AI chatbots reading X-rays can be dangerously confident even when they're wrong
The RadLE 2.0 benchmark tests whether AI models in radiology can tell when they should leave a diagnosis to a human. Many models deliver wrong findings with full confidence, and human radiologists are still well ahead. Before AI can diagnose on its own, it needs to learn when it's better to say nothing. The article AI chatbots reading X-rays can be dangerously confident even when they're wrong appeared first on The Decoder .
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Published: 19 July 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Healthcare
Retrieved: 20 July 2026
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