{"id":421105,"date":"2026-02-12T03:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421105\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:59:22","slug":"using-ai-for-medical-advice-dangerous-oxford-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421105\/","title":{"rendered":"Using AI for medical advice &#8216;dangerous&#8217;, Oxford study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the study, researchers asked nearly 1,300 participants to identify potential health conditions and a recommended course of action using different scenarios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some participants used large language model (LLM) AI softwares to receive a potential diagnosis and next steps, whereas others used more traditional methods &#8211; such as seeing a GP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Researchers then evaluated the results, and found that the AI often provided a &#8220;mix of good and bad information&#8221; which users struggled to distinguish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They found that, while the AI chatbots now &#8220;excel at standardised tests of medical knowledge&#8221;, its use as a medical tool would &#8220;pose risks to real users seeking help with their own medical symptoms&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These findings highlight the difficulty of building AI systems that can genuinely support people in sensitive, high-stakes areas like health,&#8221; Dr Payne said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The study&#8217;s lead author, Andrew Bean &#8211; from the Oxford Internet Institute &#8211; said the study showed &#8220;interacting with humans poses a challenge&#8221; for even the top performing LLMs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We hope this work will contribute to the development of safer and more useful AI systems,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the study, researchers asked nearly 1,300 participants to identify potential health conditions and a recommended course of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-421105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}