Politico October 30, 2023
The Biden administration hasn’t decided how to handle emerging tools like chatbots that interact with patients and answer doctors’ questions – even though some are already in use.
Biden is taking a step toward addressing that today with an executive order that calls on the Department of Health and Human Services to create a task force to develop a strategic plan within a year on the responsible use of AI, POLITICO’s Mohar Chatterjee and Rebecca Kern reported.
State of play: The Food and Drug Administration has approved about 520 AI-enabled devices — mostly for radiology, where the technology has shown promise in reading X-rays.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said in an August meeting he believed the agency has done well...