Post #2010182

2026-05-05 10:57 UTC

Someone I know IRL always Googles the name of doctors she is offered an appointment with. She got a letter through with a gynaecologist’s name and she searched him up and the results said he has been accused of sexual assault. She rang the hospital and asked about this, they said it’s not true, it’s AI generated. She is not comfortable seeing him. It could be true that it’s completely fabricated but how as a patient are you to know? Careers get ruined by this stuff. From: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116521485454720727

Replies (4)

@cjhearn@mastodonapp.uk 2026-05-05 11:23

@purplepadma@beige.party @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green But the AI companies say "[insert name] can make mistakes" along with their output, so that makes it all ok! /s Urgh.

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@Lefthandbass59@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-05 11:15

@purplepadma@beige.party @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green It's a common problem.... not just AI... this is just a normal search. I promise I'm not him! 😆

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@GlasWolf@mastodon.scot 2026-05-05 12:36

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/116520843644870689 @purplepadma@beige.party @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green There has to be accountability. https://mastodon.scot/@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social/116520843759208865

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@log@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-05 18:30

@purplepadma@beige.party @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green This is one reason why court records need to be available to the public without a subscription fee. If the authoritative source of truth is behind a paywall, while all the rumor mills are free, there is no authoritative source of truth.

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