What could possibly go wrong?
The New Republic – Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / July 23, 2025 RFK Jr. Is Letting a Glitch-tastic AI Assistant Help Run the FDA The FDA’s new AI assistant is straight-up inventing data. Health officials in the Trump administration have vaunted the burgeoning technology as a way to fast-track and streamline drug approvals, but that hasn’t been the case. Instead, the program is cooking up nonexistent studies, a process referred to as “hallucinating,” according to current and former FDA officials that spoke with CNN.