UK needs new laws for AI in healthcare, says watchdog
The technology will soon be routinely used within the NHS, MHRA chief Lawrence Tallon tells the BBC.
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"What I would expect is that patients will... increasingly see AI as part of the way that normal NHS healthcare is delivered."
— Lawrence Tallon , Executive
"Some say, 'I don't want to talk to a robot', and that is also fine."
— Henrietta Hughes , Academic
"An exceptional opportunity for healthcare which was likely to rank alongside step-changes such as antibiotics and MRI."
— Alastair Denniston , Academic
"I believed the tech would come up with a cure for cancer 'within our lifetime'."
— Rene Haas , Executive
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An ophthalmologist who contributed to the report.
A GP and member of the report commission.
Chief of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK.
The chief executive of Cambridge-based chip designer Arm Holdings.
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The technology will soon be routinely used within the NHS, MHRA chief Lawrence Tallon tells the BBC.
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