Chatbots Are Not Ready To Be Medical Devices, Experts Argue

Commentary from an article in Nature explores the challenge to regulating chatbots as medical devices.

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As they are currently developed, chatbots powered by artificial intelligence are not ready to be used as medical devices.

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