A. Chowdhury

Are Frontier Large Language Models Safer Than Government-Backed Symptom Checkers for Clinical Self-Triage? A Standardised Vignette Evaluation

Background: Consumer use of AI chatbots for health advice is rising, yet triage safety relative to established services remains unclear. Australia's Healthdirect, a government-backed symptom checker with 2.4 million uses in FY2024-25, remains unevaluated against frontier large language models (LLMs), and whether premiu...