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Google accused of 'trust demolition' over health app
A controversial health app developed by artificial intelligence firm DeepMind will be taken over by Google, it has been revealed.
Streams was first used to send alerts in a London hospital but hit headlines for gathering data on 1.6 million patients without informing them. DeepMind now wants the app to become an AI assistant for nurses and doctors around the world. One expert described the move as "trust demolition".
The news that Streams would be joining Google was announced in a DeepMind blogpost. "Our vision is for Streams to now become an AI-powered assistant for nurses and doctors everywhere - combining the best algorithms with intuitive design, all backed up by rigorous evidence. "The team working within Google, alongside brilliant colleagues from across the organisation, will help make this vision a reality."
Also at The Verge and The Guardian.
See also: Google gobbling DeepMind's health app might be the trust shock we need
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @08:18PM
Normally I'm autistic as fuck about privacy, but I just don't give a shit about this. Doctors have been learning from data without the patients consent to store it in their brain for a very long time. Provided this is securely stored* and only used for training/tuning/validation** I just don't care.
I do give a shit that the project endangered themselves in this way. If you're collecting data to save lives, make sure you aren't forced to set your work back years because you cocked up the bureaucracy and have to start over on a technicality.
* lol, as if
** actually quite likely, despite google's other bullshit