Daily briefing: AI spread information about an obviously made-up disease

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Daily briefing: AI spread information about an obviously made-up disease

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Nature, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01140-4

AI chatbots informed users of the symptoms of ‘bixonimania’ after scientists published just two fake preprints. Plus, different psychedelics work in surprisingly similar ways and an influential report on the economic cost of climate change revisited.

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