Source: MobiHealthNews

MobiHealthNews highlights a controversial call to action by Elon Musk, who has requested that users of the X platform upload their medical images—including X-rays, PET scans, and MRIs—to train the AI bot Grok. Musk claims that while the technology is in its early stages, it is already "quite accurate" at providing diagnoses and will eventually become exceptional. This initiative aims to refine Grok’s capabilities in healthcare and science, positioning the AI as a potential tool for medical analysis and government-level healthcare applications.

However, legal and privacy experts have raised significant concerns regarding data protection and informed consent. Unlike traditional healthcare environments governed by strict regulations like HIPAA in the US or GDPR in Europe, uploading sensitive health information to a social media-based AI involves substantial risks. There are questions about how this data is stored, who has access to it, and the potential for re-identification of "anonymized" scans. The move is seen as part of a larger strategy to turn X into a data powerhouse, though it remains to be seen how regulators will respond to the crowdsourcing of biological data for commercial AI training.