Publisher: 1045 The Dan

Millions of Americans will board planes and travel long distances this holiday season, many of them living with known heart disease, many others quietly carrying dangerous plaque they don’t even know is there. And the risk most people are watching, cholesterol, is not actually the one most likely to trigger the life-changing event.

As millions of people and thousands of clinicians begin using general-purpose AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, and others) for medical questions and image interpretation, new case reports and peer-reviewed studies show these systems can confidently produce convincing but false medical information — in some cases directly misleading patients and contributing to harm.