Doctors’ soaring use of AI scribes prompts Australian government warning over privacy

According to The Guardian, Australian doctors are increasingly using artificial intelligence scribes—software that records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations between doctor and patient for medical records. The technology has surged in popularity over the past eighteen months, particularly in general practice surgeries. Now Australia's federal health department is raising privacy concerns about the practice, and regulators are considering what safeguards might be needed as the adoption continues.

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