AI Is Already in Healthcare. Regulators Want More Transparency

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Doctors and hospitals are using AI tools to communicate with patients and help make diagnoses. Except, the tools don’t always work as promised. They can introduce errors in patient notes or incorrectly predict which patients will be diagnosed with certain conditions. Now federal regulators are suggesting that AI tools come with a “nutrition label” to help healthcare providers decide how or whether to use them. WSJ tech policy reporter Ryan Tracy talks with host Alex Ossola about what such a label might include, and why not everyone thinks it’s a great idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, December 6th. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal. Today we're talking about two sides of generative AI. First, we'll find out how rival chip makers are competing to crack invidious dominance in the field. Dan Gallagher, a tech reporter for the W.S.J. heard on the street column,
0:54.0	joins us to discuss what it'll take to win a slice of the AI chip market.
0:58.6	Then, medical AI tools can make dangerous mistakes, and for the the first time regulators are proposing a new
1:05.0	labeling system in an effort to make the technology more transparent.
1:08.8	W.S.J. Tech Policy reporter Ryan Tracy tells us what this could mean for clinicians and patients.
1:18.5	First up, the Chip Makers. By now, you probably know that generative AI can do a lot. It can answer your questions in real time, like a chatbot, can come up with a travel itinerary, or, um, right, your resume?
1:33.2	But those systems take a lot of computing power,
1:36.0	which means lots of chips.
1:38.0	This market has been dominated by California chipmaker
1:40.8	NVIDIA, and now its rivals are trying to get in on the action.
1:44.7	Joining us to talk about how chipmakers are looking to compete is Dan Gallagher,
1:49.2	a tech reporter for the W.S.J. Heard on the Street column.
1:52.1	Dan, just how dominant is NVIDIA among chipmakers.
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