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Major incident declared as Merseyside hospitals hit by cyber attack – here’s what we know so far
Hospitals across Merseyside are cancelling appointments following a ‘major’ cybersecurity incident. Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral was the first to sound the alert, with patients asked to avoid attending the hospital’s A&E department except in cases of medical emergency, and outpatient appointments cancelled. The hack initially affected the Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust, which also manages Clatterbridge Hospital, and…
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Hospitals use a transcription tool powered by a hallucination-prone OpenAI model
A few months ago, my doctor showed off an AI transcription tool he used to record and summarize his patient meetings. In my case, the summary was fine, but researchers cited by ABC News have found that’s not always the case with OpenAI’s Whisper, which powers a tool many hospitals use — sometimes it just makes things up entirely. Whisper…
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