Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare Could Bring Risks Along With Opportunities

AI has enormous potential when it comes to the healthcare field, capable of improving diagnoses and finding new, more effective drugs. However, as a piece in Scientific American recently discussed, the speed with which AI is penetrating the healthcare field also opens up many new challenges and risks. Over the course of the past five years, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved over 40 different AI products. However, as reported by Scientific American, none of the products cleared for sale in the US have had their performance evaluated in randomized controlled clinical trials. Many AI medical tools don't even require approval by the FDA.