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May 8, 2023

Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucinations — how GenAI will transform healthtech

Meet the European startups using GenAI in healthcare and drug discovery

Since ChatGPT’s launch last year, large language models (LLMs) have mostly drawn attention for helping non-engineers write code and explaining quantum computing to five-year-olds.

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Picture of Leonard Wossnig, CTO at Labgenius
Leonard Wossnig, CTO at LabGenius
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Picture of Claire Novorol, cofounder and chief medical officer at Ada Health
Claire Novorol, cofounder and chief medical officer at Ada Health
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Stef van Grieken, CEO of Cradle
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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