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Digital “cardiac twins” offer advantages for advancing healthcare by providing precise, noninvasive monitoring and early detection of diseases, but distinguishing between biological differences in cardiovascular physiology remains a challenge. ART STOCK CREATIVE/ Shutterstock

AI ‘digital twins’ are transforming heart care but will they work for women?

In cardiology, sex and gender-sensitive diagnosis and treatment planning are crucial, but biological differences remain the missing link in AI-powered human virtual twin technology.
British fashion model Alexsandrah poses with an AI-generated image of her in London last year. The use of computer-generated supermodels has complicated implications for labour, diversity and ethics. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Fake models for fast fashion? What AI clones mean for our jobs — and our identities

As digital replicas of real people become more common in image-based industries like fashion, urgent questions are emerging about the future of work in the cultural economy.
Digital 3D image of Shahjahanabad, which was once the capital of the Mughal empire. Vaibhav Rajan/University of Twente

Cultural heritage and historic preservation: creating a digital twin of Shahjahanabad

Once the capital of the Mughal empire, Old Delhi is now under threat. Geo-information technology can reveal its previous form, function, and context, however, and so help preserve and bring it back to life.
A digital twin attempts to capture every aspect of a real thing, including up-to-the-moment changes. lambada/E+ via Getty Images

What are digital twins? A pair of computer modeling experts explain

A digital twin is to a computer model as live video is to a still photo. These virtual replicas can be used to understand and make predictions about a wide range of complex systems, including people.

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