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The role for policy in AI-assisted medical diagnosis.

May 8, 2024

Newman-Toker DE, Sharfstein JM. JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(4):e241339.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as a primary innovation that will improve the safety and quality of health care, yet it has its detractors. This commentary explores the importance of effective policy to guide the development, training, and use of chatbots, large language models, and other elements of AI to improve its accuracy as a diagnostic tool.

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