WHO Calls For Countries To Regulate Use Of AI In Medicine

The World Health Organization warns that artificial intelligence tools require responsible management when deployed in the context of health, and has called for regulators and drug developers to engage in dialog about the safe use of such technology.

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Governments and regulatory authorities should introduce “robust legal and regulatory frameworks” to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the health sector, according to new guidance from the World Health Organization.

In a 19 October statement, the WHO warned that AI technologies were “being rapidly deployed, sometimes without a full understanding of how they may perform, which could either benefit...

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