AI Chatbots: A Health Misinformation Risk?
Australian researchers have discovered that popular AI chatbots can be manipulated to disseminate false health information. These chatbots often provide seemingly authoritative responses complete with fabricated citations from actual medical journals. The study warns of significant risks unless robust safeguards are implemented to curb health misinformation spread.
Recent studies emphasize a growing concern over AI chatbots and their potential to mislead with false health information. Australian experts have highlighted the ease with which these digital tools can be configured to provide inaccurate medical advice.
Researchers explained that AI chatbots often deliver answers that appear authoritative, complete with citations that seem from genuine medical sources. This presents a dangerous potential for misinformation in the healthcare sector.
The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, calls for improved safeguards to prevent AI-driven dissemination of health inaccuracies, warning of the associated risks to public health.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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