The White House updated its “Make America Healthy Again” report on childhood chronic disease after facing scrutiny from experts over the apparent use of artificial intelligence to generate citations, The Washington Post reported May 29. Of the 522 citations in the initial report with links to articles or studies, at least 21 were dead and 37 appeared multiple times, according to a review by the Post. Some citations also included the wrong authors, while several others cited studies that do not exist. In other instances, hyperlinks included the term “oaicite,” a marker that indicates the use of OpenAI’s artificial intelligence tools, according to the report.

The report’s potential use of AI has faced swift criticism from technology experts, lawmakers and public policy leaders. Anand Parekh

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