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MedCity News · October 21, 2026 · On the brief until November 4, 2026

FDA Official Believes GenAI-enabled Tools Will Need to Be Assessed Like a Physician

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Producing open-ended clinical outputs that challenge medical device safety testing

An FDA official announced plans to evaluate generative artificial intelligence tools like physicians rather than standard medical software. These tools take unbounded inputs and produce open-ended outputs, which breaks older testing methods for medical devices. The agency is drafting policy guidance to assess the clinical judgment and safety boundaries of these models.

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Regulators and healthcare leaders must decide who holds legal and clinical accountability when an unpredictable model makes clinical decisions that cannot be tested against every scenario.

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