Clinical interviewing is an essential skill in medical training, but often requires significant time and training. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to help accelerate this training; however, its effectiveness remains unclear. Now, a new study reports how AI-based assessment of medical interview transcripts closely matches human-based assessments. These findings suggest that AI could support more efficient and scalable training in medical education.

A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth’s history, and answering a decades-old scientific mystery. Lystrosaurus, a hardy, plant-eating mammal ancestor, rose to prominence in the wake of the End-Permian Mass Extinction some 252 million years ago, the most devastating extinction event our planet has ever experienced. While countless species vanished, Lystrosaurus not only survived, but thrived in a world marked by extreme environmental instability, intense heat, and prolonged droughts.