Blindly trusting Dr. ChatGPT? How AI's miracle 'cures' could kill
Doctors are sounding the alarm about the potential dangers of AI chatbots in healthcare as people increasingly turn to artificial intelligence-powered chatbots for medical advice. As advanced conversational AI assistants like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini become more ubiquitous, health experts worry these human-like bots could provide inaccurate information that leads patients to pursue unnecessary tests, bogus treatments, or simply ignore sound medical guidance from professionals altogether. With the chatbots fostering an undue level of trust through their fluent conversational abilities, some physicians believe regulatory guardrails may be needed to ensure these AI helpers in healthcare rely only on trustworthy,
April 25, 2024