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Fake it ’til you make it: Study finds nearly half of health-related AI responses ‘problematic’

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Researchers are concerned by the confident tone generative AI models use in their responses, considering their lack of credentials.

Generative AI (Gen AI) is a branch of artificial intelligence designed to produce new content, such as text, visuals, or audio media, by implementing patterns from existing data. It operates using advanced machine-learning models to simulate human-like creativity and problem-solving.

Simply put, if you ask it a question, a Gen