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AI doctors’ orders come with a sky-high bill
More than 80% of US physicians say they use artificial-intelligence models in providing care. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty
Clinical-care plans suggested by large language models (LLMs) are three times as costly as those implemented by human physicians.
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