Navigating the Peril of Generated Alternative Facts: A ChatGPT-4 Fabricated Omega Variant Case as a Cautionary Tale in Medical Misinformation

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Main Authors:	Sallam, Malik, Egger, Jan, Roehrig, Rainer, Puladi, Behrus
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Computation and Language Computers and Society Information Retrieval Machine Learning
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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