AI doctors? Lawsuits say no, some doctors say yes

Medical professionals are pushing back against artificial intelligence assuming the persona of a doctor, arguing it amounts to practicing without a license. One solution floated in the Journal of the American Medical Association would be to license AI as if it went to medical school.

Spotlighting the tension is a recent lawsuit filed by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania against Character Technologies, a Silicon Valley-based AI company. The complaint alleges that the company’s chatbots are illegally practicing medicine, purporting to be healthcare professionals in their conversations with consumers.

That lawsuit comes in the wake of similar growing scrutiny of medical AI in other states, including Texas and California, as well as by some medical experts urging tighter regulatory oversight of various AI platforms.

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