tool might even guide drivers through a corn field – all without registering the errors.

People tolerate...

One in 10 babies in the U.S. – nearly 374,000 infants – were born preterm in 2023^[1], meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy^[2]. More than 15% were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks^[3]. A full-term pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.

Florida’s rate is slightly higher, at about 1 in 9 babies born preterm^[4]. In an average week, 456 of the 4,257 babies born in the state will be preterm, and 75 of those will...

It’s a rare occasion when my worlds of biomedical informatics^[1] and serialized lesbian melodrama^[2] fandom collide.

But that’s exactly what happened earlier this summer when two of my favorite actresses appeared on a popular podcast. I was excited to hear them talk about their new book and their history of working together, so I was confused but delighted when their conversation took a turn toward my area of expertise –...