Beyond the hype of AI as a panacea for women’s health

Researchers and clinicians are increasingly interested in the potential of AI to improve women’s health. Here, we argue that systemic harms can arise when AI is uncritically embraced as a revolution for women’s health. We focus on three intersecting concerns: (1) impoverished understandings of gender and sex, which are (2) fed uncritically into AI models surrounded by hype, leading to (3) harms rather than improvements in health. We call on health advocates and practitioners to critically examine what AI can and cannot contribute to women’s health.