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Following up on the facial photo #AI exposé by @kashhill in today's @nytimes, the urgent need for federal privacy law transcends just identity. There's also potential invasion of #health privacy. Some examples:
1. @binah_ai, featured at @CES fastcompany.com/90448834/algor… @RuthReader
@kashhill @nytimes @binah_ai @CES @RuthReader @FastCompany 2. Diagnosis of abnormal heart rhythm
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… @JAMACardio
@kashhill @nytimes @binah_ai @CES @RuthReader @FastCompany @JAMACardio 3. Diagnosis of skin #cancer jamanetwork.com/journals/jamad… @JAMADerm
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Eric Topol
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Cataloguing #Cancer: The day after #WorldCancerDay2020, @nature @naturepub publishes 22 papers w/ majorl new insights from whole genome sequencing. The cover & my v brief summary of the papers; also @NatureGenet @NatureComms @NatureBiotech @nresearchnews
nature.com/collections/af…
@nature @Naturepub @NatureGenet @NatureComms @NatureBiotech @nresearchnews The primary paper here provides a great overview:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
@nature @Naturepub @NatureGenet @NatureComms @NatureBiotech @nresearchnews "The future of cancer #genomics lies in the clinic"
An even better summary of these papers and the requisite next steps in the @nature editorial nature.com/articles/d4158…
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Eric Topol
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The mathematical model for BMI is flawed.
Body mass index =weight / height squared
@DrEugeniaCheng asks why is height squared?
"Humans are 3-D, not flat like pizzas"
"Rocket science is arguably simpler than weight loss"
wsj.com/articles/weigh…
@DrEugeniaCheng Stop it with BMI. Use weight circumference. It's a vital sign. An important consensus statement
nature.com/articles/s4157… @NatureRevEndo #openaccess
@DrEugeniaCheng @NatureRevEndo corrections:
1. Waist (not weight) circumference
2. Stop it with BMI fixation. Waist circumference is a better metric
Need ☕️☕️
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Eric Topol
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There's "precision medicine" and "rabbit hole medicine"
This report represents the latter. How to collect an avg $8,000/person, do many tests to get lots of abnormal findings (for more testing) and "health outcome and benefits were not measured" pnas.org/content/early/… @PNASNews
@PNASNews My colleague @evanmuse and I wrote about this @TheLancet recently thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/…
"High-dimensional data for a human being is an alluring
yet unproven concept; "there is no validation..in the clinic"
@ScrippsRTI @scrippsresearch
@PNASNews @EvanMuse @TheLancet @ScrippsRTI @scrippsresearch Here's the previous report from the same group on "precision medicine" which I label (IMO more precisely) "rabbit-hole medicine." Of 209 people, >33% underwent additional medical imaging due to incidental findings pnas.org/content/pnas/1…
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Mark Scott
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Europe now has arguably the world’s toughest #privacy rules. But a year in, Big Tech has been the major winner — and lobbying worldwide has framed Europe’s rules are overly cumbersome politi.co/2HugJs5 w/ @laurenscerulus & @StevenOverly

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So let’s start w/ the good news. One year in, 150k privacy complaints have been made under Europe’s #privacy rules, a marked increase vs previous years. But (and it’s a big but) very few companies have been fined, most notably @google in France w/ its €50m penalty
That doesn’t mean fines = success. It’s fair to say that companies now take data protection more seriously, and that national EU regulators *are* building cases against potential abuse.
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Schona Jolly QC
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Today San Francisco banned facial recognition technology. It will not be allowed to be used by local agencies, like the transport authority, or law enforcement.

Britain needs a serious debate about #AI #tech #humanrights #discrimination. Instead, we’re still talking Brexit.
Here’s a piece on that ban: San Francisco is first US city to ban facial recognition #AI #tech #humanrights #discrimination bbc.com/news/technolog…
Meanwhile @geoffwhite247 reports on 3 missed opportunities to assess the dangers of BAME people being falsely identified & facing questioning because police have failed to test how well their systems deal with non-white faces. #AI #discrimination bbc.com/news/technolog…
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Rebecca Nagle
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Today, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Brackeen v Berhardt.

If you care about...

the wellbeing of Native children
Native American rights in any capacity
the future existence of tribes

you need to follow this case!! Here's why:
#THREAD #DefendICWA
When ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, was created 1/3 of all Native children had been adopted out of their tribe & were raised by White families. ICWA says when a Native child is up for adoption family members, tribal members or Native homes are prioritized for placement
Even with ICWA in place Native kids are disproportionately separated from their families, tribes and culture. Today, over half of US states are out of compliance.
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Joseph Jerome
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Today @CenDemTech is putting out its proposal for federal privacy legislation. You can read more here, but I wanted to share a few personal reflections: cdt.org/blog/americans… 1/12
"Privacy" is not a good word for what we're talking about anymore, but we seem stuck with it. "#BigData" "#IoT" "#AI" have changed the game, but folks too often take a narrow view of privacy. This was on full display at the FTC's discussion on #adtech: ftc.gov/system/files/d…
See Howard Beales: "There are discrimination problems out there in the world. There’s no doubt about that, but they are discrimination problems. They are not privacy problems." He's not wrong, but he's not right, if that makes any sense. 3/12
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Venk Murthy MD PhD
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More hype around AI, mHealth, wearables. @AliveCor devices can use #AI to find LQTS:

prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
From the press release:

AUC 0.83, specificity 81%, sensitivity 73%, accuracy 79%

Prevalence of LQTS 160,000 out of US population of 325.7 million (0.049%)
Do we need to do a tweetatorial about how this is grossly insufficient accuracy and will almost certainly lead to more harm than good?
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Vidushi Marda
@VidushiMarda
The #AI task force for Economic Transformation in #India (set up by the Government’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry) released its report last month. Some background (B) and key takeaways (T). 1/n
B1. The vision guiding this report is “AI as a socio economic problem solver at large scale rather than only a booster of economic growth”. 2/n
B2. It seeks to address the role of the Government in the field, answer how #AI can improve quality of life, and identify sectors for AI growth. 3/n
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