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Urine Therapy Communities Are Embracing AI Chatbots

Original: People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed with AI

A report by Futurism examines the overlap between followers of urine therapy — the practice of drinking one's own urine for supposed health benefits — and enthusiasm for artificial intelligence chatbots. Commenters on the story reacted with mockery and disbelief, noting that adherents appear to use AI tools to validate medically unsupported claims, raising fresh concerns about chatbots reinforcing health misinformation.

Why now: The odd pairing of a fringe wellness practice with AI-generated validation of health misinformation is drawing attention and ridicule online.

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