Reliability of Medical Information Provided by ChatGPT: Assessment Against Clinical Guidelines and Patient Information Quality Instrument.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: ChatGPT-4 is the latest release of a novel artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot able to answer freely formulated and complex questions. In the near future, ChatGPT could become the new standard for health care professionals and patients to access medical information. However, little is known about the quality of medical information provided by the AI.

Authors

  • Harriet Louise Walker
    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
  • Shahi Ghani
    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
  • Christoph Kuemmerli
    Swiss HPB Center Department of General and Transplant Surgery, University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Christian Andreas Nebiker
    Departement Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
  • Beat Peter Müller
    Clarunis - University Center for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Dimitri Aristotle Raptis
    Organ Transplant Center of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Sebastian Manuel Staubli
    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.