Oversight, standards needed for ethical integration of AI into public health systems, physicians say

In its current state, industry-driven artificial intelligence (AI) can’t be ethically or responsibly implemented in public health systems, write physicians in the American Journal of Public Health… Terry Adirim, MD, MPH, of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, and Amy Molten, MD, of Tufts University School of Medicine, said that, without stronger governance, AI poses risks to patients—especially those from historically marginalized groups such as children, racial minorities, indigenous people, older adults, homeless or incarcerated people, undocumented families, rural residents, and people with disabilities.