{"slug": "ask-hn-hipaa-for-ai-vs-licensed-providers-your-thoughts", "title": "Ask HN: HIPAA for AI vs. Licensed Providers, your thoughts?", "summary": "A Hacker News user posting as verdverm asked the community for thoughts on applying HIPAA-style rules to AI versus licensed providers, in an Ask HN thread that drew 2 comments within 10 minutes of posting. The post, submitted under the Hacker News item ID 49742520, raises the question of how AI systems should be regulated relative to licensed human providers under health-privacy law.", "body_md": "| [Guidelines](newsguidelines.html) \\|[FAQ](newsfaq.html) \\|[Lists](lists) \\|[API](https://github.com/HackerNews/API) \\|[Security](security.html) \\|[Legal](https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/) \\|[Apply to YC](https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/) \\|[Contact](mailto:hn@ycombinator.com) | \n\n|  | **[Hacker News](news)**[new](newest) \\|[past](front) \\|[comments](newcomments) \\|[ask](ask) \\|[show](show) \\|[jobs](jobs) \\|[submit](submit) | [login](login?goto=item%3Fid%3D49742520) | \n\n|  |  | [Ask HN: HIPAA for AI vs. Licensed Providers, your thoughts?](item?id=49742520) | \n|  |  | 1 point by [verdverm](user?id=verdverm)[10 minutes ago](item?id=49742520) \\|[hide](hide?id=49742520&goto=item%3Fid%3D49742520) \\|[past](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Ask%20HN%3A%20HIPAA%20for%20AI%20vs.%20Licensed%20Providers%2C%20your%20thoughts%3F&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0) \\|[favorite](fave?id=49742520&auth=c5decf84a696b678fef922f08b5e3af8e7921107) \\|[2 comments](item?id=49742520) |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-hipaa-for-ai-vs-licensed-providers-your-thoughts", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742520", "published_at": "2026-09-17 15:45:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 15:56:36.661147+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "verdverm", "HIPAA"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-hipaa-for-ai-vs-licensed-providers-your-thoughts", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-hipaa-for-ai-vs-licensed-providers-your-thoughts.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-hipaa-for-ai-vs-licensed-providers-your-thoughts.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-hipaa-for-ai-vs-licensed-providers-your-thoughts.jsonld"}}