Down the rabbit hole – clinical pharmacology versus ChatGPT
We asked both versions of ChatGPT a question on the safety of methylphenidate in pregnancy and its possible adverse effects on female fertility. We then compared the answers to our DIC-mini-review (full answers in supplements 2, 3 and 4).
The overall structure of our answer and that of ChatGPT 3.5 was almost identical; both provide background information on methylphenidate, followed by a section on female fertility and pregnancy safety and finally a conclusion and list of references. ChatGPT 4.0 provided a more abstract-like summary, and did not include background information about methylphenidate. Some sentences were strikingly similar: