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Train clinical AI to reason like a team of doctors

As the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act takes effect, AI systems that mimic how human teams collaborate can improve trust in high-risk situations, such as clinical medicine.
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  1. Christopher R. S. Banerji

    1. Christopher R. S. Banerji is theme lead for clinical AI at the Alan Turing Institute, London, UK.

  2. Tapabrata Chakraborti

    1. Tapabrata Chakraborti is theme lead for transparent AI at the Alan Turing Institute, London, UK.

  3. Aya Abdelsalam Ismail

    1. Aya Abdelsalam Ismail is the chief scientist officer at Guide Labs, San Francisco, California, USA.

  4. Florian Ostmann

    1. Florian Ostmann is director of AI governance and regulatory innovation at the Alan Turing Institute, London, UK.

  5. Ben D. MacArthur

    1. Ben D. MacArthur is a director of science and innovation at the Alan Turing Institute, London, UK.

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Following a surge of excitement after the launch of the artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022, governments worldwide have been striving to craft policies that will foster AI development while ensuring the technology remains safe and trustworthy. In February, several provisions of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act — the world’s first comprehensive AI regulation — took effect, prohibiting the deployment of certain applications, such as automated systems that claim to predict crime or infer emotions from facial features.

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Nature 639, 32-34 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00618-x

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