Patients, families, doctors and other experts on eating disorders were left stunned and bewildered about how a chatbot designed to help people with eating disorders could end up dispensing diet tips instead.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to iRhythm Technologies detailing several issues related to the company’s Zio AT mobile cardiac telemetry device.
A recent head-to-head test gave bots a surprising superiority in what ought to be one of the most intrinsically human of all activities: serving as a doctor.
The bot incident illustrates how AI-enabled assistants can deliver unexpected and potentially dangerous results as they become a bigger part of daily life.
As excitement grows for AI in medicine, there's also a risk: These powerful new tools can perpetuate long-standing racial inequities in how care is delivered.