The manuscript “Design publicity of black box algorithms: a support to the epistemic and ethical justifications of medical AI systems” by Andrea Ferrario (Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH and Chair of Technology Marketing, ETH), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME). The author argues that a peculiar form of black box algorithm transparency, called design publicity, may efficiently implement recommendations to mitigate the epistemic and ethical challenges behind the use medical AI systems.