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ENVENV-002 — Stakeholder Expectation Gaps

Moral and Legal Status of AI Termination in Healthcare Research Settings

3/5Sector: HealthcareGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

Healthcare AI programmes face unresolved ethical and legal questions about whether terminating underperforming or defunded AI agents constitutes harm to a moral patient. Boards must address governance frameworks for AI lifecycle decisions before regulatory or reputational exposure crystallises.

Domain

Environmental Factors

Blindspots in organisational culture, stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, market pressure, regulatory environment, and external partnerships.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Managing the ethical and risk implications of rapid advances in artificial intelligence: A literature review (Meek2016) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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