{"slug": "privacy-risks-from-medical-ai-tools-are-not-shared-equally", "title": "Privacy risks from medical AI tools are not shared equally", "summary": "A News and Views article in Nature (656, 42-44, 2026) highlights that privacy risks from medical AI tools are not equally shared, citing a study by Knolle et al. in Nature 656, 192-198 (2026). The article discusses how certain groups face greater privacy vulnerabilities, referencing prior work on model inversion and membership inference attacks. It underscores the need for equitable privacy protections in medical AI.", "body_md": "- NEWS AND VIEWS\n\n# Privacy risks from medical AI tools are not shared equally\n\n## Access options\n\nAccess Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals\n\nGet Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription\n\n27,99 € / 30 days\n\ncancel any time\n\nSubscribe to this journal\n\nReceive 52 print issues and online access\n\n199,00 € per year\n\nonly 3,83 € per issue\n\nRent or buy this article\n\nPrices vary by article type\n\nfrom$1.95\n\nto$39.95\n\nPrices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout\n\n*Nature* **656**, 42-44 (2026)\n\n*doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02288-9*\n\n## References\n\nKnolle, M. A.\n\n*et al.**Nature*** 656**, 192–198 (2026).Feldman, V. & Chiyuan, Z. In\n\n*Proc. 34 Int. Conf. Neural Inf. Process. Syst.*(eds Larochelle, H.*et al.*) 2881–2891 (Curran Associates, 2020).Tonekaboni, S., Stempfle, L., Fallahpour, A., Gerych, W. & Ghassemi, M. In\n\n*Adv. Neural Inf. Process. Syst. 39*(eds Belgrave, D.*et al.*) 10555–10580 (2026).Geiping, J., Bauermeister, H., Dröge, H. & Moeller, M. In\n\n*Proc. 34 Int. Conf. Neural Inf. Process. Syst.*(eds Larochelle, H.*et al.*) 16937–16947 (Curran Associates, 2020).Chen, M.\n\n*et al.*In*Proc. 2021 ACM SIGSAC Conf. Comput. Commun. Secur*. 896–911 (ACM, 2021).Shokri, R., Stronati, M., Song, C. & Shmatikov, V. In\n\n*Proc. 2017 IEEE Symp. Secur. Priv.*(ed. O’Conner, L.) 3–18 (IEEE, 2017).Nissenbaum, H.\n\n*Wash.**Law Rev.*** 79**, 119–157 (2004).Gichoya, J. W.\n\n*et al.**Lancet Digit. Health*** 4**, E406–E414 (2022).Abadi, M. et al. In\n\n*Proc. 2016 ACM SIGSAC Conf. Comput. Commun. Secur.*308–318 (ACM, 2016).Suriyakumar, V. M., Papernot, N., Goldenberg, A. & Ghassemi, M. In\n\n*Proc. 2021 ACM Conf. Fairness Account. Transpar.*723–734 (ACM, 2021).\n\n## Competing Interests\n\nThe authors declare no competing interests.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/privacy-risks-from-medical-ai-tools-are-not-shared-equally", "canonical_source": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02288-9", "published_at": "2026-08-04 18:07:07+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 18:23:09.707874+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Nature", "Knolle, M. A.", "Feldman, V.", "Tonekaboni, S.", "Geiping, J.", "Chen, M.", "Shokri, R.", "Gichoya, J. W."], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/privacy-risks-from-medical-ai-tools-are-not-shared-equally", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/privacy-risks-from-medical-ai-tools-are-not-shared-equally.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/privacy-risks-from-medical-ai-tools-are-not-shared-equally.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/privacy-risks-from-medical-ai-tools-are-not-shared-equally.jsonld"}}