Maintaining Safety and Trust When Patients Engage Google: A Conversation With Dr Michael Howell

18/09/2025 19 min
Maintaining Safety and Trust When Patients Engage Google: A Conversation With Dr Michael Howell

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How is Google Search evolving with AI and how do we ensure that language models maintain safety? JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy Perlis, MD, talks with Michael Howell, MD, chief health officer at Google, about how he aims to balance innovation and safety in AI-driven medicine, building on his own work in hospital-based quality and safety. Related Content: “15% of Searches Have Never Been Typed Before” Three Epochs of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care