JAMA + AI Weekly Update March 29, 2025

In this week’s JAMA+ AI Conversations, Daniel Herman, MD, PhD, of the UPenn Perelman School of Medicine discusses his recent research on including race as a factor in prenatal screening for open neural tube defects. The findings have contributed to his institution’s effort to change their practice, excluding race from these risk calculations.

Also this week:

• Haider Warraich, MD, Troy Tazbaz, BS, and Robert Califf, MD, respond to reader-submitted letters about their recent JAMA Special Communication article on the regulatory challenges presented by the increasing use of AI in health care.
• A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open finds that digital screen time was associated with increased odds of myopia.
• The MELD Graph, a neural network for detecting focal cortical dysplasia on MRI scans, demonstrates improved performance and interpretability compared to existing methods, find this study published in JAMA Neurology.