Coverage dated October 19, 2023

AI chatbots are supposed to improve health care, but research says some are perpetuating racism

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Hospitals and health care systems are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, but a new study cautions that popular chatbots are perpetuating racist, debunked medical ideas.

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  1. MyNorthwest

    AI chatbots are supposed to improve health care. But research says some are perpetuating racism (opens MyNorthwest)

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    Researchers cautions that popular chatbots are perpetuating racist, debunked medical ideas, prompting concerns that the tools could worsen health disparities for Black patients.

  2. NBC News

    Advanced AI chatbots perpetuate racist, debunked medical ideas, researchers find (opens NBC News)

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    A new study led by Stanford School of Medicine researchers found that OpenAI's ChatGPT and GPT-4, Google’s Bard, and Anthropic’s Claude appeared to reinforce long-held false beliefs about biological differences between Black and white people.

  3. NBC10 Philadelphia

    AI chatbots are supposed to improve health care, but research says some are perpetuating racism (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Hospitals and health care systems are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, but a new study cautions that popular chatbots are perpetuating racist, debunked medical ideas.

  4. CBS News

    Health providers say AI chatbots could improve care. But research says some are perpetuating racism (opens CBS News)

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    Hospitals and health care systems are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors' notes and analyze health records.

  5. Boston

    AI chatbots are supposed to improve health care. But research says some are perpetuating racism. (opens Boston)

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    “There are very real-world consequences to getting this wrong that can impact health disparities,” said Stanford’s Dr. Roxana Daneshjou.

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