[gleeaikin]

Below are two more articles concerning disinformation and misinformation in the medical information field, including the use of “generative AI.” MedPage Today has been busy.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/107247?xid=nl_mpt_investigative2023-11-15&eun=g1538089d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=InvestigativeMD_111523&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_InvestigateMD_Active

ChatGPT Created a Fake Dataset With Skewed Results
— Findings raise concerns about the ease of generating false medical evidence
by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today November 9, 2023

also: https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/107329?xid=nl_mpt_investigative2023-11-15&eun=g1538089d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=InvestigativeMD_111523&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_InvestigateMD_Active

ChatGPT Quickly Authored 100 Blogs Full of Healthcare Disinformation
— But Google Bard and Microsoft Bing had guardrails in place to thwart such prompting
by Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today November 13, 2023

These disinformation blogs included a lot concerning vaccines, using AI to generate the scrips very quickly.

[metmom]

So now AI is being taught to put out fake medical data just like humans have been doing for years.