# @pcmag on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQCveO-kTbM
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-20T19:30:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PCMag (@pcmag) — https://gondola.cc/pcmag

## Caption

AI chatbots have had a long history of hallucinating, and Reddit’s version, called Answers, has now joined the list after it recommended heroin to a user seeking pain relief.

As 404Media reports, the issue was flagged by a healthcare worker on a subreddit for moderators. For chronic pain, the user caught Answers suggesting a post that claimed "Heroin, ironically, has saved my life in those instances."

In another question regarding pain relief, the user found the chatbot recommending kratom, a tree extract that's illegal in multiple states. 

Reddit Answers works like Gemini or ChatGPT, except it pulls information from its own user-generated content. Initially, it opened in a separate tab from the homepage, but recently, Reddit has been testing the chatbot within conversations.

#reddit #chatbot #ai #aifail #redditanswers

📸 : Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images

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chatbot, aifail, ai, redditanswers, reddit

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