{"id":213474,"date":"2026-05-13T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/medical-ai-transcriber-for-ontario-doctors-hallucinated-generated-errors-auditor-general\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:30:22","slug":"medical-ai-transcriber-for-ontario-doctors-hallucinated-generated-errors-auditor-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/medical-ai-transcriber-for-ontario-doctors-hallucinated-generated-errors-auditor-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical AI transcriber for Ontario doctors &#8216;hallucinated,&#8217; generated errors: auditor general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ai-scribe-system-hallucinations-9.7197049\">Medical AI transcriber for Ontario doctors &#8216;hallucinated,&#8217; generated errors: auditor general<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ai-scribe-system-hallucinations-9.7197049\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ai-scribe-system-hallucinations-9.7197049<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-13 15:39:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cbc.ca\">www.cbc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ontario&#8217;s Auditor General Shelley Spence highlighted that AI note-taking tools intended for use by doctors exhibited serious mistakes and incomplete information, including inaccuracies in medical notes, potentially impacting patient health.<\/li>\n<li>The provincial auditor conducted tests on 20 AI scribe systems which revealed significant inaccuracies, including &#8220;hallucinations&#8221; 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