Next time you go under the knife, there's a good chance a robot will hold the scalpel

Photo of a Da Vinci surgical robot conducting an operation on a patient's abdomen as several people in surgical garb stand watch nearby. (Credit: Hu Xiaofei—VCG via Getty Images)

Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this week’s edition…LLMs pave the way for autonomous robotic surgery; Apple Intelligence is released for the iPhone; The U.K. government launches a chatbot; AI workers seek whistleblower protections; and generative AI offers five million reasons to rethink e-waste. 

Two of the most fascinating topics I’ve covered in this newsletter are AI’s transformative effects in healthcare and how large language models have reignited progress in robotics. Today’s edition brings these together: I’m talking about AI-powered robotic surgery.