ChatGPT Provides Evidence-Based Answers to Public Health Questions

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers found that ChatGPT consistently provided evidence-based responses to public health questions but often gave advice rather than directing users to health-related resources. Many laypeople rely on web-based knowledge resources like Google and Alexa to answer public health questions, but these tools are limited in that they return multiple results to a given query and require the user to synthesize the information provided. AI assistants built on recent advancements in large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, may be able to address these challenges, the researchers posited. Learn more from Health Analytics here.