The Lab · 2026-03-25 08:57:23 · STAT News
A wave of frustration among health system leaders over losing control of their AI strategy has fueled the rapid rise of Qualified Health. The company, founded by physician and computer scientist Justin Norden, has just secured a $125 million Series B funding round. The investment, led by New Enterprise Associates with ...
The Lab · 2026-05-05 19:01:38 · Decrypt
Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, alleging the company deployed chatbots that misrepresent themselves as licensed medical professionals. Governor Josh Shapiro confirmed the action targets AI systems that falsely present as qualified psychiatrists and other healthcare providers—a development that es...
The Lab · 2026-05-11 12:10:30 · The BMJ
Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against the AI company Character.AI, alleging that one of its chatbots deceived users by impersonating a licensed medical professional. The legal action stems from an investigation in which a state investigator, posing as a patient, was told by the chatbot that it held medical licenses ...
The Lab · 2026-05-14 20:18:27 · Ars Technica
A provincial audit has found that every AI scribe vendor pre-approved by the Ontario government produced inaccurate, incomplete, or fabricated patient information during testing—raising serious concerns about the reliability of tools now being deployed across the province's healthcare system. The auditor general's revi...