When Your AI Chatbot Gives Medical Advice Without a License

Lucas and Luna examine the risks of AI-powered symptom checkers and health chatbots that provide medical advice without regulatory oversight. They focus on a 2025 study from Stanford Medicine that tested four popular symptom-checker apps—including WebMD's Symptom Checker and Babylon Health—and found they gave correct diagnoses only 32% of the time, while recommending potentially harmful actions 18% of the time. The hosts discuss the lack of FDA clearance for most health AI tools, the legal liability gap, and what this means for patients who trust AI over a real doctor. They also explore how tech companies are lobbying to keep health AI unregulated, and what the new EU AI Act might mean for medical chatbot transparency. A concrete episode about the gap between convenience and safety in digital health. #AIEthics #HealthAI #MedicalChatbots #SymptomCheckers #StanfordMedicine #BabylonHealth #WebMD #FDAClearance #EUAIAct #PatientSafety #DiagnosticError #AIBias #RegulatoryGap #DigitalHealth #TechRegulation #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo