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The latest breakthrough in Nature demonstrates something unprecedented: the large-scale use of transformer-based large language models (LLMs) to model how human disease unfolds across lifetimes. While AI chatbots like ChatGPT have captured headlines for mimicking conversation, this work shows their potential to transform healthcare. For the first time, researchers have applied the architecture of generative AI to predict individual health risks, creating a comprehensive model of disease progression. The result is not just a scientific milestone but a signpost for the future of medicine, prevention, and policy.

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For years, algorithms have promised to forecast disease, but mostly in narrow lan

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