Using Chatbots for health advice: Tips to avoid misleading information

In a recent paper, three medical researchers looked at ethical perspectives on the use of chatbots for medical advice. The use of chatbots is becoming increasingly widespread, including for medical advice. According to the researchers, while ChatGPT, or similar platforms, might be useful and reliable for finding out the best places to see in Dakar, to learn about wildlife, or to get quick summaries of other topics of interest, putting your health in its hands may be playing Russian roulette: you might get lucky, but you might not. By now, most people have heard of ChatGPT, a very powerful chat…

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