Cited by 227Misinformation and Its ImpactsArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationEthics and Social Impacts of AI

Artificial intelligence and increasing misinformation

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Monteith, Scott, Glenn, Tasha, Geddes, John R., Whybrow, Peter C., Achtyes, Eric, Bauer, Michael·2024·The British Journal of Psychiatry

Abstract

Summary: With the recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), patients are increasingly exposed to misleading medical information. Generative AI models, including large language models such as ChatGPT, create and modify text, images, audio and video information based on training data. Commercial use of generative AI is expanding rapidly and the public will routinely receive messages created by generative AI. However, generative AI models may be unreliable, routinely make errors and widely spread misinformation. Misinformation created by generative AI about mental illness may include factual errors, nonsense, fabricated sources and dangerous advice. Psychiatrists need to recognise that patients may receive misinformation online, including about medicine and psychiatry.

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Authors
Monteith, S., Glenn, T., Geddes, J. R., Whybrow, P. C., Achtyes, E., & Bauer, M.
Affiliations
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • Warneford Hospital (GB)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Western Michigan University (US)
  • University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
Corresponding author
Monteith, Scott
Venue
The British Journal of Psychiatry
Published
2023-10-26
Volume
224
Issue
2
Pages
33-35
ISSN
  • 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1465
OpenAlex
W4387950352
Cited by
208
References
2
Citations by year
2026: 77 · 2025: 90 · 2024: 41
FWCI
89.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Western Michigan University
  • Michigan State University
  • Stryker
  • University of Oxford
  • Technische Universität Dresden
  • College of Engineering, Michigan State University
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Keywords
artificial intelligence, generative AI, misinformation, large language models, ChatGPT, mental illness, online health information, psychiatric patients, psychiatrists
MeSH terms
Psychiatrists, Artificial Intelligence, Mental Disorders, Communication, Humans, Psychiatry

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