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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Chelsie Napiza

RFK Jr Says Sam Altman Called It 'Malpractice' for Doctors to Diagnose or Prescribe Without Checking AI

RFK Jr said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told him doctors risk malpractice by making diagnoses or prescriptions without checking AI, as Kennedy promoted the technology as a medical second opinion (Credit: Forbes Breaking News YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr told a Washington audience that the head of OpenAI had privately given him a striking verdict on artificial intelligence in medicine: that doctors who skip it are now committing malpractice.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy made the claim on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, in a fireside chat with Vice President JD Vance that closed the Make America Healthy Again Summit at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington.

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