AI, privacy, and pathology practice: HIPAA loophole and the need for caution
September 2026—Technology and regulation have always co-evolved, and artificial intelligence should be no exception. “The tech industry would have Americans believe there should be no regulation of anything that has AI in its title until such time as the technology is fully matured and ready to be regulated,” says Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS, professor of pathology, director of clinical pathology, and CLIA director of laboratories, University of Maryland Medical Center. He calls it “complete gaslighting.”