With Power Comes Responsibility

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful technology that can accelerate discovery at an unprecedented speed across all sectors of life. While some sectors already operate under established guidelines and regulations, others remain largely unchecked. With great power, however, comes great responsibility. This article, therefore, calls for a closer look at the use of AI in biobanking, a field that relies heavily on trust. AI, in return, is influenced by a plethora of interests that shape national strategies on its deployment. In relation to biobanking, political decisions play a key role in how health data are used. Ultimately, this article calls for AI governance here in the field of biobanking that employs the technology for the common good by calling for a commitment to shared responsibility by revisiting the bioethical principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice in the era of the employment of a transformative technology and its uncertain societal impacts.