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#115: ARPA-H Bets $175M on Stroke Robots, Four States Test EBT Fraud Blocking, Japan Dates AI 119 Calls to 2030
Impact Signals #115: ARPA-H Bets $175M on Stroke Robots, Four States Test EBT Fraud Blocking, Japan Dates AI 119 Calls to 2030 The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health put up to $175.3 million behind AI-enabled robotic thrombectomy on August 21, aimed at the 88 percent of eligible US stroke patients who never get the clot pulled in time. The Aspen Institute began piloting bank-style real-time transaction blocking inside the EBT authorization flow with four state benefits agencies, after $607 million in food benefits was skimmed off cards in a single year. And Japan's Fire and Disaster…
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