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WHO calls for caution on using ChatGPT-style models in health care

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Source: World Health Organization

The World Health Organization said on 16 May 2023 that large language models such as ChatGPT, Bard and Bert need careful checks before wide use in health. It listed risks including biased training data, confident but wrong answers, use of data without consent and health disinformation. WHO asked policymakers to protect patient safety and pointed to the six principles in its guidance on the ethics and governance of AI for health.

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Health ministries and hospitals had a WHO position to cite when setting rules for staff and patient use of public chatbots.

When
16 May 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0057
Who
World Health Organization

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from World Health Organization. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2023-0057: “WHO calls for caution on using ChatGPT-style models in health care.” wheresthe.ai, 16 May 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-who-llm-health-caution-2023-05/ (source: World Health Organization).

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