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‘So Inaccurate, It’s Ridiculous’: New Way GPs Are Putting Your Privacy at Risk

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Patient privacy is being put at risk by the use of unregulated artificial intelligence-enabled scribes in GP consultations and psychology sessions, a new report has found.

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This report highlights the escalating use of unregulated AI-enabled scribes in Australian GP and psychology consultations, posing significant data privacy and clinical accuracy risks. The analysis points to a lack of oversight in how sensitive medical information is processed and stored by these frontier automated systems. Such vulnerabilities in healthcare settings underscore broader concerns about the deployment of AI in high-stakes environments without robust safety standards. The findings advocate for urgent regulatory frameworks in Australia to mitigate the risks of data breaches and medical misinformation originating from unvetted AI tools.

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