In the recent case, one patient that was allegedly following the generative AI’s nutritional suggestion was placed in hospital’s involuntary psychiatric hold for three weeks. During the early 20th century,

A 60-year-old man spent three weeks being treated at a hospital after replacing table salt with sodium bromide following consultation with a popular artificial intelligence chatbot.

A man suffered bromide poisoning after ChatGPT allegedly suggested it as a salt substitute—highlighting AI risks in health advice.