Google AI Firm’s Blockchain Project for Hospitals Faces Concerns over Patient Data
DeepMind Health, an artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary of Google, has launched a blockchain-like project designed to allow hospital technicians to predict, diagnose and prevent illnesses. DeepMind Health has been working with London’s Royal Free Hospital to develop kidney monitoring software and has faced criticism from patient organizations over data sharing agreements that could give DeepMind too much power over the National Health Service (NHS), according to The Guardian. Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder and head of applied AI at DeepMind, and Ben Laurie, head of security and....
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