Beyond the megacity: AI, governance, and the rise of intelligent peri-urban regions
AI could expand access to healthcare and reshape how societies are organised. But who governs the algorithm? Vishnu Narayan on the intelligent city.
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Taiwan deploys AI agent networks across hospital systems in partnership with Foxconn and NVIDIA
The deployments are taking place under the government's Healthy Taiwan initiative, which has committed $1.5 billion to building a nationally governed, AI-native health system.
MedPlanner completes clinical AI ecosystem with launch of HEMI Health and AskHEMI
The two new solutions, HEMI Health, an AI medical scribe with medicolegal protection tools, and AskHEMI, a multilingual patient-facing health companion, join HEMI Teams.
When healthcare becomes infrastructure: AI, digital identity, and the quiet risk of exclusion
HealthTechAsia's Vishnu Narayan asks whether governance keep pace as Global South digital health infrastructures deepen and dependence outpaces accountability.
UN consultation calls for enforceable AI governance as Global Dialogue approaches
HealthTechAsia Contributing Policy Editor Vishnu Narayan joined the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies' third virtual stakeholder consultation on 12 May.
Motorola and the quiet AI shift
Consumer devices are no longer just capturing health data, writes Vishnu Narayan, they're beginning to act on it. The governance question is catching up slowly.
China’s new AI agent framework puts healthcare in the regulatory spotlight
The document sets out a comprehensive framework covering technology standards, safety requirements, governance structures, sector-specific applications, and ecosystem development.
Ping An Good Doctor’s medical AI model claims top score on global healthcare benchmark
The model, Ping An Medical LLM 3.5, recorded a score of 57.27 on the benchmark, ahead of Baichuan (44.4), Meta (42.8), and OpenAI (42.0).
South Korean hospital network adopts internal AI ethics framework
Catholic Medical Center's framework draws in part on ethical principles established by the Vatican in its 2025 guidance on artificial intelligence.