ChatGPT told user to ignore lethal condition, but people keep treating it as a doctor

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By Ben LovejoyJul 23, 2026, 8:38 am169 pts
You’d think that it would be obvious that it’s a terrible idea to ask an AI chatbot for a medical consultation, but hundreds of millions of people do it every week. In one near-death example now the subject of a lawsuit, ChatGPT advised a pastor to ignore symptoms of a pulmonary embolism – a condition with a…

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