AI kept telling a patient to ice a swollen eye — it was heat; researcher calls for better medical evals
MaziyarPanahi · x · 2026-10-01
A user shared how AI repeatedly told her to apply ice to a swollen left eye; days later she landed in the ER, where a doctor prescribed heat and a cream — nearly gone the next day. AI researcher Maziyar Panahi weighed in that evaluations for consumer-facing health AI are nowhere near ready for normal people, highlighting the reliability gap in AI medical advice.
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