In Elon Musk’s world, AI is the new MD. THE X The owner encourages users to upload their medical test results, such as CT scans and bone scans, to the platform so that Grok, X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, can learn to interpret them effectively.
“Try submitting X-rays, PET scans, MRIs, or other medical images to Grok for analysis,” Musk written the last month. “It’s early days, but it’s already pretty accurate and it’s going to get extremely good. Let us know where Grok succeeds or needs work.
Turns out Grok needs work.
AI with success blood test results analyzed And breast cancer identifiedaccording to some users. But he also misinterpreted other pieces of information, according to doctors who responded to Musk’s post. In one case, Grok confused a “school case» tuberculosis for a herniated disc or spinal stenosis. In another, the bot I had a wrong mammogram of a benign breast cyst for an image of the testicles.
Musk has been interested in the relationship between healthcare and AI for years, launching the startup Brain Chip. Neural link in 2022. The company succeeded implanted an electrode which allows a user to move a computer mouse with their mind, Musk claimed in February. And xAI, Musk’s tech startup that helped launch Grok, announced in May that it had raised a $6 billion investment funding roundwhich gives Musk enough capital to invest in healthcare technologies, although it is uncertain how Grok will be further developed to meet medical needs.
“We know they have the technical capacity,” Dr. Laura Heacockassociate professor in the Langone Health Department of Radiology at New York University, written the. “Whether or not they want to dedicate the time, data and (graphics processing units) to include medical imaging is up to them.” For now, non-generative AI methods continue to outperform in medical imaging.
X did not respond to Fortunerequest for comment.
Musk’s lofty goal of training his AI to make medical diagnoses is also risky, experts said. As AI is increasingly used as a way to make science complex more accessible and create assistive technologiesteaching Grok to use data from a social media platform raises concerns about Grok’s accuracy and user privacy.
Ryan Tarzy, CEO of health technology company Avandra Imaging, said in a statement interview with Fast business that asking users to enter data directly, rather than obtaining it from secure databases containing anonymized patient data, is Musk’s way of trying to accelerate Grok’s development. Additionally, the information comes from a limited sample of people willing to upload their images and tests, meaning the AI does not collect data from sources representative of a broader, more diverse medical landscape.