Midjourney CEO David Holz unveiled The Midjourney Scanner, the company's first physical product — an ultrasound full-body scanner that uses a ring of sensors to capture vertical body images. The announcement marks a dramatic pivot from AI-generated imagery to medical hardware. Holz also revealed plans to open a San Francisco spa as the device's initial deployment venue.
Medical AI in China—and globally—has long been trapped in interlocking chicken-and-egg problems: you need clinical data to build good models, regulatory approval to deploy, and deployment evidence to earn approval. A Chinese domestic player, highlighted by QbitAI, is reported to have navigated this full end-to-end gauntlet. If validated, the breakthrough could offer a replicable commercial template for the broader medical AI sector in China.
Google DeepMind has recently published new research and a vision for an "AI co-clinician." As healthcare systems worldwide face unprecedented pressure —…