Tempus AI Sued Over DNA Data Use Without Consent

A health AI company is facing a federal lawsuit in Chicago, accused of using and selling millions of people's DNA data without their consent. The plaintiffs claim that genetic information can't be fully anonymized, putting sensitive personal data at risk.

https://osintsights.com/tempus-ai-sued-over-dna-data-use-without-consent?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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"Findings of the current study 'may generate some pause in the growing acceptance of AI scribes,' wrote Aaron Tierney, PhD, and Kristine Lee, MD, both of the Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, California, in an accompanying editorial. 'Note quality will need to be balanced against the positive effect AI scribes seem to have on clinician burnout and documentation burden.'"

https://www.medpagetoday.com/practicemanagement/practicemanagement/120829

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DATE: April 20, 2026 at 05:41PM
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Speaking to a public gathering at his public theology conference in New Haven, Connecticut, last week, Rev. William J. Barber II, a Disciples of Christ pastor who is founding director of the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy at Yale Divinity School, says that moral issues need to be front and center in the midterm elections.

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https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/the-moral-issues-of-the-2026-midterms

"Sadly, Patrick’s story is not an anomaly. Last year, Caroline Tito was receiving treatment at Mater Hospital, a private hospital in Nairobi, when she passed away. As a result, her two sons, in college at the time, were orphaned. Upon her death, the hospital presented the sons a medical bill of Ksh. 3,315,784 (around $25,000), which they could not afford. As a result, the hospital detained their mother’s body for nearly two months, with the medical bill further accumulating every day. Eventually the High Court stepped in and ordered the release of the body.

A report from Oxfam also found another private hospital, Nairobi Women’s Hospital, “regularly imprisoned patients until their bills were paid. One newborn baby was reportedly held for at least three months, and a schoolboy for eleven months. Bodies of those who have died have been held for up to two years.” The Nairobi Women’s Hospital receives funding from the World Bank through its funding arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

“From our perspective, the profit drive is taking priority over patient well-being,” Linda Oduor-Noah, health policy lead at Oxfam International, told Jacobin. “The research we and others have produced shows IFC client hospitals, particularly those funded via financial intermediaries, involved in a range of egregious practices and human rights violations, including patient detentions, overcharging or price rigging, unnecessary treatments, labor concerns, denial of emergency care, fraud and failures of corporate governance, among other concerns.”"

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/africa-imf-austerity-health-kenya/

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