Researchers Create Fake Disease, AI Chatbots Promptly Spread Medical Misinformation

A team of researchers invented a completely fake medical condition called "bixonimania" and published clearly fraudulent papers about it online, then monitored major AI chatbots as they began recommending it as a real illness to people seeking medical advice. The post Researchers Create Fake Disease, AI Chatbots Promptly Spread Medical Misinformation appeared first on Breitbart.


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