A lot has happened with artificial intelligence since President-elect Donald Trump was last in the White House.
Nudged into action by the advent of generative AI, the Biden administration has spent the past year rushing to set up guardrails for the technology’s use in health care. It reorganized its health agencies, launched a task force to consider regulatory changes, and promised to set up mechanisms to monitor safety risks and potential bias.
In the wake of Tuesday’s election, the dawn of a second Trump term now poses a fundamental question: Will all of that now go away in favor of a hands-off approach?
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