Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used to read scans, support diagnoses, and guide treatment decisions. Yet just as these systems are entering everyday clinical practice, Europe may weaken the rules meant to keep them safe. In March 2026, the European Parliament adopted its position on a “digital omnibus” reform that aims to simplify the… Read more

Members of the European Parliament are about to take a decision that will fundamentally shape how artificial intelligence (AI) is governed in European healthcare. The Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) compromise amendments propose deleting Annex I, Section A of the AI Act and shift medical devices… Read more

ChatGPT Health and other health-focused generative AI chatbots increasingly function as alternative first points of contact that may mediate – and in some cases substitute – engagement with regulated healthcare systems. At scale, these systems can shape care-seeking behavior, system capacity, trust in clinical expertise, and health equity. We describe this development as the emergence of shadow… Read more

Against a backdrop of rapidly expanding health artificial intelligence (AI) development, this paper examines how the European Union’s (EU) stringent digital regulations may incentivise the outsourcing of personal health data collection to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), fuelling a new form of AI ethics dumping. Drawing on parallels with the historical offshoring of clinical trials,… Read more