AI is driving Google’s health care business. Washington doesn’t know what to do about it. - POLITICO

The firm is deploying its artificial intelligence across the health care spectrum. Its lobbyists are smoothing the way. Google has assembled a team of Washington insiders to promote its push into artificial intelligence. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By RUTH READER 12/04/2023 04:39 PM EST Link Copied Google wants to make your cell phone a “doctor in your pocket” that relies on the company’s artificial intelligence. But first, the tech giant will need to convince skeptical lawmakers and the Biden administration that its health AI isn’t a risk to patient privacy and safety — or a threat to its smaller competitors. Google has assembled a potent lobbying team to influence the rules governing AI just as regulators start writing them. But members of Congress say they’re concerned that the company is using its advanced AI in health care before government has had a chance to draw up guardrails. Competitors worry Google is moving to corner the market. Both fear what could happen to patient pri

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