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The Assetization of Medical Data and Medical AI: A System Designed for Inequality and Exorbitant Prices

Introduction The transformation of pharmaceuticals into financial assets has introduced the logics of scarcity and high prices from low-to-middle income countries to high-income countries. This shift has spurred new forms of activism, raising the question: will similar patterns emerge with the assetization of medical data and medical AI? This article

Investor Panic Fuels Closed-Source Narrative, but Open-Source AI Foundation Models Will Define the Future

I received the link to the blog post “The future of foundation models is closed-source” from at least 15 people within my network, highlighting the widespread dissemination of the author's biased blog post. The spread of his blog post, aligns with the bullshit asymmetry principle (Brandolini's

AI Act, Dislightenment power to BigTech -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #22

You are about to read our newsletter for health and tech professionals - the Hippogram. I'm Bart de Witte, and I've been inside the health technology industry for more than 20 years. In that time, I've witnessed the evolution of technologies that are changing

Message from Clement Delangue -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #21

You are about to read our newsletter for health and tech professionals - the Hippogram. I'm Bart de Witte, and I've been inside the health technology industry for more than 20 years. In that time, I've witnessed the evolution of technologies that are changing

Regeneration, Sustainability -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #20

The 20th edition of the Hippogram focuses on the myths of open source

It's been 5 years since we got all the "attention" we wanted.

Check out this cool animation, tracing the journey from the day the paper "Attention is all you need" was released to the present day. It illustrates how Open Source Large Language Models have risen to prominence, surpassing the previously dominant closed-source AI landscape of Google and OpenAI.

Build, Community, AskPaper -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #19

I'm Bart de Witte, and I've been inside the health technology industry for more than 20 years as a social entrepreneur. During that time, I've witnessed and was part of the evolution of technologies that are changing the face of healthcare, business models, and

It's a Wrap and the Start

I'm Bart de Witte, and I've been inside the health technology industry for more than 20 years as a social entrepreneur. During that time, I've witnessed and was part of the evolution of technologies that are changing the face of healthcare, business models, and

Breaking the Wall of Health Inequality

Hippo AI Open Health Data and AI Summit Today marks the beginning of an expanded awareness campaign. As we are now constructing the healthcare systems in which our children will live, we believe it is of utmost importance that they serve everyone equitably and are based on European values such

Conversation, Summit & Anthropology -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #18

I'm Bart de Witte, and I've been inside the health technology industry for more than 20 years as a social entrepreneur. During that time, I've witnessed and was part of the evolution of technologies that are changing the face of healthcare, business models, and

Text-to-Protein-Function, -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #17

The impact of the current changes taking place in the AI space is not well known, which is why this newsletter focuses on some recent breakthroughs in the realm of open-sourced AI, which are moving at an unseen speed.

Taking Unity & Solidarity to the Next Level, -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #16

Bart's State of AI lecture at the annual Economist Thessaloniki Metropolitan Summit.

Disrupting Giants Regulation Gone Wrong -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #15

Bart describes the recent developments on Open Source Collaborations and how it is disrupting giants. Looking at EU regulators, it seems these Open Source development are not well understood -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #15

OS, AI, Mythbusters -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #14

The 14th edition of the Hippogram focuses on the myths of open source

Sea, Shift and Open -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #13

I'm Bart de Witte, and I've been inside the health technology industry for more than 20 years as a social entrepreneur. During that time, I've witnessed and was part of the evolution of technologies that are changing the face of healthcare, business models, and

Love, Trails and Openness -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #12

The 12th edition of the Hippogram focuses on the sentient-like AI, agency and openness

NZZ Interview with Bart (in German)

Gesundheitsdaten solidarisch teilen? Interview mit Bart de WitteFrüher arbeitete er in Tech-Konzernen zur Digitalisierung des Gesundheitswesens. Heute kämpft Bart de Witte dafür, dass Patientendaten solidarisch geteilt werden.Neue Zürcher ZeitungRuth Fulterer

Moore's Law, Future of Drugs and Commons -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #11

Welcome to our newsletter for health and tech professionals - the bi-weekly Hippogram. I'm Bart de Witte, and I've been part of the health technology community and industry for more than 20 years as a social entrepreneur. In that time, the evolution of technologies changed the

Core, Complements and Trust -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #10

The 10th edition of the Hippogram focuses on large transformer models and openness

Massive, Transformer, Openness -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #9

The 9th edition of the Hippogram focuses on large transformer models and openness

Twitter, Open, People Governance -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #8

I'm Bart de Witte, and I've been inside the health technology industry for more than 20 years as a social entrepreneur. During that time, I've witnessed and was part of the evolution of technologies that are changing the face of healthcare, business models, and

The Dark Side of AI, AI Patents & AI Index Report -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #7

The 7th edition of the Hippogram focuses on AI patents and open access to knowledge.

Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #6

Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #6

This week, Bart gave the opening keynote at WIRED Health Italy. It was all about the necessary "Democratization of AI".

Keynote: Democratising AI

Keynote: Democratising AI

Data and AI for more inclusive and open source healthcare. Building a fair and democratic future has never been more important than it is today: when we talk about artificial intelligence in healthcare, we must strive to create an inclusive system, without the inequalities we see now. If digitalization is

Health Equity, Data Commodification & Data Solidarity -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #5

Health Equity, Data Commodification & Data Solidarity -- 🦛 💌 Hippogram #5

The fifth edition of the Hippogram focuses on data commodification and data solidarity.