New WHO Guidelines on Generative AI’s Role in Health Care

WHO Issues Guidelines for Ethical Use of AI in Health Care

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines aimed at curbing the improper use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector. The guidelines specifically address the ethical use of generative AI, which can generate text and images. While this technology has gained popularity in various industries, including healthcare, the WHO recognizes the need to prevent potential harm to patients and improve healthcare experiences. The guidelines comprise more than 40 recommendations for the ethics and governance of large multimodal models (LMMs), which allow generative AI to create content from different sources such as text, videos, sounds, and images.