Curated roundup of healthcare and health IT news
A curated roundup highlights recent developments in healthcare and health IT, with a strong focus on generative Artificial Intelligence, cloud partnerships, leadership moves, and the digital divide affecting patient access. The collection is organized by topic to help industry professionals track trends shaping the future of care.
The great artificial intelligence hype correction of 2025
A 2025 reckoning in artificial intelligence is prompting a reset of expectations after top company leaders made promises they could not keep. A new subscriber eBook explores why large language models are limited, why artificial intelligence is not a universal fix, and whether the industry is in a bubble.
Virtue ethics as a framework for artificial intelligence alignment
A virtue-ethical, practice-centered model of rationality is proposed as a more natural and stable basis for aligning artificial intelligence with human flourishing than goal-oriented consequentialist optimization.
HBM4 validation on track for 2Q26 as three suppliers target NVIDIA Rubin
HBM4 validation by Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron is expected to complete by 2Q26, positioning NVIDIA’s Rubin platform as a key driver for next generation high bandwidth memory adoption.
AMD adds day 0 support for Qwen 3.5 large language models on Instinct GPUs
AMD is rolling out day 0 support for Alibaba’s Qwen 3.5 large language models on its Instinct MI300X, MI325X, and MI355X accelerators, targeting developers building advanced Artificial Intelligence agents and enterprise platforms.
European healthtech and medtech IPO outlook for 2026 and 2027
European healthtech and medtech listings are set to restart in 2026 under far tougher financial and regulatory conditions, with most premium IPO candidates aiming for United States exchanges. A wave of mature platforms, data-rich drug discovery firms, and surgical robotics players is building toward 2027 as regulatory and exchange reforms reshape exit paths.
Genesys brings experience orchestration to AWS European Sovereign Cloud
Genesys will offer its Genesys Cloud platform on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, targeting highly regulated European organisations that need artificial intelligence innovation while maintaining strict data sovereignty and compliance.
AMD wins production technology lumiere award for zen 5 processors
The advanced imaging society has honored AMD with its production technology lumiere award for the latest generation of zen 5 based epyc and ryzen threadripper pro processors, recognizing their impact on modern film production. The hardware is enabling faster rendering, real time workflows, and energy efficient compute for high end studios.
SK hynix and Samsung ready faster LPDDR6 memory for ISSCC 2026
SK hynix and Samsung are set to showcase competing 16 Gb LPDDR6 modules at ISSCC 2026, with SK hynix targeting 14.4 Gbps speeds and Samsung pushing 12.8 Gbps with improved efficiency over LPDDR5X.
European asset managers fall amid concerns over Artificial Intelligence disruption
European asset management stocks fell sharply as investors reassessed the sector’s ability to withstand disruption from Artificial Intelligence and lower cost digital platforms.