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AI Chatbot Suggests Unsafe Food Use: Experts Warn

2/11/2026

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  • The Department of Health and Human Services launched an AI nutrition chatbot on realfood.gov that provides unconventional food recommendations, including items that can be inserted into the rectum.
  • The chatbot humorously lists items like bananas and cucumbers, with detailed instructions for safe usage.
  • Experts warn that the advice is dangerous and misleading.
  • In testing, the chatbot identified a peeled medium cucumber as the safest food for this purpose.