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California doctors must sign off on any medical care recommended — or denied — by artificial intelligence under new state legislation.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newson signed the health care-related AI bill even as he vetoed a consumer-focused measure that would have required AI systems be tested before public release and include a “kill switch.”
Why it matters: Doctors have won a round in their fight to ensure AI continues to support them — not replace them.
The California Medical Association, a doctors’ advocacy group, backed the bill. The CMA’s parent organization, the American Medical Association, has campaigned to rename artificial intelligence as augmented intelligence as a way to reinforce doctors’ primary role.
But the bill’s enactment also...
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