AI will have to prove itself to gain greater traction in healthcare sector, say industry players

ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI), especially in frontier technologies such as large language models, has gained traction in many different industries as potential game changers.

Yet, if history is any indication, any new technology in the medical field will have to prove itself through rigorous testing in order to see wider use.

Dr Fong Sau Shung, a specialist in general surgery at Raffles Surgery Centre, which is a part of Raffles Hospital, said that historically, technologies have to clear very high bars of scrutiny before they are widely adopted.