Google AI Puts People at Risk with Misleading Health Advice
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[image or embed] -- 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
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