Start Up No.2664: AI outdoes ER doctors on triage, how token spend is rocketing, Meta fires smart glass observers, and more

The price of the resin used in printed circuit boards (PCBs) has risen dramatically due to shortages caused by, guess what, the Iran war. CC-licensed photo by David Lenker on Flickr. The Overspill will be on a two-week break from next week. Next edition Monday May 18, if all goes to plan. A selection of 11 links for you. Wired up. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses • The Guardian Robert Booth: » From George Clooney in ER to Noah Wyle in The Pitt, emergency department doctors have long been popular heroes. But will it soon be time to hang up the scrubs? A groundbreaking Harvard study has found that AI systems outperformed human doctors in high-pressure emergency medicine triage, diagnosing more accurately in the potentially life and death moments when people are first…