Mario Aguilar

Is Slingshot’s mental health chatbot safe? Its first study raises questions about evaluating AI Slingshot AI publishes new data showing its chatbot Ash is safe, but experts say the study offers little clinical proof.

Mental health chatbot developer Slingshot AI wants the world to believe that its smartphone app, Ash, will do more good than harm. The evidence that the company offers, though, raises more questions than answers, @mariojoze.bsky.social writes:

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How WIRED Got Rolled by an AI Freelancer We retracted a story in May. Here’s what happened.

We got burned by an AI freelancer and a few missteps of our own. Here's the full disclosure on that. All I can add from my vantage here is that my work has always been subject to rigorous fact checking. It's sometimes a days long, maddening process, but 100% of the time I am grateful in the end.

Important story. I covered this back in July, too: www.wired.com/story/usaid-...

This health tech exec is in charge of Medicare, and he has big ambitions A close look at Chris Klomp's path to the top of Medicare, which pays for the health care of 68 million Americans.

Under Chris Klomp’s watch, crucial decisions will be made about the direction of Medicare. And, @mariojoze.bsky.social reports, given other insurers often follow Medicare's lead, Klomp is in a position to influence the broader health care system.

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This health tech exec is in charge of Medicare, and he has big ambitions A close look at Chris Klomp's path to the top of Medicare, which pays for the health care of 68 million Americans.

He's a faith-driven, 44-year-old health tech entrepreneur from Idaho who just got put in charge of Medicare.

Read about his ambitions to reform the ~$1 trillion program in this deeply-reported profile by @mariojoze.bsky.social, via @statnews.com:

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A proudly frugal tech CEO now runs Medicare, where he'll hunt for savings on a far bigger stage A close look at Chris Klomp's path to the top of Medicare, which pays for the health care of 68 million Americans.

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For Google, health equity becomes 'health optimization' as Trump targets DEI Google recently revised its websites and changed a senior executive's title to downplay its commitment to health equity.

The website ‘refresh’ — that included changing references to "health equity" — reflects a commitment to building products that improve everyone’s health, according to Google, @mariojoze.bsky.social reports:

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NEW: Google scrubs 'health equity' from its website as Trump attacks DEI www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/g...

Lawmakers ask FDA to review Hims’ Super Bowl ad for ‘misleading’ patients Two senators wrote to the FDA Friday about the Hims Super Bowl ad, which they said misleads patients about compounded weight loss drugs.

Lawmakers ask the FDA to review Hims’ Super Bowl ad for "misleading" patients, foreshadow that they plan to introduce legislation to address ads that omit safety info, via
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Transcarent acquires Accolade for $621 million to create benefits tech giant Transcarent CEO Glen Tullman spent much of 2024 hinting that his health benefits upstart might be shopping around for acquisitions, and just over a week

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FDA-cleared apps for everything from depression to opioid use disorder have struggled to gain adoption, and one company just abandoned its app after 4 years of development. @mariojoze.bsky.social explains the dynamics behind a struggling digital therapeutic: www.statnews.com/2024/12/03/o...

Bluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here's why #MedTwitter is migrating en masse from X to Bluesky, suddenly making it an essential hub for scientific discourse. Here's why.

Relevant to everyone on the platform! Bluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here’s why www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b... via @statnews @katiepalmer.bsky.social