The warning comes in a report by the UN World Health Organization’s (WHO) office in Europe, where AI is already helping doctors to spot diseases, reduce administrative tasks and communicate with patients.
The technology is reshaping how care is delivered, data are interpreted, and resources are allocated.
“But without clear strategies, data privacy, legal guardrails and investment in AI literacy, we risk deepening inequities rather than reducing them,” said Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe.
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Warn any technology will be used to further widen the wealth inequality and you will be true. People just can’t organize against money like they used to.
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Good, I’m a med student who uses AI tools to study and even the libraries trained on medical data have hallucinated a few times. We need guard rails to protect patients and health care professionals
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The warning comes in a report by the UN World Health Organization’s (WHO) office in Europe, where AI is already helping doctors to spot diseases, reduce administrative tasks and communicate with patients.
The technology is reshaping how care is delivered, data are interpreted, and resources are allocated.
“But without clear strategies, data privacy, legal guardrails and investment in AI literacy, we risk deepening inequities rather than reducing them,” said Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe.
Warn any technology will be used to further widen the wealth inequality and you will be true. People just can’t organize against money like they used to.
Good, I’m a med student who uses AI tools to study and even the libraries trained on medical data have hallucinated a few times. We need guard rails to protect patients and health care professionals