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The global Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare market size was valued at USD 19.54 billion in 2023. The market is projected to grow from USD 27.69 billion in 2024 to USD 490.96 billion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 43.2% during the forecast period ( source ). The uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine have been growing in many areas, including in the analysis of medical images, (1) the detection of drug interactions, (2) the identification of high-risk patients, (3) and the coding of medical notes. (4) Several such uses of AI are the topics of the “AI in Medicine” review article series that debuts in this issue of the Journal. Here we describe another type of AI, the medical AI chatbot. AI Chatbot Technology A chatbot consists of two main components: a general-purpose AI system and a chat interface. This article considers specifically an AI system called GPT-4 (Generative Pretrained Transformer 4) with a chat interface; this system is wid

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines, and the reviews are mixed. Though the United States leads the world in AI investment, Americans remain skeptical. According to a global survey ( pdf ) by Ipsos, “Only 35 percent of sampled Americans agreed that products and services using AI had more benefits than drawbacks.” Among surveyed countries, the United States had one of the lowest percentages of those who agreed with the statement. Private industry has edged out academia in producing state-of-the-art AI systems; at the same time, the number of incidents of  ethical misuse of AI  has increased dramatically—from 10 in 2012 to more than 250 in 2021. The field is growing in what could be called a “Wild West” of AI. According to Stanford University’s  AI Index Report , “AI has moved into its era of deployment; throughout 2022 and the beginning of 2023, new large-scale AI models have been released every month.” These models include Stable Diffusion, Whisper, DALL-E 2, and the ubiqui

In an era where technological advancements are revolutionizing every aspect of our lives, ChatGPT emerges as a beacon of innovation, especially in the realms of learning and efficiency. I was really surprised that 61% of you disagreed with me on the value of ChatGPT, even though I believe  the article I wrote  was well balanced and had an accurate description of the concerns and strategies to mitigate these concerns. But most of you did not see it that way. Many may not remember that technology has been a lifelong passion of mine and I am an early adopter. I took my first computer programming class in 1968 and was first on the internet in 1978, long before the web began. I started my website in 1997, before Google even existed. I recognized that the internet was the greatest innovation in history at that time, which is why I started my website so early. I grabbed a ChatGPT account on the first day it was available in November 2023, because I recognized that it eclipsed the internet in