Rivka agreed to AI transcription - and was marked as a drug user: "I was in shock"

Rivka Green agreed to AI transcription during a urology appointment, and the software invented that she uses hallucinogenic mushrooms. The error was discovered in a letter the doctor sent to the family physician, causing Green to fear harm to her compensation rights. The doctor apologized and corrected the file, but a new report by Digital Rights Watch warns of AI's tendency to hallucinate symptoms.

Rivka Green, a urology patient, agreed to have her first appointment recorded and transcribed by artificial intelligence, to avoid wasting the doctor's time. The software invented a completely false claim that Green uses micro-doses of hallucinogenic mushrooms, and even linked this to bleeding around her kidneys. Green discovered the error only in March, after surgery for kidney stones, when she glanced at a letter the urologist sent to the family physician. She feared the mention would harm her rights to compensation under the Workers' Compensation Law. After a complaint, the urologist sent an apology letter, corrected the medical file, and promised to re-examine the use of AI, but refrained from answering further questions. Green warns other patients and emphasizes the importance of human involvement. A new report by Digital Rights Watch warns of the tendency of medical AI writers to hallucinate symptoms and diseases, citing cases of confusion between right and left breast in cancer diagnosis and misdiagnosis of epilepsy. Experts point to doctors' "overconfidence" in technology.