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TL;DR
- Google has apparently shut down its experimental AI feature that summarized medical advice from online users.
- The “What People Suggest” tool pulled health tips from forums, not medical professionals.
- Google claims the removal is about simplifying Search, not safety issues.
Google is stepping back from a controversial AI Search feature that tried to gather medical advice from internet amateurs. If you’ve searched your symptoms recently, you may have seen a test widget that collected health tips from forums and social media. As of today, that experiment is over.
The Guardian reports that Google has quietly ended its “What People Suggest” feature, an AI search tool that showed health tips and stories from everyday users across the internet. While the idea seemed useful at first, it raised an important question: should a search engine summarize medical advice from strangers?
