The Bird Bath: First week of July 2025
Gallant $18M Series B, FDA statements, Teacher’s Pet, and Relief Burnout
Dive In
Stories that deserve an extra look
Frontiers in Veterinary Science published an editorial highlighting intriguing utilizations of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language models (LLM) in animal health. What was fascinating was the “authors” commentary on her own editorial.
This editorial was created by a large language model (LLM)with the prompt: “Write an editorial... (see acknowledgments below)”. No additional revisions were made on the created text.
How much more meta can we get? 👉 Read the Editorial here or this an AI generated 10 word review, “AI transforms vet care fast—promise high, hurdles remain, future bright.”
Why you should care
Is the purpose of an editorial to gain original thoughts from the author, or to stimulate thought in the reader? I read the piece and thought of some facial recognition software I demo’d in the ag-space and brainstormed how to introduce it into clinics for faster intake.
Beyond the Branch
Intriguing news from outside the veterinary industry
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing reported 40% of RNs and 41% of LPN/VNs plan to leave the profession in the next 5 years. And this was no small sample size, a total of 744,714 RNs and 137,902 LPN/VNs participated in the study. 👉See all the data from the NCSBN
Why you should care
Vet med is not alone in the burnout pandemic. Healthcare workers globally are on the brink of leaving with no real changes in sight.
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