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Insurers in the United States are using artificial intelligence algorithms to help decide whether to approve or deny coverage for medical care, including for patients in UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, Cigna and Humana plans. Vox's Good Medicine newsletter examines the practice, and critics warn the tools can wrongly delay or deny treatments that doctors consider necessary.

Asahi Shimbun's Vox Populi column argues that artificial intelligence, if left unregulated, presents humanity with a 'two scorpions in a bottle' dilemma, evoking Oppenheimer's famous description of nuclear rivals. The piece suggests AI development mirrors the nuclear arms race, where mutual capability brings mutual danger, and calls for governance before the technology becomes uncontrollable.