Article 74ZBA Don't let the bot play doctor! AI gets early diagnoses wrong 80% of the time

Don't let the bot play doctor! AI gets early diagnoses wrong 80% of the time

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Story Image'LLMs should not be trusted for patient-facing diagnostic reasoning,' boffins advise

People ask AI for all kinds of advice, including the kind of questions you'd ask a physician. However, the next time you're tempted to query ChatGPT if that growth on your face is skin cancer, consider this: research shows today's leading AI models fail at early differential diagnosis in more than 8 out of 10 cases....

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