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Viral Chinese App 'Are You Dead?' Checks On Those Who Live Alone

BeauHD / slashdot - The viral Chinese app Are You Dead? (known as Sileme in Chinese) targets people who live alone by requiring regular check-ins and alerting an emergency contact if the user doesn't respond. It launched in May and is now the most downloaded paid app in Chin…

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The morbidly-named “Are You Dead?” has topped the App Store in China, as a way for people living alone to get some help if they don’t check in every day.

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'Are You Dead?': Chinese app for solo dwellers goes viral

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'Are You Dead?' iOS app helps lonely people stay safe in China

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'Are You Dead?' Is The #1 Paid iPhone App In China: Here's Why

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Viral Chinese App 'Are You Dead?' Checks On Those Who Live Alone

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

‘Are You Dead?’ tops China's paid app list

7 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

An App Called ‘Are You Dead?’ Is Climbing the Apple Charts

7 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Are You Dead?: The viral Chinese app for young people living alone

7 wks / reddit / /u/SquidFistHK

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Google removes AI health summaries after investigation finds dangerous flaws

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Google Removes AI Health Summaries After Risky Medical Errors Exposed

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Google removes AI health summaries after investigation finds dangerous flaws

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Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws

7 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Google Turns Off Some AI Overviews Following Reports of “Dangerous” Medical Information

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

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OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M

Julie Bort / techcrunch - AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.

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$100M for “medical memory” for ChatGPT Health. OpenAI acquires Latvian medical startup Torch

7 wks / ain

OpenAI Strengthens ChatGPT Health Plans With Torch Acquisition

7 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

OpenAI buys health-tech Torch for $100m

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

OpenAI acquires Torch to build a "medical memory for AI"

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI acquires healthcare startup Torch, deal pegged at $100 million - The Economic Times

7 wks / economictimes

OpenAI Acquires Torch Startup to Boost ChatGPT Health Capabilities - Букви

7 wks / mezha

OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M

7 wks / techcrunch / Julie Bort

OpenAI buys Torch to bring unified medical data into ChatGPT Health

7 wks / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

OpenAI acquires health-care technology startup Torch

7 wks / cnbc

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