Incident #225·AI Safety & Failures
IBM Watson for Oncology Criticized by Customers for Allegedly Unsafe and Inaccurate Cancer Treatment Recommendations
Explainability
Description
Internal documents from IBM Watson Health showed negative assessments from customers such as Florida’s Jupiter Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering criticizing its Watson for Oncology product for allegedly unsafe and incorrect cancer treatment recommendations.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- memorial-sloan-kettering
- jupiter-hospital
Alleged Developers
- ibm-watson-health
Harmed Parties
- oncologists
- cancer-patients
- patients
- people-seeking-medical-advice
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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