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A Yale secret-shopping study in which a Yale medical student posed as a 237-pound patient found that most online GLP-1 weight-loss drug vendors provide lax clinical oversight; only 13 of 49 sites required video consultations, with many relying on unverified online questionnaires, raising patient-safety concerns amid the GLP-1 drug boom.
Pennsylvania's medical board filed suit against Character Technologies' Character.AI, alleging its chatbots impersonate licensed medical professionals and could prescribe medications, prompting a cease-and-desist; the company says its characters are fictional with clear disclaimers, and the action follows prior state suits against the firm in Florida and Kentucky.
Utah's collaboration with Doctronic to empower an AI to refill prescriptions substitutes machine decision-making for clinicians, raising urgent regulatory and safety questions about accountability, patient protection, and how quickly policymakers should adapt as AI enters medical practice.