Relational AI

AI that communicates with humans through the medium of natural language, with attendant emotional and psychosocial impacts and consequences.
AI that communicates with humans through the medium of natural language, with attendant emotional and psychosocial impacts and consequences.
Ida Sim, MD, PhD, FACMI Ida Sim, MD, PhD, FACMI September 16, 2025 Ida Sim, MD, PhD, FACMI | September 16, 2025 September 2025 Every month, the Bridge Center will invite a speaker to participate in a monthly speaker series…
In a recent article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, a group of authors “define a social license as the process of building trust and legitimacy from ongoing (i.e., constantly renewed) community or stakeholder engagement and acceptance of how data is being accessed and reused.”
Jennifer K. Wagner, JD, PhD Jennifer K. Wagner, JD, PhD August 19, 2025 Jennifer K. Wagner, JD, PhD | August 19, 2025 August 2025 Every month, the Bridge Center will invite a speaker to participate in a monthly speaker series…
Marzyeh Ghassemi, Ph.D. Marzyeh Ghassemi, Ph.D. July 15, 2025 Marzyeh Ghassemi, Ph.D. | July 15, 2025 July 2025 Every month, the Bridge Center will invite a speaker to participate in a monthly speaker series related to ethical issues in biomedical…
Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D. Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D. June 17, 2025 Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D.| June 17, 2025 June 2025 Every month, the Bridge Center will invite a speaker to participate in a monthly speaker series related to ethical issues in biomedical research. …
The Human Voice & AI as a Diagnostic Tool for Health The human voice is more than a medium for communication—it’s a rich, multidimensional signal that reflects our physiological and psychological states. In a compelling article published in Nature (Outlook Feature),…
Call for Abstracts: Special Sessions on Cyberinfrastructure and Emerging Technologies in Biomedical Research ISMB/ECCB 2025 | July 20–24, 2025 | Liverpool, United Kingdom Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) We invite researchers to submit abstracts for the Special…
Glenn Cohen, JD, discussed legal and ethical issues that arose when hospitals implemented medical AI, including ambient listening, AI scribing, and AI drafting of communication with patients, as well as more clinical technologies.
When a principal party is responsible for the actionable conduct of their agent based on the relationship between the two parties. In our context, when hospital systems are legally responsible for the actions of clinicians.