A ‘historic’ FDA clearance raises the question: Is LLM the interface? Or the decision-maker?

Summary: UpDoc is a new digital health app for people with diabetes, and it just made history! It is the first app using an AI chatbot to get a green light from the FDA. Instead of doing complicated math to figure out insulin doses, patients can just text or talk to the app. The AI looks at your blood sugar numbers and tells you exactly what to do, based on your doctor's plan. It even sends updates straight to your doctor's computer so they stay in the loop. Now, people are excited but also asking a big question: is the AI just chatting, or is it making the medical decisions?

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