The launch of ChatGPT three years ago brought the concept of artificial intelligence into the daily conversation. Today, it seems all industries, including lab medicine, are integrating AI with the promise of making our lives easier. How do we best navigate implementing this technology into clinical microbiology? How will it be regulated? … and, what is AI anyway?

Watch this epsiode: https://youtu.be/2B_JJEFJv7I

Guests:

• Dr. Susan Sharp
• Dr. Kendall Bryant

Links:

• Proceedings of the Clinical Microbiology Open 2024: artificial intelligence applications in clinical microbiology
• Diagnosis of Plasmodium infections using artificial intelligence techniques versus standard microscopy in a reference laboratory
• Development and evaluation of an artificial intelligence for bacterial growth monitoring in clinical bacteriology

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