The Accuracy of ChatGPT-Generated Responses in Answering Commonly Asked Patient Questions About Labor Epidurals: A Survey-Based Study

( Anesth Analg. 2024;138(5):1142–1144. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006801) Artificial intelligence (AI) is a relatively new mainstream technology that has recently been applied in many different contexts. ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer), created by OpenAI, has previously demonstrated competence in some aspects of clinical reasoning in medical education, though there is little evidence about its ability to answer questions in specific clinical applications. There is no current literature that addresses the medical accuracy of ChatGPT in answering questions related to pregnancy and childbirth. This study was designed to fill that gap and evaluate the accuracy of ChatGPT responses to commonly asked questions about neuraxial analgesia during labor.