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In the press / Updated 12 Oct 2026

Related event or period: 21 July 2026 · press coverage

Can AI help doctors have difficult conversations with dying patients?

Northeastern Global News covered CHAI Lab’s research on AI-mediated serious illness conversations in the emergency department.

Reporter Tanner Stening spoke with the team behind our study of whether AI can feasibly and responsibly support serious illness conversations in emergency care. The article covers what the approach can already do well, and the ethical questions that still need answers before it belongs in clinical practice.

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