ECRI Names Misuse of AI Chatbots as Top Health Tech Hazard for 2026

ECRI names misuse of AI chatbots as top health tech hazard for 2026

The nonprofit said technologies like ChatGPT have suggested incorrect diagnoses, invented body parts and otherwise provided information that could lead to harm.

Misuse of Medical AI Ranked as Top 2026 Health Hazard

The nonprofit organization ECRI has named the misuse of artificial intelligence chatbots as the primary health technology hazard for 2026. While large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are not validated for clinical use, a significant portion of the population increasingly relies on them for medical advice. ECRI warns that these tools frequently “hallucinate” or provide misleading information, such as inventing body parts or suggesting incorre…

Chatbot Misuse Tops ECRI’s Health Technology Hazard List – RamaOnHealthcare

Patient safety organization says chatbots can provide valuable assistance but can also provide misleading information that could result in patient harmNow

The Hidden Dangers of AI in Care: ECRI Ranks the Top 10 Health Tech Hazards for 2026

What You Should Know The Core News: ECRI has named the misuse of AI chatbots (LLMs) as the #1 health technology hazard for 2026, citing their tendency to provide confident but factually incorrect medical advice.The Broader Risk: Beyond AI, the report highlights systemic fragility, including “digital darkness” events (outages) and the proliferation of falsified medical products entering the supply chain.The Takeaway: While AI offers promise, ECRI…

ECRI Lists Top 10 Health Tech Hazards

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in healthcare top the 2026 list of the most significant health technology hazards. The report is prepared annually by ECRI, an independent, nonpartisan patient safety organization. Chatbots that rely on large language models (LLMs) – such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini and Grok – produce human-like and expert-sounding responses to users’ questions. The tools are not regulated as medical devices nor vali…