{"id":128546,"date":"2024-11-21T21:38:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128546"},"modified":"2024-11-21T21:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:38:50","slug":"elon-musk-told-x-users-to-upload-their-medical-information-to-train-ai-bot-grok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128546","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk told X users to upload their medical information to train AI bot Grok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>In Elon Musk\u2019s world, AI is the new MD. The <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/twitter\/\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a> CEO is encouraging users to upload their medical test results\u2014such as CT and bone scans\u2014to the platform so that Grok, X\u2019s artificial intelligence chatbot, can learn how to interpret them efficiently.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cTry submitting x-ray, PET, MRI or other medical images to Grok for analysis,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1851206080564773344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1851206080564773344%7Ctwgr%5E9b8cad1e9b0b149f21684eed4e76cc9e3927fd36%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fhealth%2Felon-musk-wants-people-submit-medical-scans-grok-ai-chatbot\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1851206080564773344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1851206080564773344%7Ctwgr%5E9b8cad1e9b0b149f21684eed4e76cc9e3927fd36%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fhealth%2Felon-musk-wants-people-submit-medical-scans-grok-ai-chatbot\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a> last month. \u201cThis is still early stage, but it is already quite accurate and will become extremely good. Let us know where Grok gets it right or needs work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It turns out, Grok needs work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The AI successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/grok\/share\/QXUgl4vUz1uows7B513OF5LTI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/i\/grok\/share\/QXUgl4vUz1uows7B513OF5LTI\" rel=\"noopener\">analyzed blood test results<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/heacockmd\/status\/1851231459610182013\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/heacockmd\/status\/1851231459610182013\" rel=\"noopener\">identified breast cancer<\/a>, according to some users. But it also grossly misinterpreted other pieces of information, according to physicians who responded to Musk\u2019s post. In one instance, Grok mistook a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrDatta_AIIMS\/status\/1851218293845295191\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/DrDatta_AIIMS\/status\/1851218293845295191\" rel=\"noopener\">textbook case<\/a>\u201d of tuberculosis for a herniated disk or spinal stenosis. In another, the bot <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/heacockmd\/status\/1851231467226964097\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/heacockmd\/status\/1851231467226964097\" rel=\"noopener\">mistook a mammogram<\/a> of a benign breast cyst for an image of testicles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:auto;max-width:914px\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"914\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;height:auto;object-fit:cover;width:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 914 1024'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mO8fv1mPQAIHAMIsIR6agAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=320&amp;q=75 320w, https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=384&amp;q=75 384w, https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=480&amp;q=75 480w, https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=576&amp;q=75 576w, https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=768&amp;q=75 768w, https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=1024&amp;q=75 1024w, https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=1280&amp;q=75 1280w, https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=1440&amp;q=75 1440w\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-20.04.09.png?w=1440&amp;q=75\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Musk has been interested in the relationship between health care and AI for years, launching the brain-chip startup <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/longform\/neuralink-brain-computer-interface-chip-implant-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/longform\/neuralink-brain-computer-interface-chip-implant-elon-musk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Neuralink<\/a> in 2022. The company successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/02\/21\/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chip-implant-patient\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/02\/21\/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chip-implant-patient\/\" rel=\"noopener\">implanted an electrode<\/a> that allows a user to move a computer mouse with their mind, Musk claimed in February. And xAI, Musk\u2019s tech startup that helped launch Grok, announced in May it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/saibala\/2024\/05\/28\/elon-musks-xai-just-raised-6-billion-and-has-significant-potential-to-disrupt-healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/saibala\/2024\/05\/28\/elon-musks-xai-just-raised-6-billion-and-has-significant-potential-to-disrupt-healthcare\/\" rel=\"noopener\">raised a $6 billion investment funding round<\/a>, giving Musk plenty of capital to invest in health care technologies, though it\u2019s uncertain how Grok will be further developed to address medical needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know they have the technical capability,\u201d Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/heacockmd\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/heacockmd\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Heacock<\/a>, associate professor at the New York University Langone Health Department of Radiology, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/heacockmd\/status\/1851300002011943083\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/heacockmd\/status\/1851300002011943083\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cWhether or not they want to put in 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>X did not respond to <em>Fortune<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The problems with Dr. Grok<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Musk\u2019s lofty goal of training his AI to make medical diagnoses is also a risky one, experts said. While AI has increasingly been used as a means to make complicated science <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/news\/articles\/2023\/11\/johns-hopkins-radiology-explores-the-potential-of-ai-in-the-reading-room\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/news\/articles\/2023\/11\/johns-hopkins-radiology-explores-the-potential-of-ai-in-the-reading-room\" rel=\"noopener\">more accessible<\/a> and create <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8285156\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8285156\/\" rel=\"noopener\">assistive technologies<\/a>, teaching Grok to use data from a social media platform presents concerns about both Grok\u2019s accuracy and user privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Tarzy, CEO of health technology firm Avandra Imaging, said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91218769\/elon-musk-wants-you-to-submit-medical-data-to-his-ai-chatbot\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91218769\/elon-musk-wants-you-to-submit-medical-data-to-his-ai-chatbot\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with <em>Fast Company<\/em><\/a> that asking users to directly input data, rather than source it from secure databases with de-identified patient data, is Musk\u2019s way of trying to accelerate Grok\u2019s development. Also, the information comes from a limited sample of whoever is willing to upload their images and tests\u2014meaning the AI is not gathering data from sources representative of the broader and more diverse medical landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Medical information shared on social media isn\u2019t bound by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the federal law that protects patients\u2019 private information from being shared without their consent. That means there\u2019s less control over where the information goes after a user chooses to share it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis approach has myriad risks, including the accidental sharing of patient identities,\u201d Tarzy said. \u201cPersonal health information is \u2018burned in\u2019 too many images, such as CT scans, and would inevitably be released in this plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The privacy dangers Grok may present aren\u2019t fully known because X may have privacy protections not known by the public, according to Matthew McCoy, assistant professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He said users share medical information at their own risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an individual user, would I feel comfortable contributing health data?\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/18\/well\/x-grok-health-privacy.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/18\/well\/x-grok-health-privacy.html\" rel=\"noopener\">told the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cAbsolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\"><b>How many degrees of separation are you from the globe&#8217;s most powerful business leaders? <\/b>Explore who made our brand-new list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/ranking\/most-powerful-people\/?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout\" target=\"_self\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/ranking\/most-powerful-people\/?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout\" rel=\"noopener\">100 Most Powerful People in Business<\/a>. 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