Healthcare AI Safety Gap · Don't break patients
    Reputable report / newsOct 2024·US

    OpenAI's Whisper invents text in medical transcriptions

    Researchers document fabricated content in a tool used by ~30,000 clinicians.

    ~30,000
    clinicians using the tool

    What the research found

    Reporting and research documented that OpenAI's Whisper transcription tool invents text that was never spoken — including fabricated medications — despite being used by around 30,000 clinicians across dozens of health systems, and despite warnings against high-risk use.

    Why it matters for providers

    AI note-taking can fabricate clinical content that quietly enters the medical record, at large scale.

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    Fortune / Associated Press
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