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Chatbots Underperform Search Engines For Medical Advice
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A peer-reviewed study by researchers at the University of Melbourne, Harvard Medical School and other institutions finds that consumer AI chatbots underperform traditional search engines when laypeople seek medical advice. The study identifies two failure modes—insufficient user input and inaccurate model outputs—and warns this gap can increase misplaced trust and pose public health risks if chatbots replace search for health queries.
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Strong, peer-reviewed multicenter evidence highlights major user-safety concerns; scope limited to lay-user scenarios not clinical deployment.
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