The phone that thinks: on-device models reach rural clinics

A diagnostic assistant that needs no signal is quietly changing triage.

In Pune, the change was felt first by the people who track it for a living. Officials briefed on the matter cautioned that the early numbers will be revised.

The story, as ever, is in the distribution: who gains, who waits, and how long the advantage lasts once the initial momentum fades. That is the question this week leaves open.