[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-midjourneys-medical-pivot-lacks-the-evidence-to-back-it-up":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":25,"tags":26,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},1987,"midjourneys-medical-pivot-lacks-the-evidence-to-back-it-up","Midjourney's Medical Pivot Lacks the Evidence to Back It Up","Experts say the AI image startup's ultrasound scanner announcement is heavy on ambition and light on the clinical proof that would matter.","Midjourney wants to scan your body in a vat of water and call it healthcare.\n\nThe company behind the popular AI image generator announced a new medical imaging venture last week: an ultrasound scanner that submerges users in water and, according to CEO David Holz, could eventually outperform MRI — while feeling, the company said, \"as casual as a trip to the spa.\" The stated goal is helping people live longer and healthier lives. The unstated challenge is that making that case requires clinical evidence, and Midjourney has produced little of it publicly.\n\nSeveral medical imaging specialists told The Verge they were not dismissing the concept outright — water-bath ultrasound is a real technique — but they flagged the gap between the announcement's ambition and the public proof supporting it. That gap matters because FDA clearance, clinical adoption, and patient trust all run on data, not demos. A startup with no track record in regulated medical devices is asking experts to take a lot on faith.\n\nMidjourney's core business is generating images from text prompts — a long way from producing diagnostically valid scans of human tissue. The company has not released peer-reviewed research, trial data, or regulatory filings to support its MRI-beating claims, which puts this announcement firmly in the \"interesting hypothesis, unproven\" category for now.","[\"midjourney\",\"medical imaging\",\"ai\",\"ultrasound\"]","2026-06-23T15:56:35.000Z","2026-06-23T17:02:41.647Z","2026-06-23T17:02:56.893Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fmidjourneys-medical-pivot-lacks-the-evidence-to-back-it-up.webp","ai",[27,28,25,29],"midjourney","medical imaging","ultrasound",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Freport\u002F954826\u002Fmidjourney-medical-ai-ultrasound-body-scanner-lacks-evidence",0,{"sections":36},[37,41,46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":25,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI",543,"2026-06-24T22:35:15.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":43,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"Deals","deals",161,"2026-06-24T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Security","security",149,"2026-06-24T21:03:34.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Policy","policy",109,"2026-06-24T22:30:36.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",87,"2026-06-24T14:22:56.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Hardware","hardware",86,"2026-06-24T22:28:18.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Software","software",65,"2026-06-24T21:57:30.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",53,"2026-06-23T18:13:40.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Science","science",40,"2026-06-24T21:41:03.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Gaming","gaming",37,"2026-06-24T22:47:03.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Startups","startups",34,"2026-06-24T20:51:38.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",27,"2026-06-24T08:50:14.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]