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dutchnews.nlAI Chatbots Struggle With Indirect Mental Health Risks Research Shows
Research shared with Fortune by mpathic found that leading AI models often fail to provide appropriate pushback in conversations involving subtle signs of eating disorders, suicide risk, or distorted beliefs. A KFF poll reported that 16% of U.S. adults and 28% of those under 30 h…
Substrate placeholder — needs reviewResearchers Create Fictional Illness; Chatbots Diagnose It as Real in Nature Study
Two preprints about a fictional illness called bixonimania were taken down from the Preprints.org server on 10 April. Popular chatbots had been diagnosing users with the made-up condition based on common eye symptoms over the past 18 months. The illness was created by a researche…
Substrate placeholder — needs reviewHealth Systems Deploy AI Chatbots for Patient Support
Several U.S. health systems have introduced AI chatbots to assist patients with medical questions and appointment preparation. A recent study highlighted limitations in large language models' performance when responding to user-generated prompts. Health providers are expanding th…
The Boston GlobeStudy Finds AI Chatbots Often Fail to Generate Accurate Differential Diagnoses for Symptoms
A study by Mass General Brigham researchers examined the performance of AI chatbots in producing differential diagnoses from patient symptoms. The chatbots failed to generate correct lists more than 80 percent of the time with basic information but improved to over 90 percent acc…