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See - Sada Elbalad
03-07-2025
- Health
- See - Sada Elbalad
Israeli-Linked Hadassah Clinic in Moscow Treats Wounded Iranian IRGC Fighters
SeeNews Moscow branch of Israel's Hadassah Medical Center, affiliated with Russian authorities and state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, is treating members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) injured in Israeli and US airstrikes, as well as personnel of one of Iran's nuclear facilities, according to a source familiar with the matter. At least eight IRGC personnel, including two senior commanders, are currently receiving medical treatment at Hadassah Medical Moscow, the source said. Additional patients are expected to arrive from Iran following the recent resumption of direct flights between Tehran and Moscow. The revelations add to mounting scrutiny of the Russian outpost of Israeli Hadassah Medical Organization that operates two major hospitals and several medical schools in Israel. Widely regarded as one of the country's premier healthcare providers, Hadassah serves more than a million patients annually and employs over 5,000 medical professionals. Hadassah launched its Moscow facility – Hadassah Medical Moscow - in 2018 with a $15 million investment, promoting it as a hub for advanced care under Israeli medical oversight. Since then, however, the clinic's patient roster has drawn criticism from lawmakers and media in Israel. Last year, media reported that the clinic treated wounded members of Hamas and Hezbollah, despite restrictions imposed by Israel's Ministry of Health. Revelations emerged that a close confidant of Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif received intensive care at Hadassah Medical Moscow facility after being injured in clashes with Israeli forces. These reports sparked calls from Israeli lawmakers to shut down the Moscow branch, with some officials describing its ongoing operations in Russia as a 'betrayal of Israeli-Western values.' Despite the controversy, the clinic has expanded its activities. Over 40 doctors from Israel have been dispatched to Moscow since October 2024 to support its growing operations. According to unconfirmed reports, Russia's nuclear corporation Rosatom has acquired a stake in Hadassah Medical Moscow (which explains the treatment of specialists from Iranian nuclear facilities at this clinic). Hadassah Medical Moscow also reportedly provided a full medical examination to exiled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma. A team of Israeli oncologists — not affiliated with the Moscow branch — allegedly traveled to their hotel in Moscow with medical equipment and performed the procedures on-site. Across parts of the Middle East, the clinic's willingness to treat patients opposing Israel has drawn ridicule from Arabs. Some observers characterize the treatment of Israel's adversaries at Hadassah Medical Moscow as a consistent policy of the clinic and Rosatom. More than 600 people were reportedly killed and over 3,000 wounded in Israeli strikes on Iran during the 12-day conflict earlier this month, according to Iranian media. Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem has not publicly commented on the Moscow branch's activities. read more Gold prices rise, 21 Karat at EGP 3685 NATO's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict US Expresses 'Strong Opposition' to New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Shoukry Meets Director-General of FAO Lavrov: confrontation bet. nuclear powers must be avoided News Iran Summons French Ambassador over Foreign Minister Remarks News Aboul Gheit Condemns Israeli Escalation in West Bank News Greek PM: Athens Plays Key Role in Improving Energy Security in Region News One Person Injured in Explosion at Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream News Shell Unveils Cost-Cutting, LNG Growth Plan News "Tensions Escalate: Iran Probes Allegations of Indian Tech Collaboration with Israeli Intelligence" Technology 50-Year Soviet Spacecraft 'Kosmos 482' Crashes into Indian Ocean
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Scientists Tested AI For Cognitive Decline. The Results Were a Shock.
It's barely been two years since OpenAI's ChatGPT was released for public use, inviting anyone on the internet to collaborate with an artificial mind on anything from poetry to school assignments to letters to their landlord. Today, the famous large language model (LLM) is just one of several leading programs that appear convincingly human in their responses to basic queries. That uncanny resemblance may extend further than intended, with researchers from Israel now finding LLMs suffer a form of cognitive decline that increases with age just as we do. The team applied a battery of cognitive assessments to publicly available 'chatbots': versions 4 and 4o of ChatGPT, two versions of Alphabet's Gemini, and version 3.5 of Anthropic's Claude. Were the LLMs truly intelligent, the results would be concerning. In their published paper, neurologists Roy Dayan and Benjamin Uliel from Hadassah Medical Center and Gal Koplewitz, a data scientist at Tel Aviv University, describe a level of "cognitive decline that seems comparable to neurodegenerative processes in the human brain." For all of their personality, LLMs have more in common with the predictive text on your phone than the principles that generate knowledge using the squishy grey matter inside our heads. What this statistical approach to text and image generation gains in speed and personability, it loses in gullibility, building code according to algorithms that struggle to sort meaningful snippets of text from fiction and nonsense. To be fair, human brains aren't faultless when it comes to taking the occasional mental shortcut. Yet with rising expectations of AI delivering trustworthy words of wisdom – even medical and legal advice – comes assumptions that each new generation of LLMs will find better ways to 'think' about what it's actually saying. To see how far we have to go, Dayan, Uliel, and Koplewitz applied a series of tests that include the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a tool neurologists commonly use to measure mental abilities such as memory, spatial skills, and executive function. ChaptGPT 4o scored the highest on the assessment, with just 26 out of a possible 30 points, indicating mild cognitive impairment. This was followed by 25 points for ChatGPT 4 and Claude, and a mere 16 for Gemini – a score that would be suggestive of severe impairment in humans. Digging into the results, all of the models performed poorly on visuospatial/executive function measures. These included a trail-making task, the copying of a simple cube design, or drawing a clock, with the LLMs either failing completely or requiring explicit instructions. Some responses to questions on the subject's location in space echoed those used by dementia patients, such as Claude's reply of "the specific place and city would depend on where you, the user, are located at the moment." Similarly, a lack of empathy shown by all models in a feature of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination could be interpreted as a sign of frontotemporal dementia. As might be expected, earlier versions of LLMs scored lower on the tests than more recent models, indicating each new generation of AI has found ways to overcome the cognitive shortcomings of its predecessors. The authors acknowledge LLMs aren't human brains, making it impossible to 'diagnose' the models tested with any form of dementia. Yet the tests also challenge assumptions that we're on the verge of an AI revolution in clinical medicine, a field that often relies on interpreting complex visual scenes. As the pace of innovation in artificial intelligence continues to accelerate, it's possible, even likely we'll see the first LLM score top marks on cognitive assessment tasks in future decades. Until then, the advice of even the most advanced chatbots ought to be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism. This research was published in BMJ. New Record: Reactor Crosses 'Crucial Milestone' in Achieving Nuclear Fusion Microsoft Claims a Major Quantum Breakthrough, But What Does It Do? ChatGPT's Deep Research Is Here. But Can It Really Replace a Human Expert?
