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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know News India Times (June 6, 2026 - June 12, 2026) June 12, 2026 8 Analysis/ Cover Story Inside The Trump-Backed Push To Bring AI Doctors Into American Medicine Certuma. While an emerging body of research on medical chatbots is mixed, it points to serious risks. In a February Nature Medicine study, researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute asked 1,200 volunteers to read detailed medical scenarios and then to pose as patients in conversations with chatbots from OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama. The chatbots determined medical conditions accu- rately just 34 percent of the time and were essentially no better than Google in guiding users to the right medical decisions. While AI systems have already passed medical licens- ing exams and have outperformed doctors in diagnosing certain complex ailments, the systems falter in the real world. People don’t explain their symptoms to a chatbot the same way they would to a medical professional, and medical professionals also listen differently than software does. “People pleasing impulses that plague chatbots can be even more dangerous in medical settings,” said Monica Agrawal, an assistant professor of biomedical engineer- ing at Duke University, who has conducted a large-scale study of chatbot responses to health-related questions on Reddit. For example, a separate Doctronic chatbot than the one in use in Utah was recently goaded by researchers into saying it would prescribe fentanyl. (The drug was never prescribed because the system blocks requests for opioids, Pavelle said). Doctors are trained to pick up on subtle cues and to elicit better information from patients. “As they currently stand, I do not think [AI chatbots] are safe or close to a proper substitute for in-person care,” Agrawal said. But for die-hard technologists, the promise of AI doc- tors goes beyond the technology’s current capabilities. They point to what it could become over time. Cicero’s health policy director, AdamMeier, a former director of Montana’s health department, said that today, robotaxis are a reality on the streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, but “that didn’t happen overnight.” It became possible, he said, after years of tests, mov- ing from controlled, exam-like settings to the real world, refining the technology and eventually showing that a driverless car can be as safe as a human driver. HaiderWarraich, a cardiologist with Boston Medical Center who is running the administration’s heart-disease research award program, told me the effort would create safety data that eventually sets the stage for regulatory approval of AI doctors. “It’s like we have all these new ‘medical students’ ready to graduate, but we don’t have a residency program, we don’t have attendings used to supervising them, we don’t have an accreditation body that ensures a professional standard,” he wrote recently on LinkedIn. “I do believe we can get there.” - TheWashington Post - Continued From Page 7 I n the days following a Trump adminis- tration announcement declaring most green card applicants would have to return to their countries of origin, America’s business leaders – including from the tech and artificial intelligence industries – privately warned theWhite House and other Trump officials that the policy would harm their workforces. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) guidelines announced on May 22 instruct foreign visitors to apply for a permanent status in their home countries “except in extraordinary circumstances.” But the guidelines offered few details about who would be targeted, potentially impacting hundreds of thou- sands of people. In the ensuing days, multiple private discussions over the phone and email took place among prominent businesses, industry groups and CEOs with theWhite House and the departments of Homeland Security, Labor and State, according to three people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity to relay private conversations. The quiet but extensive lobbying effort has not been previously reported. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was among industry groups that pressed administration officials for further guid- ance and warned of the harms to their workforce last week, according to one of the people. The tech industry expressed concerns to theWhite House, according to one of the other people. Then, late last week, the administration veered sharply in its messaging. USCIS officials privately reassured business leaders in a meeting that most work visas would not be impacted, according to one of the people. The agency also clarified to reporters that most immigrants seeking permanent residency would not have to leave the country, although officials have yet to issue any formal guidance saying so. “Business reached out in a straight- forward way to the administration to share their concerns about the green card policy,” said Jennie Murray, president of the National Immigration Forum, an advocacy group that represents Fortune 500 companies. “We are glad to know that the administration is listening to those concerns and willing to work with the American business community.” The softened stance on green cards highlights ongoing tension President Trump has amplified between the busi- ness community that relies on immigrant labor and immigration hawks within Trump’s base. Last summer, the adminis- tration announced a pause on immigra- tion raids in the hospitality and agricul- ture sectors following an outcry from employers about losing workers to raids. Also last summer, the administration ended up clarifying that a new $100,000 fee on H1B visas would only affect new visas, after an uproar from the business community. And Trump said he was “very much opposed” to a massive raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia last fall, fol- lowing outrage from business groups and investors. The recent lobbying effort builds upon a broader one that has been underway for months. Business leaders have been rais- ing concerns about restrictive immigra- tion policy in conversations with Trump confidantes who they perceive as more friendly with the business community, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and members of the Kushner family, according to two of the people who spoke to The Post. Business leaders have also been in direct communication with theWhite House, specifically the Domes- tic Policy Council, through private chan- nels to voice opposition to immigration policies that restrict access to workers. After reports last week that the green card policy had taken effect, some green card applicants have been told this week that the tougher policy is ‘paused’ until immigration officials get more guidance on how to apply it, immigration lawyers told The Post. Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said that the organization had heard anecdotally that some recent green card applicants are not required to return to their home country. “This is welcome news, and we encour- age the administration to provide greater clarity,” Bradley said. AWhite House official told The Post that the policy memo restates long-stand- ing law and will not have a major impact on skilled professionals and qualified ap- plicants who abide by the law. The administration officials said im- migration officers would be able to decide on an individual basis if someone should leave the United States to apply for a green card. Some immigrants won’t have to leave to apply for green cards, but some will have to apply from outside the U.S., they added. The Department of Homeland Secu- rity responded to The Post with the same information. Chris Thomas, an immigration lawyer in Denver who represents employers na- tionwide, said there has been “enormous backlash over this clearly flawed memo- randum.” “Company executives and business associations essentially saw this memo- randum as the last straw, the moment that would compel them to outsource work to employees in other countries.” The issue reached the halls of Congress. Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy (R), an ally of the business community, filed an amend- ment to essentially reverse the green card policy for legal immigrants to a budget bill Republicans were debating Thursday night that funds federal immigration en- forcement agencies. It is unclear whether the measure will receive a vote. Meanwhile, business leaders said they were only partially appeased by the soft- ened stance, because the administration has not yet issued official guidance detail- ing who would be impacted. Lawyers representing major employers said they are in a wait-and-see mode. Jeremy Beck, co-president of Number- sUSA, a group that advocates for fewer immigrants, said he was not surprised by the business backlash and described employer-sponsored green cards as “in- herently exploitative,” because they force immigrant workers to stick with a single employer for years. “The guidance does threaten to disrupt the captive labor benefit that employers enjoy in programs like the H-1B visa pro- gram,” Beck said. “I think what this guid- ance is doing … is merely exposing some of these long-standing problems with the nonimmigrant system.” Some critics said the unofficial back- tracking and continued lack of guidance about how the policy will be implemented allows the administration to simultane- ously spread fear through immigrant com- munities, win points with its nativist base and appease business groups all at once. “They get to have it both ways. They can tell their base, ‘we haven’t ruled out anything out” and tell the business com- munity, ‘Don’t worry, you’ll be fine,” said Doug Rand, a senior USCIS official during the Biden presidency. - TheWashington Post By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Ian Duncan Inside Trump’s Suddenly Softened New Green Card Policy