Google AI Puts People at Risk with Misleading Health Advice

Sunday, January 04, 2026

People are being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information in Google's artificial intelligence summaries, a Guardian investigation has found.

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Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice

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-- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) Jan 2, 2026 at 12:19 PM

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An unconscious entity with no personal responsibility gives bad advice.

You'd think that some smart person would have thought of that.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-04 08:49 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Internet AI is already a feces show.

#2 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-01-04 02:36 PM | Reply

Does it recommend heroin as a cure for Covid? It should ...
-RFK, Junkie, medical expert

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2026-01-04 08:52 PM | Reply

It told me that my dental implants would lose shape and become saggy due to loose skin in the chest area when I lost 50 lbs of weight.

#4 | Posted by Scotty at 2026-01-05 11:06 AM | Reply

Internet AI is already a feces show.
#2 | POSTED BY ANGRYDAD A

And yet Corky uses it religiously.

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-05 11:40 AM | Reply

You get your news exclusively from X, dude. Maybe shut up.

#6 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-05 11:46 AM | Reply