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FDA's AI Experts Dismissed Amid Budget Crisis

2/22/2025

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The FDA has taken a bold step by bringing in experts in surgical robotics and AI to tackle the fast-paced evolution of medicine and growing worries over food additives. Yet, a wave of mass firings has swept away many of these crucial positions, jeopardizing the agency's ability to function effectively, especially as industry fees make up nearly half of its $7.2 billion budget.

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The FDA has taken a bold step by bringing in experts in surgical robotics and AI to tackle the fast-paced evolution of medicine and growing worries over food additives. Yet, a wave of mass firings has swept away many of these crucial positions, jeopardizing the agency's ability to function effectively, especially as industry fees make up nearly half of its $7.2 billion budget.