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The European Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Implications and Challenges for Digital Health

Cohen, Glenn ; Evgeniou, Theodoros ; Gerke, Sara and Minssen, Timo LU (2020) In The Lancet Digital Health 2(7). p.376-379
Abstract
In February, 2020, the European Commission published a white paper on artificial intelligence (AI) as well as an accompanying communication and report. The paper sets out policy options to facilitate a secure and trustworthy development of AI and considers health to be one of its most important areas of application. We illustrate that the European Commission's approach, as applied to medical AI, presents some challenges that can be detrimental if not addressed. In particular, we discuss the issues of European values and European data, the update problem of AI systems, and the challenges of new trade-offs such as privacy, cybersecurity, accuracy, and intellectual property rights. We also outline what we view as the most important next steps... (More)
In February, 2020, the European Commission published a white paper on artificial intelligence (AI) as well as an accompanying communication and report. The paper sets out policy options to facilitate a secure and trustworthy development of AI and considers health to be one of its most important areas of application. We illustrate that the European Commission's approach, as applied to medical AI, presents some challenges that can be detrimental if not addressed. In particular, we discuss the issues of European values and European data, the update problem of AI systems, and the challenges of new trade-offs such as privacy, cybersecurity, accuracy, and intellectual property rights. We also outline what we view as the most important next steps in the Commission's iterative process. Although the European Commission has done good work in setting out a European approach for AI, we conclude that this approach will be more difficult to implement in health care. It will require careful balancing of core values, detailed consideration of nuances of health and AI technologies, and a keen eye on the political winds and global competition. (Less)
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The Lancet Digital Health
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2
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7
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Elsevier
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2589-7500
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10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30112-6
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English
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  author       = {{Cohen, Glenn and Evgeniou, Theodoros and Gerke, Sara and Minssen, Timo}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  number       = {{7}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{The Lancet Digital Health}},
  title        = {{The European Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Implications and Challenges for Digital Health}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30112-6}},
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