https://www.reuters.com/investigations/ai-enters-operating-room-reports-arise-botched-surgeries-misidentified-body-2026-02-09/

atax1a@infosec.exchange

Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads during operations.

I AM FUCKING SCREAMING I AM FUCKING SCREAMING I AM FUCKING SCREAMING

chaos@gts.schizofucked.monster

@atax1a gonna have to put "NO AI" in my medical record at some point
there are only a very very few fields where AI makes sense in medicine (protein folding and similar very computation heavy protein/gene related things, the alternatives would eat a significant order of magnitude more processing power) and this is nowhere close to that

rakslice@mastodon.social

@atax1a they had me at "As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries [...]"

fentiger@mastodon.social

@atax1a And I made a joke post about "vibe surgery" just the other day...

wbftw@hachyderm.io

@atax1a this has all the energy of https://hackaday.com/2015/10/26/killed-by-a-machine-the-therac-25/

aburka@hachyderm.io

@atax1a can I, like, make an advance directive that if I'm incapacitated and require surgery that no AI-assisted instruments can be used

like a DNR, but DNAI

aburka@hachyderm.io

@wbftw @atax1a I feel like that was back when there were consequences for doing bad things

juniper@kolektiva.social

@atax1a yikes

chrisp@cyberplace.social

@atax1a "Are you going to use AI tools?" feels like something you shouldn't have to ask your brain surgeon before they go to town on your noggin.

wbftw@hachyderm.io

@aburka @atax1a indeed, although it took awhile for the “FO” part of “FAFO” in that particular case.

njsg@mementomori.social

@atax1a Maybe they should have used radium-coated surgical instruments for better precision.

sharkattak@masto.ai

@atax1a
Isn't Surgeon Simulator a couple years old? This isn't exactly "news".

bertdriehuis@infosec.exchange

@atax1a one rather important distinction that is often lost at reporters (as part of the general public) is whether we're dealing with ML or with LLM. I've seen my share of absolute bonkers implementation of, well, anything, but I have a hard time believing f'ing LLM's entered the operating theatre.

I'm not decided on whether I prefer to die because of an ML model going off the rails, or an old fashioned coding error like the infamous Therac-25. I've seen code for medical software and I'm not optimistic either way.

Frankly, I prefer doctors who don't Google my symptoms during a GP visit, but I'm afraid that is an art that's dying out.

tsturm@famichiki.jp

@atax1a We live in the stupidest timeline.

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https://www.reuters.com/investigations/ai-enters-operating-room-reports-arise-botched-surgeries-misidentified-body-2026-02-09/