Reporters and social media users questioned whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s much-anticipated "Make America Healthy Again" report on children was cobbled together using artificial intelligence after telltale flaws appeared in the document.
A reporter asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during Thursday's press briefing, "I know this investigation found the MAHA commission report released last week cites studies that appear not to exist. We know that because we reached out to some of the listed authors who said that they didn't write the studies cited. So, I want to ask: Does the White House have confidence that the information coming from HHS can be trusted?"
Leavitt answered that the administration had "complete confidence" in Kennedy and everyone at Health and Human Services.
"I understand there were some formatting issues with the MAHA report that are being addressed and the report will be updated, but it does not negate the substance of the report," Leavitt said.
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The reporter then asked, "Is AI used to put together these reports?" to which Leavitt responded, "I can’t speak to that."
"So... did the authors of the MAHA report use AI, which hallucinated sources? Or did they simply make stuff up? Either way, it's incredibly embarrassing and people should resign," wrote physician @matthew_loftus.
Conservative commentator Erik Erickson wasn't buying Leavitt's explanation, posting to X, "Sounds very much like someone used ChatGPT or something to write the MAHA report for HHS."
Gaming influencer @AceDoloX1 wrote, "LOL this ONLY happens when AI is used. We're so cooked man.
The account of political commentator @NickAPappas wrote, "I can’t sympathize with people who spend all their time rejecting actual science and studies, undermining experts, and then decide to just trust the output of a faceless language model for their health advice. Their goal is to be a contrarian a------. They aren’t actually skeptical and careful, they want to appear like they are and continue to tear things down because it gives them joy."
