Artificial intelligence chatbots based on large language models can pass medical exams but their diagnoses are often inaccurate.
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Webster, P. Medical AI chatbots: are they safe to talk to patients?. Nat Med 29, 2677–2679 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02535-w
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