AI advised someone to stick garlic where the sun don’t shine

Medical experts have warned against taking health advice from AI chatbots, including alarming suggestions for applying garlic (PIcture: Dieter Heinemann/Westend61/Cover Media)

It’s the worrying health tip that’s raised more than a few eyebrows.

And for anyone considering using this particular piece of advice from an artificial intelligence chatbot – don’t.

A new study published in The Lancet Digital Health found that systems similar to ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini have been urging people to insert garlic into their rectum.