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- 60-year-old man was hospitalized after following ChatGPT's advice to replace table salt with sodium bromide.
- Doctors could not retrieve the ChatGPT conversation, preventing confirmation of the exact dietary advice given.
- Researchers from Binghamton, Stanford, Texas A&M, and Indiana Universities authored a paper proposing chat record access and harmful-advice flagging system.
- Gallup surveyed 5,500 U.S. adults (Oct 27–Dec 22 2025) and found roughly 14 million skipped a health-care visit after using AI.
- OpenAI spokesperson said ChatGPT is not a doctor and should never replace medical diagnosis or treatment.
