MedPage Today November 9, 2023
— Emerging technology presents an opportunity to right past wrongs, Senator says during hearing
When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, policymakers must balance innovation with potential harms to patients and healthcare workers, lawmakers and witnesses said during a Senate hearing Wednesday.
“I have concerns because when we talk about the promises of AI, we need to also talk about its risks,” chair Edward Markey (D-Mass.) said during the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security hearing. “We have learned time and again that left to self-regulate, big tech puts profit over people almost every time. We cannot afford to repeat that mistake by not regulating artificial intelligence now.”
Markey kicked off the hearing with remarks on the...
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