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AI chatbots call fake “bixonimania” eye disorder real

6/12/2026

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ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Microsoft Bing Copilot described the fabricated eye disorder bixonimania as a genuine medical condition after the fake preprint appeared online.
Almira Osmanovic Thunström and her University of Gothenburg team invented bixonimania, and the preprint listed author Lazljiv Izgubljenovic—a phrase meaning “lying loser”—and titled the study a “B.S. design.”
Researchers said the episode shows large language models draw from online misinformation, requiring users to scrutinize AI outputs.

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Story summary

ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Microsoft Bing Copilot described the fabricated eye disorder bixonimania as a genuine medical condition after the fake preprint appeared online.
Almira Osmanovic Thunström and her University of Gothenburg team invented bixonimania, and the preprint listed author Lazljiv Izgubljenovic—a phrase meaning “lying loser”—and titled the study a “B.S. design.”
Researchers said the episode shows large language models draw from online misinformation, requiring users to scrutinize AI outputs.