February 11, 2026 11:20 AM
Medical misinformation more likely to fool AI if source appears legitimate, study shows
Artificial intelligence tools are more likely to provide incorrect medical advice when the misinformation comes from what the software considers to be an authoritative source, a new study found. In tests of 20 open-source and proprietary large language models, the software was more often tricked by mistakes in realistic-looking doctors' discharge notes than by mistakes in social media conversations, researchers reported in The Lancet Digital Health. "Current AI systems can treat confident medi...