Majority of Doctors Report Intervening After Patients Received AI-Generated Health Misinformation: Survey

Majority of Doctors Report Intervening After Patients Received AI-Generated Health Misinformation: Survey
Medical equipment inside the trauma bay photographed during simulation training at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on Aug. 13, 2019. The Canadian Press/Tijana Martin
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Canadian physicians are increasingly stepping in to prevent or address negative outcomes after patients accessed inaccurate or misleading health information online, including from AI-generated advice, a new study suggests.

Ninety-seven percent of doctors surveyed by research firm Abacus Data for the Canadian Medical Association reported encountering such challenges, many arising from guidance patients obtained from artificial intelligence.