Oni Blackstock's opinion piece argues that the push to introduce artificial intelligence in healthcare is exacerbating the crisis of trust in medicine. AI adoption should be driven by the speed of trust building, not the pace of investment. European legislation classifies AI systems in healthcare as high risk and requires strict management requirements. ECRI named the misuse of AI chatbots as the biggest health technology risk in 2026. More than 40 million people a day use ChatGPT for health advice without adequate safeguards. Healthcare organizations face conflicting demands for transparency and human oversight while cutting staff by nearly 15 percent. Traditional management is not enough for real-time AI decisions.[1]