Doctors at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London carried out the world's first real-time AI-assisted neurosurgery to remove a pituitary tumor; the patient has recovered. Prof Hani Marcus said the AI was trained on several hundred pituitary procedures—more than most surgeons perform in a career—and can act as a reliable extra pair of eyes. He said the long-term goal is a surgeon-facing ChatGPT to provide on-demand guidance in the operating room, which surgeons could choos

2026-08-27

Doctors at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London carried out the world's first real-time AI-assisted neurosurgery to remove a pituitary tumor; the patient has recovered. Prof Hani Marcus said the AI was trained on several hundred pituitary procedures—more than most surgeons perform in a career—and can act as a reliable extra pair of eyes. He said the long-term goal is a surgeon-facing ChatGPT to provide on-demand guidance in the operating room, which surgeons could choose to accept or ignore.