No more Dr Google! Medical student creates an AI search tool 'more reliable ... trends now
Millions of us already trust Dr Google, but now there's a new online doctor in town.
A British medical student has created an AI chatbot which claims to provide 'more reliable health information' than the search engine.
BTRU — pronounced Better You — trawls through pages from the likes of the World Health Organization to give users personalised answers, just like ChatGPT.
Ian Soh, 22, who is in his penultimate year at St George's Medical Hospital in south London, insists the bot he has created is 'reliable'.
He said: 'I believe in a time when people can take control of their health, find reliable health information and make sense of their health, no matter their background.'
BTRU - pronounced Better You - was created by 22-year-old medical student Ian Soh
The BTRU founder said he wants his platform to achieve better health advice online
Experts said the answers were wrong and it could cause unnecessary anxiety
BTRU dismissed the idea that men could get pregnant, describing male pregnancy as a 'subject of science-fiction' that has 'no basis in reality'
But experts today insisted AI medical advice will never be able to replace that of a human doctor.
Gynaecologist Narendra Pisal said that knowing someone's personal history is 'vital' to diagnosis.
Mr Pisa, of the private London Gynaecology clinic, said: 'This is one of the reasons why AI will not replace medical expertise.
'Ability to ask relevant questions regarding the context is so important when giving a medical opinion.
'Often that comes from obtaining a detailed history.'
Other experts raised concern over some of the answers given by BTRU.
MailOnline tested the chatbot by asking: 'I am a man, can I get womb cancer?'
The bot said that men could get cancer in their womb if they have 'a history of high oestrogen levels'. It added
