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"Chatgpt Delayed the Moment of the Real Diagnosis": This Error Cost This Father a Precious Month with Stage Iv Cancer

Summary by Pleine Vie
At the age of 37, Irish psychologist Warren Tierney, father of two young children in Killarney, chose to tell his throat pain to an artificial intelligence rather than to a doctor. In a few exchanges with ChatGPT, this apparently healthy family father was reassured to the point of putting his health back into the hands of a simple conversational robot. This confidence cost him dearly. After months of difficulty swallowing, the doctors announced …
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At the age of 37, Irish psychologist Warren Tierney, father of two young children in Killarney, chose to tell his throat pain to an artificial intelligence rather than to a doctor. In a few exchanges with ChatGPT, this apparently healthy family father was reassured to the point of putting his health back into the hands of a simple conversational robot. This confidence cost him dearly. After months of difficulty swallowing, the doctors announced …

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Pleine vie broke the news in on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
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