Health chatbots spark privacy and safety concerns

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Hundreds of millions seek health guidance from AI chatbots, but consumer tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT Health aren’t medical devices and carry limited legal protections; even with enterprise versions promising HIPAA-aligned safeguards, terms can change and misinformation remains possible, so guard your diagnoses, lab results, and other private data when chatting with these tools.
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- “Dr. Google” had its issues. Can ChatGPT Health do better? MIT Technology Review
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