Member News Digest — October 29, 2026

^{Ezekiel Emanuel with CBS Mornings}

Election to the American Philosophical Society honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields. Those accomplishments don’t end upon induction, however. In this week’s APS Member News Digest, read about AI and the doctor’s office, late-Renaissance trailblazers, and the faces behind the AI revolution.

• How will AI impact your next visit to the doctor? Ezekiel Emanuel (APS 2026) went on CBS Mornings to discuss.
• “We need to allow some complexity in our understanding of Early Modern women,” Elizabeth Cropper (APS 1998) told the BBC on the topic of Lavinia Fontana, a late-Renaissance trailblazer painter of women’s nude portraits.
• The Builders with Walter Isaacson (APS 2005) is the journalist’s new podcast that explores the faces behind AI technologies.