{"id":25687,"date":"2026-03-11T12:18:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25687"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:18:52","slug":"chatgpt-might-give-you-bad-medical-advice-studies-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25687","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT might give you bad medical advice, studies warn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Katia Riddle for NPR) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As tech companies roll out platforms specifically designed for health care consultation, AI is rapidly becoming a key player in many people&#8217;s medical decisions. According to OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, more than 40 million people consult the platform every day for health information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But new research suggests AI may mislead users in certain medical scenarios.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/11\/nx-s1-5744035\/chatgpt-might-give-you-bad-medical-advice-studies-warn\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/11\/nx-s1-5744035\/chatgpt-might-give-you-bad-medical-advice-studies-warn\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Katia Riddle for NPR) As tech companies roll out platforms specifically designed for health care consultation, AI is rapidly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1248,17],"tags":[153,1963,287],"class_list":["post-25687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-digital-technology","category-emerging-health-issues","tag-ai","tag-chatgpt","tag-digital-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25688,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25687\/revisions\/25688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}