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Can ChatGPT Health Tell You How Soon You Need a Doctor?

If you’ve ever asked ChatGPT a health question, here’s something you should know: A recent study found that for patient stories that needed to go to the emergency room, ChatGPT Health told almost 50% to wait and see a doctor.  This infographic summarizes findings from a Nature Medicine study. Doctors picked health problems and wrote patient stories for each. They tested each one multiple times on ChatGPT Health. All results shown are without labs, physical exam, or vital signs. For problems that should be watched at home: 9 out of 10 patient stories were told to get more care than they needed. For problems that should go to the emergency room: 5 out of 10 patient

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