Lancet study flags flaws in AI cervical screening, warns against overfitting

Researchers in The Lancet Global Health are calling out AI algorithms for cervical screening, specifically questioning the reliability of AI-assisted visual evaluation (AVE) without HPV testing. They say the AI models are prone to overfitting and can't reliably classify many real-world cases, potentially missing critical health signals for women over 40. This means a tech solution designed to improve health access might be creating a false sense of security for millions.