Oncologists generally thought GPT-4 would make them more efficient at responding to queries, but said the model also gives worrying recommendations
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AI chatbots that answer medical queries could save doctors’ time, but also run the risk of making recommendations that harm the people seeking advice.
Shan Chen at Harvard University and his colleagues conducted an experiment in which six oncologists addressed a variety of questions from 100 fictional people with cancer, who the doctors knew were not real. The questions were presented via a hospital electronic messaging system.
Each oncologist was …
