Politico January 18, 2024
Carmen Paun, Daniel Payne, Erin Schumaker and Ruth Reader

Governments should assess and approve advanced AI models intended for use in health care and medicine if their resources allow, the World Health Organization said in a set of artificial intelligence ethics and governance recommendations released Thursday.

Even so: The resources question is a big one.

While rich countries such as the U.S. and some in Europe are tasking their regulatory agencies with considering these new technologies, low and middle-income countries will also need to do that, with WHO support or on their own, said Rohit Malpani, a WHO consultant who worked on the guidelines.

Why’s that? Because AI that works in the rich world may not in developing nations.

“Ultimately what will be safe and effective and appropriate support...

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