ChatGPT is debunking myths on social media around vaccine safety, say experts

Medical Xpress September 3, 2023
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ChatGPT could help to increase vaccine uptake by debunking myths around jab safety, say the authors of a study published in the journal Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.

The researchers asked the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot the top 50 most frequently asked COVID-19 vaccine questions. They included queries based on myths and fake stories such as the vaccine causing long COVID.

Results show that ChatGPT scored 9 out of 10 on average for accuracy. The rest of the time it was correct but left some gaps in the information provided, according to the study.

Based on these findings, experts who led the study from the GenPoB research group based at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS)—Hospital Clinico Universitario of Santiago de...