Google tests new medical AI

SGGPO July 11, 2023 11:12

Technology giant Google is testing a specialized artificial intelligence (AI) program for the medical field, as competition in AI technology with rival Microsoft is increasingly fierce.

The chatbot, called Med-PaLM 2, is built on Google's latest and most advanced large language model (LLM), PaLM 2. With its medical specificity, Med-PaLM 2 is said to be able to provide better quality medical answers than other common chatbots such as Bard, Microsoft's Bing, and OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Some experts believe that Med-PaLM 2 will be very useful in countries with limited access to doctors and nurses. Med-PaLM 2 can perform tasks such as summarizing documents or organizing medical data. Notably, customers testing Med-PaLM 2 will have control over their personal data, which is set up and encrypted for security purposes. Google and the Med-PaLM 2 system will also not be able to access this personal record.

Med-PaLM 2 is expected to be useful in countries with limited access to doctors and nurses. Photo: FirstWorld HEALTHTECH

According to Google Senior Director of Research Greg Corrado, the company is still in the early stages of developing Med-PaLM 2. Doctors and healthcare professionals say programs like Med-PaLM 2 still need further development and testing before they can be used to diagnose patients and recommend treatments.

The Med-PaLM 2 system has been piloted at the Mayo Clinic research hospital in the US since last April. A Google spokesperson declined to reveal the official launch and widespread release date of Med-PaLM 2.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/google-thu-nghiem-ai-y-te-moi-post696936.html