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Deep & Emerging Tech·September 30, 2026·1 min read

This AI Can Estimate How Long You’ve Been Dead. How It Works Is the Weird Part

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AI that predicts time of death from microbial “weather” on cadavers shows how far forensic and bio-surveillance models can reach into the physical world. Health, insurance, and public-sector operators should assume similar microbial and environmental signatures will be used for attribution and risk scoring, not just in labs.

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The investor behind Neko Health’s $700M bet on scanning your whole body

Preventative health is shifting from annual checkups to continuous, high-resolution body telemetry — $700M into Neko plus moves from Midjourney and Function Health is a bet that imaging and longitudinal data become the new primary care surface. If you build in health or wellness, assume your user shows up with a personal “digital twin” within a few years and design around interpretation, routing, and liability, not data capture.