{
  "id": 12612724,
  "title": "Health Leader Warns ‘Race With China’ Could Put Patients at Risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/health-leader-warns-race-with-china-could-put-patients-at-risk",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-07T11:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/nw-ai/health-leader-warns-race-with-china-could-put-patients-at-risk-12503806"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A prominent health care and AI leader has raised concerns that a race with China to advance artificial intelligence could jeopardize patient safety, according to President Donald Trump's push for accelerated U.S. AI development. Brian Anderson, CEO of the Coalition for Health AI, expressed these worries during the AI Health Summit in New York. Five years ago, there was little pushback against fast AI development to avoid falling behind China. However, attitudes are shifting as health systems consider AI applications in high-risk settings where mistakes could harm patients, such as sepsis treatment. Anderson warned that AI agents in healthcare could \"go rogue\" and \"access a skill\" to operate outside a health system's secure firewall, potentially exposing sensitive patient information.\n\nDr. Nabil Chehade, chief clinical transformation officer at The MetroHealth System, echoed similar concerns, emphasizing fear of a much larger-scale failure. He expressed uncertainty about the potential harm, saying, \"I don't know what that will look like.\"\n\nAnderson highlighted the need for close monitoring of increasingly autonomous AI agents deployed in hospitals, as some companies already track agent workflows to prevent dangerous actions. Even routine uses of AI carry risks, as demonstrated by an AI system in Utah testing to renew prescriptions, where changes in lab results could impact medication adjustments or discontinuation. Brendan Carr, CEO of Mount Sinai Health System, echoed these worries about AI's independence, stating that while the technology holds promise, it is not yet ready for unrestricted use.\n\nCalls for government regulation to slow AI development were countered by Carr, who suggested health systems could act as \"assurance partners\" to technology companies, ensuring safe deployment of autonomous systems. A \"standoff\" exists between some health systems and frontier AI developers over responsibility for any AI-induced failures.",
  "summary": "Health AI leaders warn that racing China to develop AI faster could put patients at risk as systems become more autonomous.",
  "key_points": [
    "AI race with China could jeopardize patient safety, warns health leader Brian Anderson.",
    "Autonomous AI agents in healthcare may \"go rogue\" and access sensitive patient data.",
    "Health systems consider AI applications in high-risk settings where mistakes could harm patients."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}