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Tasmanian Devil

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4. "sensitive topics like health"
Wed May 13, 2026, 06:47 PM
Yesterday

The chat bots need to be sued out of existence for responding to health queries. Don't we have laws against practicing medicine without a license? I'm wondering if this "we can't read it" checkbox is because their lawyers don't want to have it available for discovery.

Two references in case you wonder why my anger:

https://boingboing.net/2026/05/12/openai-sued-after-chatgpt-advised-drug-combos-that-killed-a-college-student.html

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02-10-new-study-warns-risks-ai-chatbots-giving-medical-advice

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