Machine Learning Algorithms & Natural Language Processing

Mar 17, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

80 Million Records Expose AI‑Generated Data Pollution Undermining Diagnostic Reliability

A large‑scale study of over 800,000 synthetic clinical records shows that self‑training loops of AI‑generated medical text, reports, and images cause severe loss of pathological diversity, vocabulary, and diagnostic confidence, prompting the authors to propose mixed‑real‑data training and quality‑aware filtering as mitigations.