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The Most Expensive AI Mistake in Biotech Isn't a Hallucination, It's a Process Failure
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
AI failures in regulated biotech will stem not from model hallucinations but from treating AI as a standalone tool outside established governance frameworks, risking uncontrolled processes that regulators cannot audit. Life sciences must extend validation and change control to encompass the entire AI-assisted workflow, not just the model itself.
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◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
If you're selling AI tools to biotech or pharma, your product is not the model - it's the audit trail. Customers will reject any AI that cannot prove to regulators how a recommendation was made; build for governance first, capability second, or watch pilots get killed at scale.
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