Nurses Protest 'Deeply Troubling' Use of AI in Hospitals

Hundreds of union nurses protested outside Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco on Monday, arguing that AI should not be used in patient care without nurses' involvement. Michelle Gutierrez Vo, co-president of the California Nurses Association, said that Kaiser's AI use "comes at the expense of patient care, all in service of boosting profits." National Nurses United warned that AI monitoring could produce "excessive, if not faulty, alerts" and overlook at-risk patients, while Kaiser Permanente said its AI tools do not make medical decisions.