🔬 Science May 16, 2026 · Joe Wilkins

Doctors’ AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients

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Doctors’ AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients
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If you’ve been to a medical appointment in the past two or three years, chances are high that your doctor was using an AI scribe: software that listens into the conversation, transcribing it and structuring it into the format of medical notes.



In theory it’s a cool idea, but pain points abound. Earlier this week, Ontario’s auditor general — an accountability officer acting under the Legislative Assembly of Ontario — released a special report warning that AI medical scribes w

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