ASCO and Google create ‘walled garden’ AI tool for doctors to query group’s guidelines

Casey Ross covers the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and its underlying questions of safety, fairness, and privacy.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology, the largest professional organization in cancer care, announced Wednesday that it had partnered with Google Cloud to develop an AI-based tool to help physicians rapidly question the organization’s guidelines on best practices in diagnosing and treating cancer.

Clifford Hudis, a breast cancer oncologist who is ASCO’s…