WHO Issues New Guidance for Safely Harnessing AI to Improve Healthcare

WHO released new guidance on regulating AI for health, emphasizing safety, effectiveness, availability, and stakeholder dialogue.

AI could help improve outcomes by enhancing trials, diagnosis, treatment, care, and supplementing professionals.

But rapid, unvetted deployment risks harming end-users, necessitating robust frameworks.

Guidance covers transparency, risk management, validating data, avoiding bias, and fostering collaboration.

Regulations can help manage risks like amplifying biases in training data.