Generative artificial intelligence in primary care: an online survey of UK general practitioners
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Following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, interest in large language model (LLM)-powered chatbots has soared with increasing focus on the clinical potential of these tools.
This new generation of chatbots are trained on vast amounts of data to generate responses, functioning like autocompletion devices. They exhibit capacities to rapidly generate and summarise text and unlike internet search engines, these models can mimic conversational interactions and ‘remember’ previous prompts.