WHO guidance on Artificial Intelligence to improve healthcare, mitigate risks worldwide

"Like all new technology, artificial intelligence…can also be misused and cause harm", warmed Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World health Organization (WHO). To regulate and govern AI, WHO published new guidance that provides six principles to limit the risks and maximize the opportunities intrinsic to AI for health. Artificial Intelligence (#AI) holds enormous potential for improving the health of millions of people around, but only if ethics & human rights are put at the heart of its design, deployment, & use. WHO's Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health report points out that AI can be and, in some wealthy countries is already being, used to improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis and screening for diseases; assist with clinical care; strengthen health research and drug development; and support diverse public health interventions, including outbreak response and health systems management. AI could also empower patients to take greater control of their own health care and enable resource-poor countries to bridge health service access gaps.