Google says doctors prefer its answers, even if they’re less accurate.
  • Google Med-PaLM 2 has been in testing at the Mayo Clinic since April.
  • Med-PaLM 2 is a variant of PaLM 2 announced at Google I/O in May.
  • Med-PaLM 2 is the language model behind Google Bard.
  • Google considers the updated model useful in countries with limited access to doctors.
  • Med-PaLM 2 has been trained in demonstrations by medical experts.
  • The study showed accuracy problems with the Med-PaLM 2.
  • Med-PaLM 2 performed better than regular chatbots in other metrics.
  • Customers will be in control of their data, encrypted, Google will not have access to it.
  • Med-PaLM 2 is at an early stage of development, but may already be useful in healthcare.
  • riceball@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Here’s a bet. The misinformation will kill someone in a month. Hope they’re using the bot to get suggestions only

  • remotelove@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Ok Gents! The first diagnosis is coming out now…

    “D-R-I-N-K-M-O-R-E-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E”

    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu