6 years ago, I wrote a piece, “ Doctors Use Youtube And Google All The Time. Should You Be Worried? ” In 2025, it’s time to ask, “Your doctor may be using ChatGPT. Should you be worried?”

In a recent unscientific survey, technology entrepreneur Jonas Vollmer asked physicians how many used ChatGPT . 76% percent of the respondents answered “yes.” According to Volmer, a physician friend also told him , “most doctors use ChatGPT daily. They routinely paste the full anonymized patient history (along with x-rays, etc.) into their personal ChatGPT account.”

My own unofficial conversations with colleagues bears this out, with younger physicians more likely to regularly use AI than older ones

I think AI tools such as ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, and other LLMs can be very helpful for physicians

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