Clinicians at the Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center conducting the study found the chatbot’s answers to open-ended questions “frequently redundant and cyclical in nature.”
ChatGPT scored just 26.7 percent on open-ended questions, according to a June 6 Wolters Kluwer news release.
Previously the AI tool faired well on the United States Medical Licensing Exam and at providing empathetic answers to patient questions.
“ChatGPT not only has a low rate of correct answers regarding clinical questions in urologic practice, but also makes certain types of errors that pose a risk of spreading medical misinformation,” said Christopher Deibert, MD, one of the study authors from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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