OpenAI and Anthropic are making their play for healthcare, and were

AI companies are clustering around healthcare, and fast.

In just the past week, OpenAI bought health startup Torch, Anthropic launched Claude for Health, and Sam Altman-backed Merge Labs closed a $250 million seed round at an $850 million valuation. The money and products are pouring into health and voice AI, but so are concerns about hallucination risks, inaccurate medical information, and massive security vulnerabilities in systems handling sensitive patient data.

Today on TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into why the AI worldis suddenly obsessed with healthcare, what other products can expect an AI-makeover, and more.

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