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Should AI be taking notes about your health?
Published 1 week, 2 days ago
Description
Artificial intelligence tools are listening to many people's medical appointments, but they're not always producing accurate summaries.
One patient has described how a letter from a specialist to her GP included a false suggestion that she was taking illegal drugs.
A so-called AI scribe had been used by the doctor.
New research by a privacy watchdog has raised serious concerns about AI being used in medical settings due to its propensity to "hallucinate" false symptoms or conditions, and warned patients were at risk.