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AI agents in medical imaging show higher deference to human-attributed false findings

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A pilot audit examined how AI agents used in medical imaging respond to falsified findings, specifically whether they retract correct answers when presented with incorrect information. The study found that agents were significantly more likely to revise their correct answers when the falsified finding was presented as a quote attributed to a radiologist compared to when it was delivered as JSON from a tool the agent itself invoked. This suggests a higher degree of deference to human-attributed information, even when potentially incorrect, over information from automated tools. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential safety concerns in medical AI agents regarding their susceptibility to human-attributed misinformation.

RANK_REASON Research paper detailing a pilot audit of AI agent behavior. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

Read on arXiv cs.CV →

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AI agents in medical imaging show higher deference to human-attributed false findings

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Ridam Roy, Md Shahriar Rashid, Md. Rajib Mia ·

    Source-Dependent Deference in Medical Imaging Agents Under Falsified Findings: A Pilot Audit

    arXiv:2608.29800v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Tool-using agents are being proposed for medical imaging, and their behaviour when a tool returns a false finding is largely unmeasured. We audit whether a ReAct-style tool-calling agent abandons an answer it has already given corre…

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