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Our AI Midwife

AnnouncementProductOct 2, 2026

An MRI ordered at the insistence of Drew Housman and his wife revealed a 6-centimeter submucosal fibroid in her uterine wall, undetected during six years of fertility treatment. Housman writes that after doctors labeled their condition "unexplained infertility," they used GPT-4, prompted to role-play as a TV drama doctor, to ask medical questions. The chatbot suggested an MRI, which their fertility doctor initially discouraged before relenting and recommending removal.

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