{
  "id": 3448434,
  "title": "Survey: 28% of Americans use AI chatbots to get health information quickly, 25% to figure out symptom causes, and 22% to get health information at no cost (Pew Research Center)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/survey-28-of-americans-use-ai-chatbots-to-get-health-information",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-26T06:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2026/08/25/from-diagnoses-to-treatments-why-americans-use-ai-chatbots-for-health/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Reasons include making diagnoses and learning more about lab results or treatments. Nearly all chatbot health users find this AI information helpful",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "Research shows AI can fast track mental health care",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/research-shows-ai-can-fast-track-mental-health-care",
        "published": "2026-08-26T12:00:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}