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Delphi-2M can predict which of more than 1,000 conditions a person might face next
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New research shows it is being used for good and ill

Those turning to them for health advice are most at risk

It may have profound implications for society and what it means to be human

Societies urgently need to confront the ethics of prediction, writes Carissa Véliz

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A “lethal trifecta” of conditions opens them to abuse