As AI advances, Oregon lawmakers seek to specify only humans can be nurses

As AI advances, Oregon lawmakers seek to specify only humans can be nurses

Marketing material for an AI program that performs some functions of nurses.

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At a time when artificial intelligence is shaking up health care while sparking concerns and lawsuits, Oregon state Rep. Travis Nelson wants to make sure AI can’t get away with pretending to be a nurse.

Nurses in Oregon and elsewhere have become increasingly anxious since a tech company’s announcement it had developed a $9-an-hour AI program that could take over work normally done by…

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