After AI review: Google stops dangerous health advice

The Guardian has published a number of articles highlighting the risks of asking health-related questions to chatbots or other AI tools.

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The Guardian has published a number of articles highlighting the risks of asking health-related questions to chatbots or other AI tools.

For example, Google’s AI overviews provide directly dangerous answers about liver values, which can lead people with serious liver diseases to believe that they are healthy.

Following the review, Google has decided to remove some of the criticized AI summaries. However, there is still a risk that they will appear if the user changes to a different wording.

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