9to5Mac · July 23, 2026 — 14:38

ChatGPT told user to ignore lethal condition, but people keep treating it as a doctor

ChatGPT told user to ignore lethal condition, but people keep treating it as a doctor
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You’d think that it would be obvious that it’s a terrible idea to ask an AI chatbot for a medical consultation, but hundreds of millions of people do it every week. In one near-death example now the subject of a lawsuit, ChatGPT advised a pastor to ignore symptoms of a pulmonary embolism – a condition with a mortality rate of…

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