Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’
Research has found AI-generated accounts posing as doctors are accumulating millions of views on TikTok by promoting dubious health advice and unproven treatments. Medical professionals, including a senior British Medical Association official, have flagged these accounts as a serious public safety risk.
Why this matters: Fake AI doctors are not a niche problem. Millions of people are watching generated personas give medical advice that looks credible and is not. Someone will skip a real diagnosis, take something harmful, or delay treatment because of it. TikTok profits from the engagement either way. The platform knows what is on it. At some point that has to mean responsibility for what the algorithm amplifies, not just credit for what goes viral.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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