Algorithms · July 2018Gaffe level: Blunder
IBM's Watson Was Recommending Unsafe Cancer Treatments
Watson for Oncology, trained on hypothetical cases instead of real patients, suggested unsafe and incorrect cancer treatments in hospitals across several countries. IBM marketed it as the future of medicine anyway.
Source: Gizmodo
A Toronto Hospital Performed Canada's First Robotic-Assisted Hybrid Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation
St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto performed the robotic surgical stage of a hybrid ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation, a Canadian first. The first patient, who had lived with the condition for nearly three decades, recovered and returned home within days.
Source: Hospital News