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DrugGPT: new AI tool could help doctors prescribe medicine in England | Drugs

New tool may offer prescription ‘safety net’ and reduce the 237m medication errors made each year in England

Some doctors already use mainstream generative AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini (formerly Bard) to check their diagnoses and write up medical notes or letters. International medical associations have previously advised clinicians not to use those tools, partly because of the risk that the chatbot will give false information, or what technologists refer to as hallucinations. “We are always open to introducing more sophisticated safety measures that will support us to minimise human error – we just need to ensure that any new tools and systems are robust and that their use is piloted before wider rollout to avoid any unforeseen and unintended consequences.

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