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by tibbydudeza 39 days ago
Agreed - people should learn the ChatGPT does not give good advice, but the question is did OpenAI advertise ChatGPT as a good and reliable source of information on health ???.
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OpenAI has advertised ChatGPT as a good and reliable source of information on everything
It sure as shit wasn't advertised as a new-age alternative to The Onion.
Its fine if they offer that. But states need to make them liable for damages if it causes harm. The First Amendment protects them from criminal liability, but not civil. TOS' should not be able to shield them from the civil liability either.
to the contrary... this is a specific product whith is on a waitlist. Normal ChatGPT is not for health advice.
The front and center most-of-page video on that literally has this in big arse font displayed at page load time:

> Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for support with their health

Second paragraph of the main page text then says:

> Health is already one of the most common ways people use ChatGPT, with hundreds of millions of people asking health and wellness questions each week

Clearly ChatGPT is positioned for providing health advice in their main, non-specialised product, not just in their dedicated "Health" product.

Millions of people do this thing ≠ we recommend that people do this thing
Millions of people do this thing that we know about and brag about and don't discourage because it makes us a metric shitton of money == ringing fucking endorsement, fuck yeah!