{"id":202464,"date":"2024-12-26T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T22:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/patients-warned-not-to-rely-on-ai-chatbots-for-safe-and-accurate-drug-information"},"modified":"2024-12-26T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T22:02:25","slug":"patients-warned-not-to-rely-on-ai-chatbots-for-safe-and-accurate-drug-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/patients-warned-not-to-rely-on-ai-chatbots-for-safe-and-accurate-drug-information","title":{"rendered":"Patients Warned Not To Rely on AI Chatbots For Safe And Accurate Drug Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/patients-warned-not-to-rely-on-ai-chatbots-for-safe-and-accurate-drug-information2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, chatbot answers were <em>largely difficult to read<\/em> and <em>answers repeatedly lacked information or showed inaccuracies<\/em>, <em>possibly threatening patient and medication safety<\/em>,\u201d they add.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also noted that a major drawback was the chatbot\u2019s <em>inability to understand the underlying intent of a patient question<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite their potential, it is still crucial for patients to consult their healthcare professionals, as chatbots <em>may not always generate error-free information<\/em>. Caution is advised in recommending AI-powered search engines until citation engines with higher accuracy rates are available,\u201d the researchers concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHowever, chatbot answers were largely difficult to read and answers repeatedly lacked information or showed inaccuracies, possibly threatening patient and medication safety,\u201d they add. The researchers also noted that a major drawback was the chatbot\u2019s inability to understand the underlying intent of a patient question. \u201cDespite their potential, it is still crucial for patients to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}