Healthcare Weekly AI News

February 9 - February 17, 2026

This weekly update brings important developments in how artificial intelligence is changing healthcare around the world. In Canada, doctors are warning people to be careful about getting health advice from AI tools, because some advice can be wrong and hurt people. At the same time, companies are building smarter AI that can talk to patients like a real helper, answering questions and keeping track of their health. Big technology companies like OpenAI are moving into healthcare in a big way, putting AI right into the systems that hospitals use every day. These AI helpers, called chatbots and generative AI, can do things like help doctors write notes faster, suggest treatments for each person, and answer patient questions. However, experts warn that hospitals need to be careful about how they use this technology and make sure it follows the rules. Around the world, countries from the United States to India to the United Kingdom are all racing to use AI better, but each country is trying to do it in their own way based on what their patients need. The big question everyone is asking is whether all this AI will actually make healthcare cheaper and better, or if it will just help hospitals work a bit faster without saving much money.

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