Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715291 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

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Hacker News (hnrss): Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real.

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