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ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare both debuted last week.
Google's MedGemma 1.5 model was introduced shortly thereafter.
They all signal the growing presence of AI within healthcare.
Three of the world's leading AI labs have kicked off the new year with the launch of healthcare-oriented products.
Their functions vary, but they all point in the same direction: a world in which patients, payers, and providers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to accelerate certain critical operations and democratize access to key benefits. It's still early days for AI-powered healthcare, and the lack of federal oversight means there's very little accountability if the technology acts in unexpected and dangerous ways. But the three new products give us a glimpse of what's likely to become the new normal.
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