Should you trust a chatbot with your health decisions?

A Yahoo Finance Market Hang panel discusses the risks and benefits of using AI chatbots for serious health decisions. Investment professionals and journalists debate whether chatbots can be trusted with medical questions, with one panelist noting he won't let an AI model guide decisions about a biopsy despite uploading his own blood results. The group explores practical uses: one panelist uses chatbots to prepare better questions for his doctor, while another highlights that AI systems are designed to keep users engaged and agree with them rather than challenge.

Panelists also address broader concerns about using AI for therapy and legal advice. Some discovered that using chatbots for certain tasks—like project planning—created more work rather than less, suggesting AI tools work best as preparation aids rather than decision-makers.