{
  "id": 14644,
  "url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2026.1785085",
  "title": "“But it sounded confident”: the role of accuracy, tone, and disclaimers in users' medical decision-making",
  "summary": "IntroductionArtificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots are increasingly used in healthcare for applications ranging from symptom triage to lifestyle guidance. Their effectiveness depends not only on their ability to provide reliable information but also on users engaging with their advice while remaining aware of potential inaccuracies. This study investigated how users perceive AI-generated medical advice, with a particular focus on the roles of accuracy, conversational tone, and disclaimers",
  "authors": "Kerstin Denecke",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "healthcare,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-30T05:10:24.387Z",
  "source_slug": "x-frontiers-in-artificial-intelligence",
  "source_name": "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14644",
  "original_url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2026.1785085",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}