Should AI be taking notes about your health?
Episode 3 min 42s

Should AI be taking notes about your health?

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.

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