We built an AI assistant to give doctors something they rarely have: time

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation between Erez Druk, the founder of Freed AI, an AI assistant for clinicians, and his wife, Dr. Gabi Meckler, a family physician. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Gabi Meckler

When I was in residency, I really began to feel the weight of notes.

I would stay in the hospital until midnight, writing notes. You’d come home and still have notes to do. They were constant — a fact of life. Some…