Paper raises ethical issues on use of AI and big data in human biomedical research

If a research is done by an AI model, who should be held responsible for its wrong decisions? - ISTOCKPHOTO

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of a person’s data is of paramount importance in biomedical research. So is obtaining informed consent and respecting the individual’s rights and autonomy.

But what if it is not feasible for researchers to get the person’s consent for the specific use of his data for a study powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and big data?