The Pentagon Ends Pilot Program Using Chatbots for Military Medicine
As part of the pilot program, over 200 clinical service providers and healthcare analysts helped identify potential gaps in using AI chatbots for military medical applications.
The U.S. Department of Defense's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) has concluded a pilot program focused on the use of AI chatbots in military healthcare services.
In an announcement on January 2, the Department of Defense stated that the Collaborative AI Team (CAIRT) pilot program focused on using large language models (LLMs) to summarize clinical notes and serve as medical advisors in the military.
This event comes as more and more AI companies begin to offer their products to the U.S. military and defense contractors to explore their usefulness in military applications.
According to the Department of Defense, this pilot program is an effort by the red team organized by the nonprofit technology organization Humane Intelligence.
The event attracted over 200 independent participants, including clinical service providers and healthcare analysts, who compared three prominent chatbot models.
Analysts from the Defense Health Agency and the Armed Forces University of Health Sciences also collaborated with other participants, testing the potential weaknesses and flaws of the system while using the chatbot.
According to the Department of Defense, the pilot program uncovered hundreds of potential issues that could arise when using chatbots in military medical applications.