Forbes Daily: Airport Nightmare Continues After Deadly LaGuardia Crash
Millions are already turning to AI for medical questions. But what if the technology could also diagnose your condition, and write you a prescription?
Serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky plans to build the first FDA-approved AI doctor with his company Certuma, which quietly launched this winter. With the U.S. facing a physician shortage, the firm is focusing on common health conditions like urinary tract infections and sore throats.
Still, the idea of allowing AI to make medical decisions raises major concerns, including the possibility of misdiagnosing and harming patients. And gaining regulatory approval will be another uphill battle.
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New York’s LaGuardia Airport reopened one of its two runways Monday afternoon, hours after an Air Canada Express aircraft struck a ground vehicle upon landing, killing the plane’s two pilots and injuring dozens. Authorities temporarily shut down all operations at the airport, and control tower audio suggests a controller may have been distracted by another incident at the time of the collision, according to the New York Times.
MORE: The incident caused hundreds of flight cancellations during an already chaotic time for air travelers, who experienced extensive wait times Monday as the partial government shutdown has led hundreds of TSA agents to resign and thousands to call out sick. ICE agents deployed to more than a dozen airports for crowd control appeared to do little to quell the growing problem at security lines.
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