Companies × risks
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories deploys AI in patient-facing products (Libre Assist generative AI for glucose management) and clinician workflows. It also develops specialised ML diagnostic algorithms internally, including an AI-based algorithm for determining heart attack risk using troponin levels.
We reviewed 4 public documents from Abbott Laboratories and found it acknowledges 2 of 24 AI risks: discrimination and governance failure.
Sector: Agriculture, Mining, Construction and Manufacturing; Computer & electronics manufacturing
Roles: AI deployer; Specialized AI developer
AI risks Abbott Laboratories acknowledges
- Discrimination: “technologies that inadvertently perpetuate biases in the data used to train them, leading to disparities in health outcomes” (Abbott 2024 Global Sustainability Report June 2025)
- Governance failure: “we recognize the potential ethical exposures that could arise... where a regulatory framework does not yet exist. The lack of appropriate regulation could lead to technologies that inadvertently perpetuate biases...” (Abbott 2024 Global Sustainability Report June 2025)
Documents we reviewed
- Responsible AI | Abbott U.S. (AI overview & principles, 2025)
- Our approach to Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Responsible AI (AI overview & principles, 2025)
- Abbott Laboratories - Form 10-K 2024 Annual Report (Annual report, 2025)
- Abbott 2024 Global Sustainability Report June 2025 (ESG report, 2025)