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May 8, 2023

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

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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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Leonard Wossnig, CTO at LabGenius
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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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