What to consider before asking an AI chatbot for health advice

This article warns consumers about the risks of using AI chatbots for health advice—highlighting hallucinations and incorrect medical guidance, privacy and data-sharing concerns (including use of prompts for model training and third-party aggregators), and the amplified breach risk when sensitive health data traverses multiple organizations—and offers practical advice such as using purpose-built health tools, checking data-handling policies, minimizing shared identifiers, disabling history/training where possible, and always confirming medical guidance with a professional.