A Reality Check on Artificial Intelligence: Are Health Care Claims Overblown?

The FDA has eased market-entry requirements for some tech companies but that poses health risks for patients

Artificial intelligence is being used to interpret various medical imaging products, but the technology can error prone. Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock

Health products powered by artificial intelligence, or AI, are streaming into our lives, from virtual doctor apps to wearable sensors and drugstore chatbots.

IBM boasted that its AI could “outthink cancer.” Others say computer systems that read X-rays will make radiologists obsolete.