Эрүүл мэндийн салбарт хиймэл оюун ухааныг нэвтрүүлж буй томоохон сүлжээ Mayo Clinic нь технологийн алдаатай ажиллагаа болон хууль зөрчсөн үйлдлийн улмаас шүүхийн маргаанд ороод байна.
Тус эмнэлгийн судалгааны захирал асан, хиймэл оюун ухааны нийцлийн асуудал хариуцсан удирдагч Трэйси Тамико Этогийн гаргасан нэхэмжлэлд дурдсанаар, Mayo Clinic-ийн “MAYA” нэртэй дижитал туслах болон бусад систем нь өгөгдлийн аюулгүй байдлыг эрсдэлд оруулж, туршилтын үр дүнг нуун дарагдуулсан байна. Тухайлбал, MAYA системийн алдааны түвшин 67 хувьд хүрсэн нь тогтоогдсон ч тус байгууллагын ажилтнууд энэ мэдээллийг нуухыг оролджээ. Трэйси Тамико Это өөрийн удирдлагуудад нууцлалын болон хуулийн хэрэгжилтийн талаарх санаа зовнилоо илэрхийлсэн боловч “судалгааны ажлын хурдыг удаашруулж, өрсөлдөх чадварт сөргөөр нөлөөлнө” гэсэн шалтгаанаар үл тоогдсон байна.
Үүний улмаас 2025 оны эхээр түүнийг хурал цуглаанаас гадуурхаж, улмаар ажлаасаа гарах эсвэл карьертаа сэв суулгах нөхцөлтэйгээр ажлаас халагджээ. Этогийн өмгөөлөгч Артур Дэвисийн хэлснээр, үйлчлүүлэгч нь өөрийн байр суурийн үнэн зөвд бүрэн итгэлтэй байгаа тул нэр хүнд, карьераа эрсдэлд оруулан энэхүү шүүх хурлыг эхлүүлсэн байна.
Mayo Clinic-ийн зүгээс шүүх ажиллагаа үргэлжилж байгаа тул дэлгэрэнгүй тайлбар өгөхөөс татгалзсан ч өөрсдийн судалгаа, клиник инновацийг хууль тогтоомжийн дагуу явуулж, өвчтөний нууцлалыг чандлан сахидаг гэдгээ мэдэгдлээ. Энэхүү хэрэг нь эмнэлгийн салбарт ашиглагдаж буй хиймэл оюун ухааны хэрэгслүүдийн найдвартай байдал болон ёс зүйн асуудлыг хөндсөн салбарын хэмжээний томоохон маргаан болон хувираад байна.
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One of the largest health networks integrating AI into the medical space is facing allegations that its high-tech tools are ruining patient’s lives.
In a new civil suit, former Mayo Clinic research director and AI compliance lead Traci Tamiko Eto alleges that the globally recognized hospital retaliated against her for blowing the whistle on its disastrous implementations of AI health tools.
According to reporting by Minnesota Public Radio, Eto first joined the Mayo Clinic in 2023. After flagging potential privacy problems linked with the hospital’s Mayo Clinic Platform, an AI-integrated data system, Eto says her supervisor ignored her concerns. Instead, she says her boss “insisted” that fixing the issue would “jeopardize the pace on ongoing research projects, which in turn would compromise Mayo’s competitive advantage.”
Eto continued, MPR reports, flagging multiple failures of Mayo Clinic higher-ups to follow federal regulations on review processes of new tech, like MAYA, the clinic’s AI-integrated digital assistant. According to the lawsuit, the team working on MAYA deleted unflattering test results, mischaracterized the tool’s abilities, and made decisions that put data security in jeopardy.
Tucked inside her ten separate whistleblower complaints, MPR notes, is the allegation that the team working on MAYA knew the tool had an error rate as high as 67 percent. Eto alleges that instead of flagging that horrifying number, MAYA staffers tried to hide it.
As a result, Eto says she began to be excluded from executive meetings in early 2025, before being told she was a “poor cultural fit.” She was offered a choice, the lawsuit alleges: either resign, or face alterations to her personnel file “that would render her unemployable at Mayo and would impede her career outside the institution.”
As the major lawsuit moves forward, the threat of career-ending backlash remains.
“When an individual decides that they are willing to file a lawsuit against a public goliath on matters that are hot button issues in our country, she is literally risking her career,” Eto’s attorney, Artur Davis told MPR. “She is risking being attacked professionally. She is risking her reputation, and for her to do that tells you something about her level of confidence that she’s right.”
Mayo was pretty tight-lipped in response to the suit.
“Our research and clinical innovation are conducted in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and we remain steadfast in upholding the trust patients place in us and respecting their privacy,” the organization’s communications director told MPR in a statement. “Mayo Clinic does not comment on pending or active litigation.”
While the suit revolves around Eto’s wrongful termination, it represents a significant referendum on the state of AI tools in the medical space. If a healthcare titan like Mayo Clinic is lying about the efficacy of its AI-integrated tools, what does that mean for the rest of the industry?
“If [people] care about the notion that AI has to be handled in a responsible manner,” Davis said, “with integrity, and there have to be rules and guidelines, this is a case that should matter to you.”
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