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AI search tools heavily cite few sources for mental health info

A new audit of AI-powered search tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overview reveals significant concentration in the sources they cite for mental health information. The study found that just ten domains accounted for over 43% of English citations, with government, commercial health, and academic sources being nearly equally represented. While explicit requests for sources had a modest impact, non-English queries resulted in fewer citations and lower rates of routing to relevant language resources. The researchers have released their citation typology, classifier, and annotated corpus for future auditing of generative health search. AI

影响 Highlights potential biases and lack of source diversity in AI-generated health information, urging caution for users and developers.

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AI search tools heavily cite few sources for mental health info

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Phuong Anh Nguyen, Jill Noorily, Matthew Flathers, Haruka Notsu, Laura Ospina-Pinillos, Tommy Nguyen, Samantha Clark, Aoife Keane, Grace Thompson, John Torous ·

    信息来源:AI心理健康信息查询中引用的多平台、多语言审计

    arXiv:2609.00319v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Online health information seeking is shifting from keyword search, where users consider a ranked list of links, to conversational systems that compose a single answer and curate its citations. Source evaluation therefore passes fr…

  2. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · John Torous ·

    信息来源:AI心理健康信息查询中引用的多平台、多语言审计

    Online health information seeking is shifting from keyword search, where users consider a ranked list of links, to conversational systems that compose a single answer and curate its citations. Source evaluation therefore passes from user to platform, yet what these systems surfac…