WHO lays down guidelines for AI use in healthcare
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WHO calls for collaboration between the public, governments and health experts to make the best and safest use of AI.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has enlisted the key principles that must be followed while using artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies in healthcare. The titled ‘Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health’ is a first comprehensive handbook of its kind, and has been curated by over twenty global experts over the course of two years. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) The public health agency endorses these guidelines be used as a basis for governments, technology developers, companies, civil society and inter-governmental organisations to adopt ethical approaches to the use of AI.
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